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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Daniel Webster papers, 1813-1852.

Title: Daniel Webster papers, 1813-1852.

Memoranda of sundry papers from the library of Daniel Webster, purchased in 1875 at Boston from a dealer in old junk. Papers include notes and memoranda for Webster's speech in Congress on his resolutions, Spring Session, 1813; Letter from William Gaston with a question concerning a libel case filed in Prize Court by owners and crew of the Privateer Janquille (1817), Notes on Apportionment (1832) with letters from J.A. Lowell and Edward Everett; notes on climate for an address on agriculture; letter from citizens of Buffalo (1833) presenting black walnut table; invitation from citizens of Boston (1834) to a Fourth of July dinner; Letter from J. P. Healy (1841) endorsed by Webster as Memoranda of my several elections as member of Congress from Suffolk; letter from Eliphalet Nott and Alonzo Potter (1846) concerning tariff on books; letters from Samuel Frothingham concerning tariff on cotton (1846); Nathan Appleton concerning tariff on cotton (1846); Abbot Lawrence (1846); George Ticknor concerning a quote by Thucydides accidently attributed to Tacitus; C. C. Felton concerning Webster's address given to the NY Historical Society (1852); accounts and correspondence with R. Burdine (1852); and a letter from Ezra J. Glidden (1852) proposing sale of steers.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

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Gaston, William, 1778-1844. Letter, 1830 March 12, Newbern [N.C.], to Daniel Webster, [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1830 March 12, Newbern [N.C.], to Daniel Webster, [n.p.].

Comments of the effects of Webster's speeches in the Senate. Calhoun has shaken his faith in human integrity.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2853756 View

Connor, Henry G. (Henry Groves), 1852-1924. Henry G. Connor papers, 1744-1924.

Title: Henry G. Connor papers, 1744-1924.

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence of Connor, particularly with his wife and daughters, and with sons George Whitfield Connor, North Carolina Superior and Supreme Court judge; H.G. Connor, Jr., lawyer and legislator; and Robert Digges Wimberly Connor, secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, professor at the University of North Carolina, and later the first Archivist of United States. Among other correspondents are many prominent lawyers and politicians of North Carolina, lawyers and judges of other states, and descendants of William Gaston and John Archibald Campbell, for whom Connor sought biographical information. The papers reflect the views of a conservative Democrat active in the affairs of his state for many years.

ArchivalResource: ca. 13000 items (16.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22500717 View

John James Audubon Papers, 1821-1845

Title: John James Audubon Papers 1821-1845

John James Audubon (1785-1851), the American Woodsman, is a legendary naturalist and bird artist. His technique of painting North American birds dramatically as they appeared in their natural habitat was a major contribution to the emerging discipline of ornithology in the nineteenth century. His masterpiece, (1827-1838), elephant folio, was followed by a companion text edition, (1831-1849), a smaller octavo edition of (1840-1844) and , published posthumously. This collection of original letters of publication information, ornithology, and some personal notes was sent primarily to Lucy Bakewell Audubon, his wife, from 1826-1834, and to Victor Gifford Audubon, his son, from 1833-1834, 1840-1844, with some sporadic contact with both between 1836-1839. Items in the collection relate to Audubon's Florida, Great Egg Harbor, and Great Pine Forest expeditions but not to his final expedition up the Missouri River. Of particular note, letters of 1833 and 1834 contain references to his response to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia president George Ord's attacks on his credibility. A partial journal entry from New Orleans in 1821 and a few letters to other correspondents, including John Bachman, round out the material. The Birds of America Ornithological Biography Birds The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America

ArchivalResource: 0.75 Linear feet; 206 items

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Gaston, William, 1778-1844. Autograph letter signed : to F. De Petit De Villers, Esq., 1828 July 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to F. De Petit De Villers, Esq., 1828 July 15.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

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Bruté de Rémur, Simon William Gabriel, 1779-1839. Papers, 1810-1839.

Title: Papers, 1810-1839.

