Griffith J. McRee papers, 1772-1908 [manuscript].

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Griffith J. McRee papers, 1772-1908 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23658338

The collection includes incoming correspondence, bills, receipts, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other papers of McRee. Also included are letters and papers relating to McRee's biography, 1857-1858, of James Iredell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to the history of the American Revolution and the Civil War. Correspondents include David L. Swain and Eli Washington Caruthers, who wrote concerning historical events, sources, and historiography. Also included is a notebook containing the biography of an earlier Griffith John McRee (1758-1801), Revolutionary War officer and rice planter on the Cape Fear River of North Carolina.

About 270 items (0.5 linear feet.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7117095

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Swain, David Lowry, 1801-1868

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David Lowry Swain, lawyer, governor, and educator, was born near Asheville, N.C., in Buncombe County. His father, George Swain, was a Massachusetts native who settled in Georgia and served in the Georgia legislature and constitutional convention of 1795 before moving to the North Carolina mountains. Caroline Swain, his mother, was the daughter of Jesse Lane. Caroline Swain had four children with her first husband, David Lowry. She and George Swain had seven children, of whom David ...

McRee, Griffith J. (Griffith John), 1820-1872

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Griffith John McRee (1820-1872) was a North Carolina historian, author, attorney, and plantation owner. McRee was educated at W. H. Hardin's academy in Pittsboro, N.C., and graduated from Princeton in 1838. He later married Penelope Iredell, daughter of North Carolina governor and senator James Iredell. From the description of Griffith J. McRee papers, 1772-1908 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23658338 From the guide to the Griffith J. McRee Papers, 1772-1908, (University ...

McRee, Griffith John, 1758-1801

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Caruthers, E. W. (Eli Washington), 1793-1865

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Presbyterian minister, from North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1821-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465262 ...

Iredell, James, 1751-1799

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James Iredell was a lawyer in Edenton, North Carolina, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1790-1799. From the description of James Iredell, Sr. diary, 1770-1774 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145079554 Iredell was active in politics during the American revolution, served as attorney general of North Carolina (1779-1781), was a delegate to the Constitutional convention of 1788, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (...