Papers, 1847-1877; (bulk 1854-1871).

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Papers, 1847-1877; (bulk 1854-1871).

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Correspondence, speeches, and other papers (chiefly 1854-1871), relating to Scott's student days at the University of North Carolina, his legal and teaching career, his service in the state legislature (1850s), his difficulties in and ultimate resignation from the Confederate Army, his unsuccessful campaign for Congress (1870), the Ku Klux Klan, and the Whig, American and Republican parties in North Carolina. Includes family correspondence with Scott's wife, Ella Penn Scott, and his brother, Levi M. Scott, who was a Confederate receiver for sequestrated Federal property. Other correspondents include Kemp P. Battle, W.H. Battle, R.P. Dick, J.R. McLean, R.M. Pearson, John Pool, D.L. Swain, A.W. Tourgée, and Jonathan Worth.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Battle, Kemp P. (Kemp Plummer), 1831-1919

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Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, N.C., was a lawyer and president of the Chatham Railroad. He was active in state affairs during the Civil War and served as state treasurer and as University of North Carolina president, 1876-1891, and professor of history, 1891-1907. From the description of Kemp P. Battle Montgomery Ward Catalog Competition papers, 1915, 1962-1966. WorldCat record id: 56417388 Kemp Plummer Battle (1831-1919) of Chap...

Swain, David Lowry, 1801-1868

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David Lowry Swain, lawyer, governor, and educator, was born near Asheville, N.C., in Buncombe County. His father, George Swain, was a Massachusetts native who settled in Georgia and served in the Georgia legislature and constitutional convention of 1795 before moving to the North Carolina mountains. Caroline Swain, his mother, was the daughter of Jesse Lane. Caroline Swain had four children with her first husband, David Lowry. She and George Swain had seven children, of whom David ...

Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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McLean, J. R.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Scott, Ella Penn.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Dick, Robert P. (Robert Paine), 1831-1919.

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Worth, Jonathan, 1802-1869

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Governor of North Carolina and lawyer. From the description of Pardon of Jonathan Worth, 1865 August 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067019 Jonathan Worth, 1802-1869, was the son of David Worth of Guilford County, N.C. He studied law under Archibald D. Murphy, married Martitia Daniel, and started practicing law at Asheboro, N.C., in 1825. Worth was a member of the North Carolina state legislature in 1830, 1831, 1840, 1858, and 1860-1863, and was...

Tourgée, Albion W. 1838-1905

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American politician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to an unidentified recipient, 1882 Jun. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572884 Author, civil rights leader, and jurist Albion W. Tourgée was born May 2, 1838 in Williamsfield in the Western Reserve of Ohio, then a center of abolitionist activity. He attended the University of Rochester in New York, but left to enlist in the Union army during the Civil War. Wounded in battle...

Scott, William Lafayette, 1828-1872.

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Lawyer, teacher, Confederate officer, and politician, of Greensboro, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1847-1877; (bulk 1854-1871). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159103 ...

Pool, John J.

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Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878

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Lawyer, legislator, and member of the North Carolina Supreme Court. From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270773 Richmond Mumford Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer; legislator; Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878; noted teacher of law; unionist Whig; and, after the Civil War, Republican. From the guid...

Scott, Levi M.

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