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Edward Stanly

1810–1872 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds 2 works for Edward Stanly so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Willie Person Mangum papers,

Mangum, Willie Person,; Mangum, Arthur,; Mangum, Charity Alston Cain

Personal and political papers of Willie Person Mangum, the Whig senator from Orange County, together with papers of Arthur Mangum and Charity Alston Cain Mangum. Correspondents include Daniel Webster, William A. Graham, David L. Swain, John Chavis and Abraham Lincoln, and other topics include plantations at Hillsborough, the estate called Walnut Hill, state politics, agriculture and education.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Library of Congress record: Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872 -- Correspondence.

Miscellaneous letters, 1786-1982

1786

Single letters dated 1786 to 1982, brought together under one number, with many items described more fully in paper finding aids kept with their units. Topics include southern plantations and slavery, the Civil War and the siege of Fort Fisher, commerce and migration, and writers and public figures from Washington Irving and Daniel Webster to Margaret Mitchell. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 516.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872.

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