D. F. Caldwell papers, 1830-1898 [manuscript].

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D. F. Caldwell papers, 1830-1898 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22485944

The collection includes correspondence concerning family matters; railroads, banking and textile interests; and politics. Political correspondents (except in 1864) include constituents and fellow legislators, most of the prominent Whig politicians of the state in the 1850s, and many prominent postwar Democrats and conservative Republicans. There are few Civil War items.

About 3000 items (2.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7051973

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Caldwell family.

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Whig Party (N.C.)

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Caldwell, D. F. (David Franklin), 1814-1898

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David Franklin Caldwell (1814-1898) was a politician and businessman of Greensboro, N.C. Caldwell was a member of the North Carolina legislature, 1848-1858, 1864, and 1879. Caldwell was a staunch Unionist and strongly opposed to secession. Nevertheless, with the outbreak of the Civil War he applied for a commission in the Confederate Army which was refused due to his previous political stance and doubts about his loyalty. He therefore enlisted as a private and served two years. After the war he ...