Bryan family papers, 1704-1940.

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Bryan family papers, 1704-1940.

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Primarily business papers and correspondence documenting the professional and commercial activities and home life of the the families of James W. Bryan, James A. Bryan, and Charles S. Bryan. Included are papers pertaining the the law practice of John H. Bryan and James W. Bryan, who specialized in debt collection, reflecting ante-bellum economic conditions in North Carolina and mercantile relationships with New York; and family correspondence and bills and receipts concerning the education and social activities of James W. Bryan's daughter, Laura (Bryan) Hughes (1837-1868), and son, James A. Bryan, who attended Princeton College. Included are letters from William A. Graham before, during, and after his term as governor of North Carolina, and from Bishop Levi Silliman Ives during his controversy with the Episcopal Church. Also present are papers of James A. Bryan relating to his service as a Confederate ordnance officer, and his involvement in lumber, banking, and railroad business after the war, especially as president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, treasurer of the Pamilico, Oriental, and Western Railroad, and president of the National Bank of New Berne; and papers of Charles S. Bryan relating to his business ventures, political interests (including membership in the Ku Klux Klan), service in the American and French forces during World War I, and genealogical research.

About 13,000 items (40.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7135083

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Bryan, James A. (James Augustus), 1839-1923

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Pamlico, Oriental, and Western Railroad.

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O'Donnell family.

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National Bank of New Berne (New Bern, N.C.)

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Bryan family.

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Bryan and related Blount, Donnell, Shepard, Spaight, and Washington families of New Bern, N.C., and vicinity. Prominent family members included John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870), congressman and lawyer of New Bern and Raleigh, N.C.; his brother, James West Bryan (1805-1864), lawyer of New Bern; James W. Bryan's son, James Augustus Bryan (1839- 1923), Confederate ordnance officer and bank and railroad president, of New Bern; and James A. Bryan's son, Charles Shepard Bryan (1865-1956), businessman o...

Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875

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Governor of and U.S. senator from North Carolina. From the description of Letter of William A. Graham, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450527 William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804 - August 11, 1875) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. He was also a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1852. From the descripti...

Speight family.

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Blount family.

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

Ives, L. Silliman (Levi Silliman), 1797-1867

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina. From the description of Levi Silliman Ives papers, 1824-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658773901 2nd Protestant Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Raleigh, to J. Pierpont Morgan, 1852 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269534131 ...

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company

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Washington family.

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Bryan, Chas. S. (Charles Shepherd), 1865-1956

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Bryan, John Heritage, 1798-1870

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John Herritage (Heritage) Bryan (1798-1870) was an attorney of New Bern and later Raleigh. He represented Craven County in the State Senate (1823-1825) and was elected to Congress in 1825 as a National Republican. After serving in Congress for two terms, Bryan returned to his New Bern law practice until moving to Raleigh around 1839. In 1863, Charlotte, daughter of John Herritage and Mary Shepard Bryan, married Confederate Major General Bryan Grimes of Grimesland in Pitt County....

Bryan, James W. (James West), 1805-1864

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Shepard family.

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