Shotwell family papers, 1829-1930 (bulk 1829-1887) [manuscript].

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Shotwell family papers, 1829-1930 (bulk 1829-1887) [manuscript].

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Personal correspondence, sermons, and notes of the Rev. Nathan Shotwell, Presbyterian minister who held pulpits in antebellum Virginia and North Carolina and in Tennessee after the Civil War; and correspondence and scrapbooks of his son, Randolph Abbott Shotwell (1844-1885), Confederate officer, North Carolina editor, and politician prominent on the conservative side of Reconstruction. Manuscript sermons and sermon notes by Nathan Shotwell comprise more than half of the collection. Other papers include Nathan Shotwell's correspondence about church matters and with his relatives in Washington County, Pa., and in New Jersey. Randolph Abbott Shotwell's correspondence includes letters from Jonathan Worth, Zebulon Baird Vance, and others discussing Reconstruction politics in North Carolina and Shotwell's arrest in 1871 for Ku-Klux Klan activities. An undated letter to Shotwell from an unidentified correspondent details Ku Klux Klan activity in Gaston County, N.C.

500 items (2.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7117214

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

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Shotwell, Randolph Abbott, 1844-1885

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Nathan Shotwell was a Presbyterian minister who held pulpits in antebellum Virginia and North Carolina and in Tennessee after the Civil War. His son was Randolph Abbott Shotwell. Randolph Abbott Shotwell (1844-1885) was a Confederate officer, North Carolina editor, and politician prominent on the conservative side of Reconstruction. After the Civil War he became a member of the Ku Klux Klan and in 1871 was imprisoned in connection with Klan activities. He was subsequentl...

Shotwell family.

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Worth, Jonathan, 1802-1869

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Governor of North Carolina and lawyer. From the description of Pardon of Jonathan Worth, 1865 August 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067019 Jonathan Worth, 1802-1869, was the son of David Worth of Guilford County, N.C. He studied law under Archibald D. Murphy, married Martitia Daniel, and started practicing law at Asheboro, N.C., in 1825. Worth was a member of the North Carolina state legislature in 1830, 1831, 1840, 1858, and 1860-1863, and was...

Shotwell, Nathan.

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