Edwin Clarke Gregory Papers, 1877-1948 and undated

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Edwin Clarke Gregory Papers, 1877-1948 and undated

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Lawyer and North Carolina legislator, from Salisbury (Rowan Co.), North Carolina. Papers, primarily legal, business, and political correspondence, of Gregory and of his father-in-law, Lee Slater Overman, lawyer and U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Gregory's papers give much information on his career in the North Carolina Senate and relate to such topics as agriculture, gold mining, public aid, and public libraries. A majority of the papers before 1930 pertain to Overman's service in the U.S. Senate (1903-1930) and refer to such events as the North Carolina senatorial contest of 1902, the Espionage Acts of 1914 and 1915, and Alfred E. Smith's 1928 presidential campaign in North Carolina. Includes letters of Margaret Overman Gregory relating to her activities in charitable foundations and the American Red Cross about the time of World War I. Correspondents include Josiah W. Bailey, Josephus Daniels, Frank P. Graham, and Sam Rayburn.

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Gregory, Edwin Clarke, 1876-

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Edwin Clarke Gregory was a lawyer and North Carolina legislator, from Salisbury (Rowan Co.), North Carolina. From the guide to the Edwin Clarke Gregory Papers, 1877-1948 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Lawyer and North Carolina legislator, from Salisbury (Rowan Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1877-1948. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270577 From the description of Papers...