James A. Walker papers, 1855-1928 [manuscript].

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James A. Walker papers, 1855-1928 [manuscript].

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Scattered papers of and about Walker, including a small amount of Walker's own correspondence: letters to his fiancee in the 1850s while he was at the University of Virginia and practicing law in Pulaski County, Va., and personal and political letters in Wythe County, Va., when he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1890s. Other papers include 1870s manuscript speeches, correspondence and clippings about Walker, and a typescript biography by his daughter, Mrs. M. M. Caldwell.

300 items (1.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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