Microfilm of correspondence of Simon Gabriel Bruté, first Bishop of Vincennes (1834-1839), both before and after his appointment as bishop, made from documents in various collections held by the University of Notre Dame Archives. Consists mainly of letters handwritten by Bruté, with some printed material and correspondence received by Bruté. 520 8 Correspondents include William Gaston, Rev. Stephen T. Badin, and bishops Joseph Rosati, CM, John Timon, CM, John Baptist David, SS, Guy Ignatius Chabrat, and Anthony Blanc.

ArchivalResource: 2 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23375307 View

Hunt, J. W., fl. 1840. J. W. Hunt letter, 1840 December 15 [manuscript].

Title: J. W. Hunt letter, 1840 December 15 [manuscript].

Letter from William Gaston (1788-1844), New Bern, N.C., to J. W. Hunt and Jechorias Pigot, Beaufort, N.C., concerning an injustice done to a Mr. Gibbs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23805323 View

Alves, Walter, 1768-1819. Walter Alves papers, 1771-1858 [manuscript].

Title: Walter Alves papers, 1771-1858 [manuscript].

The collection is primarily business papers of Walter Alves. The bulk consists of correspondence, surveys, rental accounts, and other papers pertaining to Alves's extensive land holdings in North Carolina and in the Clinch and Powell rivers areas of east Tennessee. Also included are family correspondence, letters from Federalist politicians, and papers pertaining to Alves's move to Henderson, Ky. Correspondents include Gavin Alves, Richard Bennehan, William Boylan, Duncan Cameron, Walter Evans, William Gaston, William B. Grove, Archibald Henderson, James Hogg, Alex Mebane, James Norwood, and Henry Tazewell. Many items pertain to the estate of Alves's father-in-law, William Johnston (d. 1785), mainly concerning the efforts of Edmund Fanning (1739-1818), North Carolina colonial official and Loyalist for whom Johnston had been agent, to recover properties confiscated during the Revolution. These estate papers include correspondence, 1805-1812, between Alves and John Wickham (1763-1839), noted Virginia lawyer, and relevant earlier papers.

ArchivalResource: About 300 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25507515 View

Bryan, William S. William S. Bryan papers, 1818-1879 (bulk 1848-1879) [manuscript].

Title: William S. Bryan papers, 1818-1879 (bulk 1848-1879) [manuscript].

Bryan's papers include some legal correspondence, including two from Roger B. Taney, but consist chiefly of letters from his family at Raleigh, N.C., in the 1850s, especially from his brother, Army officer Francis Theodore Bryan of Florida and Washington, D.C., and members of the Pettigrew and Battle families of North Carolina. Also included are political correspondence, 1818-1835 (26 items), and a personal account book of his father, John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870), Whig U.S. representative from North Carolina. Correspondents include William Gaston, Francis L. Hawks, Richard D. Spaight, George E. Badger, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, and Nathaniel Macon.

ArchivalResource: 174 items (0.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25327452 View

Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857. Elisha Mitchell papers, 1816-1905.

Title: Elisha Mitchell papers, 1816-1905.

Family correspondence, scientific notes, manuscript articles, and sermons of Elisha Mitchell, for many years connected with the University of North Carolina. Mitchell's correspondence pertains to his varied religious, academic, and scientific activities, including mountain exploration in North Carolina. Among the correspondents are George E. Badger, William Gaston, Francis L. Hawkes, N.M. Hentz, William Hooper, Levi Silliman Ives, Archibald D. Murphy, James H. Otey, John Stark Ravenscroft, and David L. Swain. Included is correspondence with the North family of Mitchell's wife, Maria North Mitchell, in New Haven, Conn., and from the Mitchell children after they had married and moved to Salisbury, N.C., California, and Texas. Volumes include Mitchell's diary, 1813-1816, begun at Yale and kept irregularly while he was teaching at various places in the North, containing mainly religious reflections and slight personal comment; his private notebook, 1818-1847, containing miscellaneous comments on mathematics, musicology, electricity, the natural sciences, and history, and personal accounts and notes on reading and letters received. The diary, 1878, of Mitchell's grandson, J.N. Howard Summerell, on a voyage to Scotland; Mitchell's journal, letter book, and account book, 1818-1842; and "Diary of a Geological Tour by Professor Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828 with Introduction and Notes" by Kemp P. Battle, published as part of the "James Sprunt Historical Monograph Series" by the University of North Carolina in 1905.

