Papers, 1735-1956.

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Papers, 1735-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19316979

Correspondence, legal papers, and other papers of Bryan and his son, Henry Ravenscroft Bryan, relating to legal practice and to politics in the Jacksonian era and in post-Civil War North Carolina. Also the papers of the family of James West Bryan and of related families in Virginia and North Carolina, discussing family news, business and political topics, especially North Carolina state government (1828-1837), New Bern social life and economic growth in the first half of the 19th century, and the lumber industry.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964061

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Bryant family.

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Bryan, James W. (James West), 1805-1864

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Bryan, Henry Ravenscroft, 1836-1919.

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Bryan, John Heritage, 1798-1870

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John Herritage (Heritage) Bryan (1798-1870) was an attorney of New Bern and later Raleigh. He represented Craven County in the State Senate (1823-1825) and was elected to Congress in 1825 as a National Republican. After serving in Congress for two terms, Bryan returned to his New Bern law practice until moving to Raleigh around 1839. In 1863, Charlotte, daughter of John Herritage and Mary Shepard Bryan, married Confederate Major General Bryan Grimes of Grimesland in Pitt County....