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 | | The first Martha (Mattie) Virginia McNair Evans Patterson materials are grade and composition books, 1880-1883, from Mattie's time at the Cool Spring School, near her home in Laurel Hill, N.C. Also relating to her school days are autograph and composition books, 1884-1887. |
 | | John F. McNair had interests in businesses in Laurel Hill, Laurinburg, and Wilmington, N.C., and in several operations in Florida that dealt with lumber, turpentine, and naval stores. |
 | | On 17 June, Murphy wrote to John McNair asking how news of Hervey's impending death from stomach cancer should be broken to Mattie, since she was soon to be confined in childbirth. |
| www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/p/Patterson,Martha_Virginia_McNair_Evans (1999 words) |
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