James O. Carr papers, 1743-1938.

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James O. Carr papers, 1743-1938.

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Political correspondence, mainly 1916-1938, of James O. Carr, especially with Henry G. Connor, Angus W. McLean, J.C.B. Ehringhaus, and Josiah W. Bailey, concerning Democratic Party organization, political issues and programs, and North Carolina state and national elections and patronage. Among the topics discussed in detail are the administration of Federal law courts in eastern North Carolina, especially the problem of enforcing liquor laws; North Carolina state financial programs; the state highway program; public education; the huckleberry industry; and the New Deal's effect on North Carolina. Earlier papers consist of family letters, mainly 1818-1885, written by members of the Dickson, Carr, and Hall families of Duplin County and Wilmington, N.C., and their relatives and friends in other southern states. Many of the correspondents were female. Volumes include seventeen general merchandise account books, 1876-1894, of Jacob W. Carr (b. 1827) at Rose Hill, N.C.; military court martial records and other information pertaining to the Duplin County militia, 1784-1853; secretary's book of the Hannah More Academy in Duplin County, 1834-1844; and Carr family history.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Bailey, Josiah William, 1873-1946

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Connor, Henry G. (Henry Groves), 1852-1924

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Carr, James O. (James Ozborn), 1869-1949

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Carr, a lawyer of Wilmington, N.C., was a state legislator, served as U.S. District Attorney, 1916-1919 and 1933-1945, and was a leader in the North Carolina Democratic Party. From the description of James O. Carr papers, 1743-1938. WorldCat record id: 24864362 James O. (James Ozborn) Carr (1869-1949), a lawyer of Wilmington, N.C., was a state legislator, 1898; chairman of Board of Education, New Hanover County, N.C., 1909-1916 and 1927-1931; and United States D...

McLean, Angus Wilton, 1870-1935

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