Papers, 1778-1889.

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Papers, 1778-1889.

The papers of John Branch, governor of North Carolina, U.S. senator, and Secretary of the Navy, and of his nephews, Joseph Branch, lawyer, and Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, lawyer and Confederate brigadier general. Topics of concern include political appointments, 1829-1830; land speculation, chiefly in Leon County, Fla.; Joseph and Lawrence's legal practices in Florida and North Carolina, ; Whig politics and Union sentiment in North Carolina in the 1850s; the Charleston and Baltimore Democratic Conventions of 1860; the the Civil War campaigns around New Bern, N.C.

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Branch, John, 1782-1863

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Secretary of the Navy. From the description of Letter signed : "Navy Department," to Samuel Hambleton, U.S.N. purser in Baltimore, 1829 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134739 U.S. senator and governor of North Carolina. From the description of John Branch papers, 1830-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451282 ...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Branch family.

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Residents of Enfield (Halifax County), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1778-1889. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19308115 ...

Whig Party (N.C.)

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Branch, Lawrence O'B. (Lawrence O'Bryan), 1820-1862

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Confederate general. From the description of Signature on the register of Brown's Hotel, Washington, 1856 Nov. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270135795 ...

Branch, Joseph G. (Joseph Gerald), 1866-

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