George W. Mordecai papers, 1767-1916 (bulk 1840-1870).

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George W. Mordecai papers, 1767-1916 (bulk 1840-1870).

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The collection consists of personal, legal, and business correspondence and financial papers, chiefly 1840-1870, of George W. Mordecai and, to a lesser extent, of Margaret Bennehan. The business papers relate primarily to George's law practice, business ventures, the Bank of the State of North Carolina, the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, the North Carolina Railroad, the American Colonization Society, and the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. The personal papers reflect, among other subjects, conditions at the military and home fronts, especially in Richmond, Va., during the Civil War, the mental illness of some family members, and George's administration of various family estates. Persons represented in the collection include Mordecai, Lazarus, and Devereux family members, especially George's sisters Ellen and Emma, his brother Samuel, and his nieces, Ellen Mordecai Mordecai, Margaret Mordecai Devereux, Ellen Lazarus Allen Shutt, and nephew, Marx E. Lazarus. Other correspondents include Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, and various members of the Cameron family, and Thomas P. Devereux. Volumes consist of a travel diary, account books and estate settlements, plantation accounts for Durham County, N.C., plantations, and bank books. The correspondence and other papers of Margaret B. Cameron Mordecai, chiefly 1872-1886, deal primarily with Cameron and Mordecai family affairs.

ca. 10000 items (12.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083600

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Bank of the State of North Carolina

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Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company

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Cameron, Duncan, 1777-1853

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American colonization society

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there. From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821 The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is n...

Devereaux family.

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Mordecai, Margaret Bennehan, 1810-1886

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Lazar family.

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Cameron family.

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Devereux, Thomas P. (Thomas Pollock), 1793-1869

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Mordecai family.

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Cameron, Paul C. (Paul Carrington), 1808-1891

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Paul C. Cameron was born in Stagville, NC. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1823 to 1825. At which point, he entered the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (forerunner to Norwich University), and graduated in 1828. He then attended Trinity College from 1828 to 1829. Paul Cameron owned extensive plantations in North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. He was also active in railroad construction, banking, cotton manufacture and politics. Cameron was a liberal suppor...

North Carolina Railroad Company

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Incorporated in North Carolina in 1849 to construct a railroad from Charlotte, N.C., to connect with the line of Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad; line opened from Goldsboro to Charlotte, N.C. (223 miles), in 1856; leased to Richmond and Danville Railroad Company (1871-1894); operated by Southern Railway Company after 1894. From the description of Records, 1849-1891. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28421010 ...

Mordecai, George W. (George Washington), 1801-1871

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George W. Mordecai was a lawyer, bank president, railroad president, businessman, and Episcopal layman, of Raleigh, N.C. He was the son of Jacob Mordecai (1762-1838), a leader of the Jewish communities of Warrenton, N.C., and Richmond, Va. Some family members remained Jewish, while other, either through marriage or choice, became Christians. From the description of George W. Mordecai papers, 1767-1916 (bulk 1840-1870). WorldCat record id: 22754288 George W. Mord...