J.G. Ramsay papers, 1784-1955.

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J.G. Ramsay papers, 1784-1955.

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Political, personal, and family papers of Ramsay family members. Political correspondence chiefly concerns activities of the Confederate Congress and of the N.C. Republican Party from Reconstruction until 1930. Correspondents include N.C. Governor Jonathan Worth and Senator Jeter Conley Pritchard. There is also family correspondence relating to social, financial, and economic conditions on the Tennessee and Ohio frontiers in the 1790s and in 19th-century Alabama and Seattle, Wash. In 1884, there are letters from William G. Ramsay, working and traveling in Africa. In 1895, there are materials relating to Sarah Foster Ramsay's fatal battle, possibly with breast cancer. Education of both male and female Ramsays figures in the papers, from James Graham Ramsay's tenure at Davidson College and Jefferson Medical College to his daughter's attending college in the 1860s. Financial and legal materials include records of medical treatments of both slave and free populations and hiring out of slaves, 1829-1846. There are also many speeches and writings by James Graham Ramsay, including a series of courtship letters to his wife, his autobiography, and diaries, with brief entries documenting daily activities. Also included are a few diaries, 1822-1839, of Ramsay's mother and writings of other family members on religious and political themes. There is also a notebook of Ramsay's brother-in-law, containing cures for various ailments and detailed histories of notable medical cases.

3000 items (6.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7353357

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Pritchard, Jeter Connelly, 1857-1921

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Worth, Jonathan, 1802-1869

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Governor of North Carolina and lawyer. From the description of Pardon of Jonathan Worth, 1865 August 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067019 Jonathan Worth, 1802-1869, was the son of David Worth of Guilford County, N.C. He studied law under Archibald D. Murphy, married Martitia Daniel, and started practicing law at Asheboro, N.C., in 1825. Worth was a member of the North Carolina state legislature in 1830, 1831, 1840, 1858, and 1860-1863, and was...

North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate

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Jefferson Medical College

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Ramsay, J. G. (James Graham)

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James Graham Ramsay (1823-1903) attended Davidson College, 1823- 1841, and Jefferson Medcical College in Philadelphia, 1844-1848, and practiced medicine in Iredell and Rowan counties, N.C. He was a Whig state senator, 1856-1864, and served in the Confederate Congress. After the war, he was active in the state Republican Party and served again in the legislature in 1883. His children included James Hill Ramsay (1855-1930), longtime postmaster of Salisbury, N.C., and delegate to the 1896 national ...

Ramsay, Claudius C., 1865-1930

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Ramsay, James Hill, 1855-1930

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Ramsey family.

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Davidson College

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Confederate States of America. Congress

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On February 4, 1861, representatives from 6 of the seceded states assembled in Montgomery, Alabama, to organize the Confederate States of America. At this time, the representatives drafted a provisional constitution and declared a provisional legislature. They selected Jefferson Davis to serve as their president. The provisional congress continued to meet in Montgomery until May 20, 1861, when the provisional capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. A permanent government and constitution were ratif...