Reverend William Douglas Cairns, 1828-1833, 1840
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence from Reverend William Douglas Cairns (1804-1850) to the vestry of St. James. Cairns served as rector from 1829-1833.
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1833, 1840
Creator
- From the Collection: St. James Church (Wilmington, N.C.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access to portions of this collection have been restricted by Special Collections in order to preserve the original materials and pursuant to extant statutory restrictions. Contact staff at the Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History (csencah@uncw.edu) for information on access to this collection.
Biographical Note
Reverend William Douglass Cairns was born in Connectict in August 1804 and graduated from Yale in 1823. He was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1825 and began working in Virginia, New York, and North Carolina, where he was rector of St. James from 1829-1833. From Wilmington, he moved to Columbus, Georgia, where he remained until his death in Alabama in May 1850.
Extent
From the Collection: 62 Containers (Contains 24 bankers boxes, 10 document boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 4 photo albums, 5 tube boxes, 7 card file boxes, and 6 flat files.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Subject
- Cairns, William Douglas, 1804-1850 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository