William Belvidere Meares papers, 1851-1948.

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William Belvidere Meares papers, 1851-1948.

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Includes letters of William Belvidere Meares, his wife Mary Thomas Exum Meares, their children, and other family members; genealogical and biographical information; clippings; writings; certificates and other miscellaneous papers; and photographs. Included are letters, 1850s, from Adelaide Savage Meares, sister of William Belvidere Meares who later married Moses John De Rosset, to Mary Thomas Exum Meares about family and social life in eastern North Carolina, and letters, 1863 and 1966, from Martha Exum Ransom (Mrs. Matt W. Ransom) to her sister, Mary Thomas Exum Meares, about social life and hard times in North Carolina. There are also letters, 1870s, from his parents and others to Frederick P. Meares, containing family news, advice on the importance of education and on behavior relating to "the Negro cadet" at his school, and news of his father's attempt to sell his plantation because of the difficulty of hiring labor and the dullness of plantation life. Also included are a labor contract, 1867, between four laborers and William Belvidere Meares; photographs of Meares family members; and other items.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Meares, William Belvidere, 1826-1896.

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William Belvidere Meares was a physician and planter of Davidson County, N.C. From the description of William Belvidere Meares papers, 1851-1948. WorldCat record id: 26243082 William Belvidere Meares (1826-1896), physician and planter of Davidson County, N.C., was the fifth son of Catherine Grady Davis and William Belvidere Meares (1787-1841) of Wilmington, N.C. Meares was educated at the Bingham School in Hillsborough and graduated from the University of North ...

Mears family.

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Meares, Joseph Exum, 1864-1954.

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Meares, Frederick P., b. 1858.

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Ransom, Martha Exum, fl. 1860s.

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Ransom, Matt W. (Matt Whitaker), 1826-1904

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Matthew Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) was a lawyer, planter, state official, Confederate general, Redeemer, Democratic United States senator from North Carolina, and minister to Mexico. Born on 8 October 1826 in Warren County, N.C., to Robert and Priscilla Whitaker Ransom, Ransom was brother to General Robert Ransom and cousin to fellow Confederate officer Wharton J. Green. After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1847, Ransom went on to serve as the North Carolina Attorney Genera...

De Rosset, Adelaide Savage Meares, 1839-1870.

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Meares, Mary Thomas Exum, 1833-1883.

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