| Abstract |
Collection consists chiefly of correspondence belonging to the Skinner and Hoskins families. Correspondence addressed to Edenton merchant Edmund Hoskins from New York is concerned primarily with business and legal matters, such as outstanding debts, efforts to sell wheat, and current prices for wheat and other crops. Correspondence from within North Carolina deals with proceedings in legal cases, procedure for certifying court sessions, and shipment of brandy from Murfreesboro. Skinner family papers include a letter from William R. Skinner, who was in Raleigh attending a session of the General Assembly. He comments on the length of the session, dullness of Raleigh, and a temperance rally being held in the city. Civil War letter from G. B. Dewese tells of duty in Caldwell County where his company was assigned deserter-scouting duty. He compares Caldwell and Wilkes counties and comments on crops and corn mills in the area. Other items include copies of the Chowan County wills of Charles Roberts, William J. Skinner , and Jerusha Skinner; Perquimans County wills of Samuel Skinner, William Skinner, and Sarah Skinner; and genealogical notes and a family tree for the Skinner and related families, including Eden, Johnston, Blount, and Harvey families of eastern North Carolina. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Mr. & Mrs. Philip S. McMullan Collection (#33), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. McMullan, Sr. |
| Biographical note | The Skinner and Hoskins families were prominent in eastern North Carolina during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Several members of both families served in the General Assembly, and two later Skinner brothers (Thomas Gregory and Harry Skinner) represented eastern North Carolina counties in the U.S. Congress. |
