Isaac Melson Meekins Papers, 1905, 1922-1925, 1933, 1936?

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Isaac Melson Meekins Papers, 1905, 1922-1925, 1933, 1936?

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Isaac Melson Meekins (1875-1946) of Elizabeth City, N.C., was a lawyer, U.S. district court judge, and Republican political leader. The collection includes a journal, 1905, kept by Isaac Meekins on a trip to Ireland, Scotland, England, and France, with Dr. William Louis Poteat; a volume containing an expense account, January-February 1922, kept by Meekins as manager for Enemy Insurance Company; clippings, 1924-1925, related to Meekins's gubernatorial campaign and his appointment as U.S. District Court judge in 1924; a letter, 1933, from Meekins to his daughter, Mary Purefoy Meekins, conveying his library to her and describing his reading habits; and a speech, 1936?, by an unknown author to the North Carolina Republican Convention, seconding the nomination of William C. Meekins ... to lead that great corps of Republican candidates over the roads and this great labyrinth of highways in the state of N.C. and plant the banner of the Grand Old Party at the door of the Capital in Raleigh ... .

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

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

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William C. Meekins

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Meekins, Isaac Melson, 1875-1946.

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Isaac Melson Meekins (1875-1946) of Elizabeth City, N.C., was a lawyer, U.S. district court judge, and Republican political leader. From the description of Isaac Melson Meekins papers, 1905; 1924-1925; 1933, 1936? WorldCat record id: 25533704 Isaac Melson Meekins (1875-1946) of Elizabeth City, N.C., was a lawyer, U.S. district court judge, and Republican political leader. Meekins was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1896 began to practice law in Elizabeth C...

Enemy Insurance Company

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North Carolina Republican Convention

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Poteat, William Louis, 1856-1938

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Educator, Wake Forest alumnus (Class of 1877), Biology professor, and President of Wake Forest College, 1905-1927. From the description of William Louis Poteat Papers, 1856-1938 (Wake Forest University - ZSR Library). WorldCat record id: 60690779 ...