ArchivalResource: ca. 150 items.

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Willie Person Mangum Papers, 1771-1906, (bulk 1771-1868)

Title: Willie Person Mangum Papers 1771-1906 (bulk 1771-1868)

Jurist and U.S. senator and representative from North Carolina. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, legal papers, genealogical material, financial papers, and printed matter concerning local, southern, and national politics, the Whig Party in the South, economic and social conditions in North Carolina, the Mangum plantation, and education of the Mangum children.

ArchivalResource: 5,000 items; 34 containers; 13.6 linear feet

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Gaston, William, 1778-1844. Autograph letter signed : Savannah, to Charles S. Henry, 1825 Nov. 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Savannah, to Charles S. Henry, 1825 Nov. 5.

On business and financial matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269581046 View

Catholic Church. Diocese of Charleston (S.C.). Collected material, 1811-1882.

Title: Collected material, 1811-1882.

Letters (originals and photostats) from Simon Gabriel Bruté, later Bishop of Vincennes, to William Gaston, North Carolina jurist, 1814-1839; other letters, including one (photostat) from John England (1834); one (Photostat) from William Gaston (1811); and one (original) from Patrick N. Lynch, third bishop of Charleston (1882); and a photostat of a journal, 1820-1823, written by Bishop John England.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24596621 View

William Gaston, of Balcombe: His will: 1557.

Title: William Gaston, of Balcombe: His will: 1557. Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009.

Title: Autograph File, G

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (10 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01430/catalog View

Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875. William A. Graham papers, 1750-1940.

Title: William A. Graham papers, 1750-1940.

William A. Graham's correspondence with prominent persons about state and national politics. Correspondents include George E. Badger, Thomas Bragg, T. W. Brevard, James Buchanan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Henry Clay, Dorothea L. Dix, Stephen A. Douglas, James Fenimore Cooper, William Gaston, James Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, W. W. Holden, Sam Houston, William Preston Mangum, Charles Manly, Matthias E. Manly, Elisha Mitchell, B. F. Moore, James T. Morehead, J. Johnston Pettigrew, J. L. Pettigru, Leonidas Polk, Thomas Ruffin, James A. Seddon, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, David L. Swain, William Tryon, Martin Van Buren, Zebulon B. Vance, Hugh Waddell, Daniel Webster, and Jonathan Worth. Also included is material relating to legal business; the Graham family;iron foundry; plantations, slavery, and overseers in North Carolina and South Carolina; affairs at the University of North Carolina, the Revolutionary War history of North Carolina, and letters from sons serving as soldiers in the Confederate army. Later papers are of other Graham family members, especially Augustus Washington Graham, lawyer of Hillsborough, N.C., and Oxford, N.C. Volumes are personal accounts, school notebooks, and legal notes. Also included are typed carbon copies of letters, 1823-1877, to and from William A. Graham in this collection and in collections at other repositories that were compiled for an editing project in the 1960s.

ArchivalResource: About 14000 items (12.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23150419 View

Manly, Matthias Evans, 1801-1881. Matthias Evans Manly papers, 1717-1928.

Title: Matthias Evans Manly papers, 1717-1928.

Scattered papers of Matthias Evans Manly, include letters, among them an 1835 William Gaston letter about the North Carolina constitution, slavery, and other topics. There are also civic and political speeches. Also included is correspondence of his son, lawyer Clement Manly of Winston, N.C., particularly in 1896 when he was state Democratic Party chair. Some letters relate to the North Carolina Populist Party. Earlier items consist of colonial family deeds, land grants, and other legal papers. The addition of November 2002 includes financial and legal documents and correspondence of Matthias Evans Manly, including an 1862 letter about his leaving New Bern as the enemy took over the town.

