Donnell family papers, 1795-1869 [manuscript].

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Donnell family papers, 1795-1869 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23712475

The collection includes papers of John Robert Donnell (1789-1864), New Bern, N.C., lawyer; his brothers; his son, Richard Spaight Donnell (1820-1867); his daughter, Mary Spaight Donnell Shepard (1817-1883); and his in-laws. The materials are almost entirely business and property papers, including many notes, receipts, and accounts, along with a lesser amount of correspondence about legal and financial transactions. They concern principally the estates of Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr., United States Representative Charles Biddle Shepard, and Joseph Leech in North Carolina; J. R. Donnell's property in Montgomery, Ala.; and R. S. Donnell's Hyde County, N.C., farm in 1866-1867. The only items pertaining to public affairs are 17 letters, 1866-1867, regarding the dispute between Edward Conigland (1819-1877) and Edward Jenner Warren (1826-1876). R. S. Donnell's activities as state legislator and United States representative are not reflected in these papers.

About 460 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7117754

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Donnell family.

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Members of the Donnell family include John Robert Donnell (1789-1864), a lawyer of New Bern, N.C.; his brothers, Ezekial J. Donnell of New York and William J. Donnell of New Orleans, La.; his children, Mary Spaight Donnell Shepard (1817-1883), Miss Ann M. Donnell, and R. S. (Richard Spaight) Donnell (1820-1867). From the description of Donnell family papers, 1795-1869 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23712475 ...

Shepard, Charles, 1807-1843

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Shepard, Mary Spaight Donnell, 1817-1883.

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Conigland, Edward, 1819-1877

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Irish immigrant, lawyer, member of the North Carolina constitutional convention of 1865, and counsel for Gov. William W. Holden at his impeachment, 1871. From the description of Edward Conigland papers, 1838-1921 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24144929 Edward Conigland (1819-1877) was an Irish immigrant, lawyer, member of the North Carolina constitutional convention of 1865, and counsel for Governor William W. Holden at his impeachment, 1871. Coni...

Donnell, John Robert, 1789-1864.

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Donnell, R. S. (Richard Spaight), 1820-1867

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Warren, E. J. (Edward Jenner), 1826-1876

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Edward Jenner Warren, a native of Vermont, moved to Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., where he was a lawyer; state legislator, 1862-1866 and 1870-1872; delegate to state conventions, 1861-1862 and 1865-1866; and Superior Court judge, 1865-1868. From the description of E.J. Warren papers, 1826-1917, 2000. WorldCat record id: 26319486 Edward Jenner Warren (1826-1876) was born in Wardsboro, Vt., the third child of twelve of Dr. John Parker and Lucy Maynard Wheeloc...

Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802

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Spaight was a delegate to the U.S. Contential Congress, 1782-1785, from North Carolina, as well as the U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787, and signator to the U.S. Constitution. He was Governor of North Carolina, 1792-1795, held other public offices in the North Carolina and was in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1798-1801. From the description of [Letter] 1784 Aug. 22, Port Tobacco [to] Jacob Reed / Rich.d D. Spaight. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 433579619 Dele...

Leech, Joseph, fl. 1795.

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