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William R. Cox Papers, ., 1860-1921

Title: William R. Cox Papers, . 1860-1921

William Ruffin Cox was a planter of Edgecombe County, N.C.; Confederate brigadier general; superior court judge; United States congressman from North Carolina, 1881-1887; and secretary of the United States Senate, 1893-1900. Correspondence among members of the Cox family and between William Ruffin Cox and political and military associates; transcripts of Cox's speeches in congress and published annual reports he produced as secretary of the Senate; and miscellaneous financial, legal, and other items. Discussions of political matters are not extensive; military correspondence chiefly concerns appointments and promotions. There is one letter, 1887, from Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901).

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Photographic Portrait File

Title: Photographic Portrait File

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Cox, William R. (William Ruffin), 1831-1919. William R. Cox papers, 1860-1921 [manuscript].

Title: William R. Cox papers, 1860-1921 [manuscript].

Correspondence among members of the Cox family and between William Ruffin Cox and political and military associates; transcripts of Cox's speeches in congress and published annual reports he produced as secretary of the Senate; and miscellaneous financial, legal, and other items. Discussions of political matters are not extensive; military correspondence chiefly concerns appointments and promotions. There is one letter, 1887, from Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901).

ArchivalResource: 150 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25740257 View

Hassell, Cushing Biggs, 1808-1880. Papers, 1814-1926.

Title: Papers, 1814-1926.

Correspondence and other materials relating principally to Cushing Biggs Hassell and his son, Sylvester Hassell. Topics include C.B. Hassell's mercantile business in Williamston; crop and commodity prices; the attack on Fort Fisher; prison conditions at Governor's Island, N.Y., and Fort Warren, Boston; Sylvester's search for a teaching position in 1868; sermons at, 1860-1861, and the reorganization of the University of North Carolina, 1875; the North Carolina state constitutional convention of 1875; the Democratic Party in North Carolina; the Primitive Baptist Church; and land sales in Surry and Yadkin counties, N.C. Correspondents include Kemp Plummer Battle, Sr., Asa Biggs, Ezra Cornell, William Ruffin Cox, Braxton Craven, Pleasant Daniel Gold, and Andrew Dousa Hepburn.

ArchivalResource: 259 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19642808 View

Mary Eliza Battle letters, 1840-1865 (bulk 1850-1860).

Title: Mary Eliza Battle letters, 1840-1865 (bulk 1850-1860).

Chiefly letters from Pittman's first husband, William Francis Dancy, her brothers and sisters and their spouses, and her friends and cousins; together with bills, inventory, invitations, slave records, tax records, and other papers. Correspondents include her father, James Smith Battle (1786-1854); brothers William Smith Battle (1823-1915) and Turner Westray Battle (1824-1850) and his wife, Lavinia Basset (Daniel) Battle; sisters Cornelia Viola Battle Dancy (1824-1844), Penelope Bradford Battle Cox (1830-1880) and her husband, Gen. William Ruffin Cox, and Martha Ann Battle (1833-1913) and her husband, Kemp P. Battle; and friend Ellen Douglas Brownlow. Topics include family news, politics, life in Raleigh, N.C., goings on at the University of North Carolina, time spent at resorts such as White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and the Episcopal Church.

ArchivalResource: 544 items.

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Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.

Title: Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.

This collection contains one hundred ninety two cartes-de-visite photographs of officers who served in the Confederate army. The majority of the officers served as either major generals or brigadier generals in the Confederate forces. The collection includes the photographs of many lesser known officers, as well as the famous; such as Lee, Beauregard, Morgan, Jackson, and Stuart. The collection also includes photos of past American presidents and European royalty. Acid free photocopies have been placed in the original photograph album and the originals are in a separate container. Both copies have the subject's name on it. The cartes-de-visites were taken by photographers in Mobile, Nashville, and New York; and are roughly two by five inches.

ArchivalResource: .66 cubic ft. (2 archives containers).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122548140 View

Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Cox, William R. (William Ruffin), 1831-1919. [Telegram regarding Robeson County's selection of delegates to constitutional convention of 1875].

Title: [Telegram regarding Robeson County's selection of delegates to constitutional convention of 1875]. 1875.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 20 x 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773033180 View

Cox, William R. (William Ruffin), 1831-1919. [Telegram regarding selection of Robeson County delegates to constitutional convention of 1875].

Title: [Telegram regarding selection of Robeson County delegates to constitutional convention of 1875]. 1875.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 20 x 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773030536 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01500/catalog View