Bartlett Yancey papers, 1800-1828 [manuscript].

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Bartlett Yancey papers, 1800-1828 [manuscript].

Papers include frequent letters to Bartlett Yancey from Nathaniel Macon, Romulus Mitchell Saunders, and Lewis Williams, and scattered letters from John C. Calhoun, William H. Crawford, Willie P. Mangum, Archibald D. Murphey, Thomas Ruffin, and other prominent men, particularly concerning the preliminaries of the elections of 1824 and 1828, reflecting the viewpoint of the "Old Republican" group which supported William H. Crawford for the presidency in 1824 and Andrew Jackson in 1828.

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Saunders, Romulus Mitchell, 1791-1867.

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Orange County, N.C., lawyer, judge, trustee of the University of North Carolina, legislator, and advocate of internal improvements and other reforms. From the description of Archibald D. Murphey papers, 1768-1893 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23294911 Archibald De Bow Murphey (1777-1832) was an Orange County, N.C., lawyer, judge, trustee of the University of North Carolina, legislator, and advocate of internal improvements, public education, and constitutional reform. ...