John Perkins papers, 1822-1885 [manuscript].

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John Perkins papers, 1822-1885 [manuscript].

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The collection includes correspondence, financial, legal, and other papers primarily documenting the political and financial interests of John Perkins. Some papers reveal Perkins's financial and personal relationship with his father, but there is little other material related to his personal or family life. Correspondence about politics is especially heavy for 1853 to 1855, the years of Perkins's service in the U.S. Congress. Civil War materials include correspondence about Confederate government business and letters from soldiers requesting assistance with transfers and discharges from the Confederate Army. Most of the postwar correspondence concerns Perkins's emigration to Mexico and work as a colonization agent there. Other correspondence concerns the management of Perkins's Somerset and other plantations in Louisiana in the 1850s and 1870s and Cottonwood Plantation, Ellis County, Tex., in the 1860s.

About 550 items (1.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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