ArchivalResource: 400 items (1.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23658351 View

Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Title: Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of Boston lawyer Henry M. Rogers, with an emphasis on the theater and the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 21.5 linear feet (39 boxes, 2 portfolio boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01508/catalog View

William Gaston Papers, 1744-1950, (bulk 1791-1844)

Title: William Gaston Papers, 1744-1950 (bulk 1791-1844)

William Gaston (1778-1844) of New Bern, N.C., was a lawyer, state legislator, United States representative, and North Carolina Supreme Court judge. The collection consists of the papers of William Gaston, including personal, business, and political correspondence, 1791-1844; law notes and other papers; notes, 1896-1915, of Judge Henry Groves Connor (1852-1924) for his proposed biography of Gaston; and pictures. Topics include the Catholic Church in America; banks and banking; family life; national elections; preparations for war with France in 1800 and subsequent negotiations with France; financial affairs of the United States; anticipated effects upon the United States of the ending of the Napoleonic wars; Federalist Party strategies; legal matters concerning the outbreak of the War of 1812; the nullification controversy; proposals for the appropriation of public lands for the support of public education; internal improvements; life in West Florida in the 1830s; and an 1832 speech in Chapel Hill, N.C., in which Gaston condemned both the nullification scheme and the institution of slavery. Major correspondents include George E. Badger, John Fanning Burgwyn, Thomas Pollock Devereux, Robert Donaldson, Alexander Hamilton, Francis Joseph Kron, Willie Person Mangum, Matthias Manly, John Marshall, Thomas Ruffin, Marcus Cicero Stephens, David Lowry Swain, Roger B. Taney, and Daniel Webster. The Addition of February 2001 is a Gaston family register dated through the 1880s, along with enclosures, 1834-1901.

ArchivalResource: 1,400; 4.0

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Thomas J. Dodd Papers, undated, 1919-1971.

Title: Thomas J. Dodd Papers undated, 1919-1971.

The Thomas J. Dodd Papers illuminate the diverse public life of a self-styled crusader. The collection consists primarily of material from Dodd's Senate years (1959-1971) and the Nuremberg war crimes trial before the International Military Tribunal from 1945-1946.

ArchivalResource: 220.0 Linear feet

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Gaston, William, 1778-1844. William Gaston papers, 1744-1950 (bulk 1791-1844).

Title: William Gaston papers, 1744-1950 (bulk 1791-1844).

Papers include personal, business, and political correspondence, 1791-1844; law notes and other papers; notes, 1896-1915, of Judge Henry Groves Connor for his proposed biography of Gaston; and pictures. Topics include the Catholic Church in America; banks and banking; family life; national elections; preparations for war with France in 1800 and subsequent negotiations with France; financial affairs of the United States; anticipated effects upon the United States of the ending of the Napoleonic wars; Federalist Party strategies; legal matters concerning the outbreak of the War of 1812; the nullification controversy; proposals for the appropriation of public lands for the support of public education; internal improvements; life in West Florida in the 1830s; and an 1832 speech in Chapel Hill, N.C., in which Gaston condemned both the nullification scheme and the institution of slavery. Major correspondents include George E. Badger, John Fanning Burgwyn, Thomas Pollock Devereux, Robert Donaldson, Alexander Hamilton, Francis Joseph Kron, Willie Person Mangum, Matthias Manly, John Marshall, Thomas Ruffin, Marcus Cicero Stephens, David Lowry Swain, Roger B. Taney, and Daniel Webster.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1400 items (4.0 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23150586 View

Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802. Papers, 1757-1853.

Title: Papers, 1757-1853.

Letters and papers of Spaight and of his son, establishing the claim of the elder Spaight to a large tract of land in Craven County; and a paper endorsing a political appointment, 1785. There are also papers of his son, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr., including a certificate of William Hill's appointment as secretary of state, 1836, and a letter from William Gaston, concerning a meeting of the trustees of a New Bern theater.

ArchivalResource: 14 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20274499 View

Hopkinson family. Papers, 1735-1941 (bulk 1800-1841)

Title: Hopkinson family papers 1735-1941

The Hopkinson family was a prominent political family of Philadelphia and Bordentown, New Jersey. Thomas Hopkinson (1709-1751) was a merchant, a lawyer, and a diplomat. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), Thomas’s son, was a jurist, author, musician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), Francis’s son, was a Pennsylvania congressman from 1815 to 1819, a federal judge from 1828 to 1842, and author of the anthem Hail, Columbia. Joseph’s son, Oliver Hopkinson (1812-1905), served during the Civil War with the 1st Regiment, Delaware Volunteers and with the 51st Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania Militia. Covering four generations, the Hopkinson family papers consist principally of incoming correspondence; but there are also outgoing letters, documents, manuscript notes, and printed material. All papers have been bound in volumes, and photostatic copies of most volumes are available to researchers.

