William J. Clarke papers, 1838-1881 (bulk 1850-1880).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William J. Clarke papers, 1838-1881 (bulk 1850-1880).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22486162

The collection is chiefly scattered bills, receipts, slave bills of sale, accounts, correspondence (including some with Zebulon Vance), and legal papers, 1850-1880, related to personal expenses and a variety of business interests including lumber, railroads, and an iron works associated with William J. Clarke of Raleigh, N.C. There is also Civil War military and personal correspondence of Clarke while a colonel with the 24th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in Virginia and eastern North Carolina. Political material is slight except for a diary, 1868, describing Clarke's efforts on behalf of the Republican Party at New Bern, N.C. The diary also includes entries relating to Clarke's family, especially his children.

ca. 800 items (1.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7051999

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Clarke, Mary Bayard, 1827-1886

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc1zdd (person)

Mary Bayard Clarke (1827-1886) was poet and novelist of North Carolina and Texas. From the guide to the Mary Bayard Clarke Papers, circa 1870s (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection) ...

Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg2p51 (person)

Confederate general; governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to William F. Vilas, 1888 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574072 Confederate Army officer, governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator from North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1857-1893. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460648 Zebulon Baird Vance, a native of Buncombe County, N.C., was go...

Confederate states of America. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn4wfh (corporateBody)

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...

Republican Party (N.C.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx5283 (corporateBody)

Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 24th

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq9wk9 (corporateBody)

Clarke, William J. (William John), 1819-1886

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sx7t53 (person)

William J. Clarke of New Bern and Raleigh, N.C., was a businessman, Confederate officer, and postwar Republican leader. Clarke married poet and novelist Mary Bayard (Devereux) Clarke (1827-1886). From the description of William J. Clarke papers, 1838-1881 (bulk 1850-1880). WorldCat record id: 22486162 William J. Clarke was born in Raleigh, N.C., the only child of Ann Maria Robadeau and William F. Clarke. In 1841, Clarke graduated with honors from the University ...