Tod Robinson Caldwell papers, 1801-1890 [manuscript].

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Tod Robinson Caldwell papers, 1801-1890 [manuscript].

Family and political correspondence. Papers through 1865 consist chiefly of letters to Caldwell's wife, Minerva Ruffin (Cain) Caldwell, from his relatives, planters of Orange County, N.C., and Marengo County, Ala.; letters from their son, John (d. 1863), while serving in the Confederate Army in Virginia; and a small amount of Whig political correspondence. After 1865 papers are chiefly Caldwell's political correspondence.

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Caldwell, Tod Robinson, 1818-1874

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Caldwell, John, 1819-1868

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