ArchivalResource: 19 v.

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Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Title: Richard Gaither Walser Papers, 1918-1988

Richard Gaither Walser (1908-1988) was a professor of English at North Carolina State University in Raleigh and author of numerous works, chiefly relating to North Carolina's literary heritage. The collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other materials chiefly relating to North Carolina' literary heritage. Files on individual authors and literary subjects dominate, with special emphasis on the life and works of Thomas Wolfe. Other authors represented in the collection include Doris Betts, Helen Bevington, James Boyd, Richard Chase, Jonathan Daniels, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Edward Eaton, John Ehle, Paul Green, Bernice Kelly Harris, George Moses Horton, Gerald W. Johnson, Frederick H. Koch, Guy Owen, Robert C. Ruark, Wilbur D. Steele, Hardin E. Taliaferro, and Jonathan Williams. There is also material on North Carolina folklore and other topics not directly connected to literature. A small number of items relate to Walser's life as a student at the University of North Carolina and to his service with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II.

ArchivalResource: About 27,800 items (32.5 linear feet)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04168/ View

Sargent and Company Records, undated, 1720-1955.

Title: Sargent and Company Records undated, 1720-1955.

Sargent and Company was a manufacturer of locks and hardware, with headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut. Originally established in New York City as a commission business, Sargent and Company relocated to New Britain, Connecticut, several years later under the name J.B. Sargent & Company. Unable to expand at this location, Sargent purchased land in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved the company, one hundred employees and their families on 1 May 1865. By 1887, the plant had expanded to sixteen acres of floor space and employed almost 1,700 employees. Joseph B. Sargent was prominent in New Haven politics and was elected mayor in 1890. In 1892, he was nominated as the Democratic candidate for governor, but was defeated. Upon his death in 1907, his brother, George Stewart Sargent, became president of Sargent and Company. In 1972, Sargent and Company became a division of Walter Kidde & Company of Belleville, New Jersey, a manufacturer of safety, security and protection products.

ArchivalResource: 188.0 Linear feet

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Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862. Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876.

Title: Papers of Ogden Edwards, 1753-1876.

The core of the collection consists of incoming correspondence of Pierpont and Ogden Edwards, with some individuals letters retained, evidently, for their autograph value. Many letters contain annotations identifying famous authors or addressees. The annotations are penned in the same hand as a list of famous historical personages, which appears to be a catalog and/or list of collector's desiderata; the names represented in the Edwards collection are ticked off. include his incoming correspondence and miscellaneous documents documenting Edwards's political and legal career. The correspondents include James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860), William Irving (1766-1821), Eliphalet Nott (1773-1866), Gideon Lee (1778-1841), Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834), Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844), Stephen Allen, Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) (1782-1850), William Bristol, Henry Waggaman Edwards (1779 -- 1847), William Alexander Duer (1780-1858), Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1786-1870), Francis Granger (1792-1868), Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842), and William Kent (1802-1861). Some letters discuss the 1824 Presidential elections and the New York politics. Also included are individual documents pertaining to military careers of Ogden Edwards's sons George Pierpont Edwards and Alfred Edwards. include letters from David Dagget (1764-1815), Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804), Aaron Ogden, Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), Alexander Hamilton, Roger Minot Sherman (1773-1844), Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 and Aaron Burr. The letters discuss local politics, Edwards's legal practice, and his social life. Also included a receipt for 250 pounds for purchasing & fitting out a privateer (October 1776). The rest of the collection are letters retained for their autograph value. This portion consists individual letters by Thomas Gage, Samuel Huntington, Stephen Girard (1750-1831), William Gaston (1778-1844), Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833), William North (1755-1836), and Marie Joseph Lafayette, and and indemnification bond to the Overseers of the Poor of Dover Hundred (Delaware, 1761).

ArchivalResource: 45 pieces, also ephemera.1 box.

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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