In 1867 Montford McGehee moved to Woodburn and managed the plantation
until 1879 when, in the general financial collapse following the Civil War, it was sold, along with
McGehee's considerable library, the many volumes of which were tied up with
string and disposed of at ten cents a bundle. The family holdings gone, McGehee
moved to Raleigh where he was commissioner of agriculture from 1880 to 1887.
THIS IS MARGINALLY BETTER THAN HAVING SOMEONE DUMP THEM AT THE CURB, IF YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE TO CARRY THEM DOWN.
I am so very happy to have a home for my Melville archive. It's not a "really fine" library like Montford's but it is a great working resource.
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