Marmaduke Swaim Robins Papers, , 1825-1887 1900-1903

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Marmaduke Swaim Robins Papers, , 1825-1887 1900-1903

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Lawyer and teacher in Randolph County, N.C.; private secretary to Governor Zebulon Vance during part of the Civil War, and North Carolina legislator during and after the war; and chairman of the State Senate committee investigating North Carolina railroads, 1867. Scattered papers of Robins include family letters and business papers; official correspondence and records about internal military affairs of the state during the Civil War, particularly about deserters and lawlessness; letters from friends and relatives in the army and civilians in Randolph County, N.C., during the war; papers pertaining to a railroad investigation by the legislature in 1867; and slight political correspondence. Correspondents include Thomas J. Jarvis, Davis Lowry Swain; C. H. Wiley; Thomas Ruffin, Zebulon B. Vance, and Jonathan Worth.

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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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Robins, Marmaduke Swaim, 1827-1905.

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Marmaduke Swaim Robins, lawyer and teacher in Randolph County, N.C.; private secretary to Governor Zebulon Vance during part of the Civil War, and North Carolina legislator during and after the war; and chairman of the State Senate committee investigating North Carolina railroads, 1867. From the guide to the Marmaduke Swaim Robins Papers, 1825-1887, 1900-1903, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Lawyer and teacher in Randol...