Thomas Lenoir papers, 1771-1912; (bulk 1838-1800).

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Lenoir, Thomas, 1780-1861. Thomas Lenoir papers, 1771-1912; (bulk 1838-1800).

Thomas Lenoir papers, 1771-1912; (bulk 1838-1800).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19936294

Correspondence, diary, legal documents, account books, mercantile records, surveying records, and other papers (chiefly 1838-1880) of Lenoir, of his father, William Lenoir, and of his children. The early papers concern horse breeding, legal matters, deism in North Carolina (1790s), and the international situation (1790s). Thomas Lenoir's papers make up the majority of the collection and relate to the settlement of his father's estate, activities of his brother in Tennessee and his sons at the University of North Carolina, and antebellum agriculture in North Carolina. Postwar letters pertain mainly to politics, agriculture, cattle diseases, family matters, student life at the University of North Carolina and at Davis Military School, Winston (now Winston-Salem), N.C., North Carolina militia, and Civil War reminiscences. Correspondents include W.J. Bingham, Calvin J. Cowles, Charles F. Deems, S.F. Patterson, Lewis Williams.

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