Henderson’s Letters, Posted on May 26, 2025

The Scott Collection is very grateful to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for sharing with us copies of 8 letters (30 pages) written between 1853 and 1857 by Henderson Scott to his nephew John Mebane Allen. John had moved his family to Arkansas in the fall of 1852; the journey took several weeks. After getting settled, John and his family kept up a lively exchange of letters with the folks back home. Both families expressed their hope that they would see one another again after rail service was extended. The photo shows Henderson’s signature from a letter written on May 2, 1853.