William Belvidere Meares Papers, 1851-1948

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William Belvidere Meares Papers, 1851-1948

William Belvidere Meares Papers, 1851-1948

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William Belvidere Meares was a physician and planter of Davidson County, N.C. The collection includes letters of William Belvidere Meares, his wife Mary Thomas Exum Meares, their children, and other family members; genealogical and biographical information; clippings; writings; certificates and other miscellaneous papers; and photographs. Included are letters, 1850s, from Adelaide Savage Meares, sister of William Belvidere Meares who later married Moses John De Rosset, to Mary Thomas Exum Meares about family and social life in eastern North Carolina; letters, 1863 and 1966, from Martha Exum Ransom (Mrs. Matt W. Ransom) to her sister, Mary Thomas Exum Meares, about social life and hard times in North Carolina; letters, 1870s, from his parents and others to Frederick P. Meares, containing family news, advice on the importance of education and on behavior relating to at his school, and news of his father's attempt to sell his plantation because of the difficulty of hiring labor and the dullness of plantation life; and other letters. Also included are a labor contract, 1867, between four laborers and William Belvidere Meares; photographs of Meares family members; and other items. the Negro cadet

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection