Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

%xmlchars; ]> mss00283 Guide to the John T. Patrick letter to Mrs. A. L. Coble, 1883 December 14 Processed by: Special Collections Staff;machine-readable finding aid created by: Dawne E. Howard North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2005 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English. Guide to the John Tyrant Patrick Letter to Mrs. A. L. Coble, 1883 December 14 MSS 283 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed by Special Collections Staff Encoded by Dawne E. Howard, November 2005 Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Patrick, John Tyrant, 1852 - 1918 John Tyrant Patrick letter to Mrs. A. L. Coble, 1883 December 14 MSS 283 1 This letter, dated December 14, 1883, and sent from John T. Patrick in Wadesboro, North Carolina, to Mrs. A. L. Coble in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, relates details about Patrick's trip to exhibitions in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts, where he had been promoting North Carolina and encouraging immigration. The letter also reveals Patrick's plan to sell land in North Carolina to northern farmers. Both the original letter and a typed transcription are included. John Tyrant Patrick (1852 - 1918) was a journalist and resort developer from Wadesboro, North Carolina. Patrick attracted northerners to North Carolina by advertising inexpensive, fertile land in northern newspapers. In 1883, North Carolina Governor Thomas J. Jarvis appointed Patrick as the head of the Department of Immigration. During his tenure, he established the resort towns of Southern Pines and Pinebluff, North Carolina. He also assisted in the in establishing the North Carolina towns of Pinehurst, Roseland, Peachland, Vaughn, and Southmont. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Acquisitions Information

Transferred by Iredell Public Library, 2000 (Accession no. 2000-0011).

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Tyrant Patrick letter to Mrs. A. L. Coble, MSS 283, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

John Tyrant Patrick (1852 - 1918) was a journalist and resort developer from Wadesboro, North Carolina. Patrick attracted northerners to North Carolina by advertising inexpensive, fertile land in northern newspapers. In 1883, North Carolina Governor Thomas J. Jarvis appointed Patrick as the head of the Department of Immigration. During his tenure, he established the resort towns of Southern Pines and Pinebluff, North Carolina. He also assisted in the in establishing the North Carolina towns of Pinehurst, Roseland, Peachland, Vaughn, and Southmont.

During his career, Patrick also served as industrial agent of the Seaboard Air-Line Railway and the Southern Pacific Railroad. He later bought property in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and developed the highway from Asheville to Charlotte via Chimney Rock.

For more information about Patrick, see the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vol. 5, P-S.

Scope and Content Note

This letter, dated December 14, 1883, and sent from John T. Patrick in Wadesboro, North Carolina, to Mrs. A. L. Coble in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, relates details about John T. Patrick's trip to exhibitions in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts, where he had been promoting North Carolina and encouraging immigration. The letter also reveals Patrick's plan to sell land in North Carolina to northern farmers. Both the original letter and a typed transcription are included.

Online Catalog Terms North Carolina -- Emigration and immigration. Patrick, John Tyrant, 1852 - 1918 Real estate business -- North Carolina Detailed Description of Collection 6MSS 283Letter, 1883 December 14