William Laurence Saunders papers, 1712-1907 [manuscript].

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William Laurence Saunders papers, 1712-1907 [manuscript].

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Saunders accumulated most of these papers in the process of compiling and editing the "Colonial Records of North Carolina" (Raleigh, 1886-1891). Personal items include Civil War letters and papers pertaining to his Confederate Army service in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina, and his participation in the battles for Roanoke Island, 1862, at Fredericksburg, 1862, and at Charleston, 1863; diaries, 1867-1868 and 1879- 1881, containing brief entries; bank books; and correspondence relating to his historical research and other activities, including two items concerning to the Ku-Klux Klan. Historical materials include contemporary copies of the legislative journals of North Carolina, 1749-1764; copies of reports of the royal governors, 1768-1771; financial and other records, 1833-1837, of the Episcopal School of North Carolina at Raleigh; a volume of notes and manuscripts pertaining to the early history of North Carolina collected by François-Xavier Martin; two long letters, 1888, written by former North Carolina governor Thomas J. Jarvis containing his recollections of North Carolina history and politics; and scattered miscellaneous notes related to state history.

About 1,200 items (4.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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