John Willis Ellis papers, 1844-1958 (bulk 1844-1865) [manuscript].

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John Willis Ellis papers, 1844-1958 (bulk 1844-1865) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22611976

The collection includes personal, professional, and official correspondence, diary, and other papers of Ellis, including volumes, 1844-1861, containing manuscript notes and clippings of materials used in Ellis's campaigns for the North Carolina state legislature and for governor. Materials include political speeches and official messages; notes and speeches on internal improvements; official papers and correspondence, pertaining particularly to Secession and the beginning of the Civil War; personal and political correspondence including a series of letters, 1853-1858, from Philo White, U.S. minister in Ecuador, discussing social life in Ecuador and diplomatic relations with the United states; a brief personal diary, October 1860-February 1861; and 20th-century papers of his grandson, John Ellis Knowles of Connecticut, concerning a biography of Ellis. A small part of the collection consists of microfilm, photoprints, and manuscript copies of manuscripts in other repositories, gathered by Noble J. Tolbert for "The Papers of John Willis Ellis" (Raleigh, 1964).

About 600 items (1.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7078968

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Knowles, John Ellis.

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Tolbert, Noble J.

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White, Philo, 1796-1883

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Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861

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John W. Ellis was Governor of North Carolina, from 1859-1861. This broadside was issued to call the North Carolina legislature into special session on April 17, 1861. The session was called as a result of Abraham Lincoln's call to arms "for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South ..." From the description of Proclamation, 1861. (University of North Carolina, Wilmington). WorldCat record id: 49916174 John Willis Ellis was a Salisbury, N.C., lawyer, Democratic Party le...