Richmond Mumford Pearson papers, 1796-1877 [manuscript].

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Richmond Mumford Pearson papers, 1796-1877 [manuscript].

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This small collection of Pearson's papers includes correspondence with physicians and others about the mental illness of his first wife; with his brothers, sisters, and children about family and plantation life; with his second wife, Mary (McDowell) Bynum Pearson; and with his son-in-law, Daniel Gould Fowle, lawyer of Raleigh, N.C., later governor of North Carolina. Also, scattered papers related to personal finances, property, and estate settlements, and a few items pertaining to judicial and political affairs, several of them during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

372 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7120652

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Pearson, Mary McDowell Bynum, fl. 1856-1874.

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Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878

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Lawyer, legislator, and member of the North Carolina Supreme Court. From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270773 Richmond Mumford Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer; legislator; Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878; noted teacher of law; unionist Whig; and, after the Civil War, Republican. From the guid...

Fowle, Daniel G. (Daniel Gould), 1831-1891

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Pearson family.

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