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 The Mecklenburg Historical Association has the following books available for sale: A Life in Antebellum Charlotte: The Private Journal of Sarah Frew Davidson, 1837, edited by Karen McConnell, Janet Dyer and Ann Williams, with a forward by Mary Kratt, and published by The History Press, Charleston SC. This is a transcription of Sarah Davidson’s Journal for 1837, with additional historic information written by the editors. 1837 was a pivotal year in the history of North Carolina with the development of the gold mining industry and the construction of the first branch of the US Mint, in Charlotte. Other events described include the education of slave children and Sarah’s religious introspection and commitment. The original Journal is held in the Rare Book and Manuscript Collection of the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNCC. The book sells for $24.00 including tax, handling and shipping. See order instructions below. Chain of Error and the Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence by V. V. McNitt, republished by the MHA with a new introduction and Brief Sketches of the signers added. This is a closely reasoned and thorough description of the two declarations of May 20 and May 31, 1775 which were the earliest declarations of independence from Great Britain in the American colonies. The book sells for $28.50, including tax, handling and shipping. See order instructions below. Your Affectionate Daughter, Isabella, by Ann Williams, published by Bright Mountain Books, Asheville, NC. This is the story of Isabella Torrance, preserved through letters and other records now held in the Rare Book and Manuscript Collection of the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNCC. The story is written from the points of view of those who lived it and told in the language they spoke. It tells the story of growing up on a wealthy antebellum plantation in Mecklenburg County and at the Salem Female Boarding School; of pioneering in primitive conditions on the Mississippi frontier; and of Isabella’s return to Mecklenburg as a young widow with a small child. The book sells for $21.50, including tax, handling and shipping. See order instructions below. - - - - - To order these books, please send your check and mailing address to: The Mecklenburg Historical Association PO Box 35032 Charlotte, NC 28235  They
Married Confederate Officers,
written by Kathy Herran,
a descendant of John Morrison, was published and released in early April
[1998] by Warren Publishing of Davidson, North Carolina. The publication
begins with the birth of its central character, Mary Anna Morrison, in 1831
and follows the saga of this famous North Carolina family through the
nineteenth century.The story emphases the six daughters of Dr. Robert Hall Morrison; Isabella Morrison Hill (CSA Lt. General D. H. Hill); Harriet Morrison Irwin (James Irwin, purchasing agent for the Confederate government); Anna Morrison Jackson (CSA Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson); Eugenia Erixene Morrison (Brigadier General Rufus Barringer); Susan Morrison Avery (Major Alphonso Avery); and Laura Morrison Brown (Colonel John E. Brown).  Below are the archives for MHA Newsletters and The Dandelion*
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