Diary, 1864-1865 [electronic resource] : (transcript) / LeConte, Emma.
Diary of Emma LeConte while she was living in Columbia, S.C. In the diary, LeConte reflected on the Civil War and other matters and wrote about various activities and events, such as the burning of Columbia.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CH digitization project, Documenting the American South, or, The Southern Experience in 19th-century America.Transcript text typed in by Jordan Davis. Text encoded by Jordan Davis and Natalia Smith.
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Also available as a typed manuscript and microfilm of the manuscript in the Southern Historical Collection (#420) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Original Version Note:
- Transcribed from: A journal, kept by Emma Florence LeConte, from Dec. 31, 1864 to Aug. 6, 1865, written in her seventeenth year and containing a detailed account of the burning of Columbia, by one who was an eyewitness / transcript prepared by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration, May, 1938. 86 p. From the manuscript (#420) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Funding Information Note:
- Funding from the Library of Congress and Ameritech Corporation supported the electronic publication of this title.
- System Details Note:
- System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; World Wide Web browser; Panorama for SGML files.
- Biographical or Historical Data:
- Emma Florence LeConte was the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte.
- Source of Description Note:
- Title from TEI header.
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