Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#37-z
GEORGE E. BADGER PAPERS
Inventory

Abstract:      George E. Badger, superior court judge, secretary of
           the Navy, and U.S. senator, 1844-1855, of Raleigh, N.C.
               Business papers of George E. Badger, including
           business letters, deeds, and receipts. The letters, 1829-
           1860, are from Badger to friends and associates concerning
           legal cases, politics, and general news. Included are seven
           letters, 1855-1860, from Badger to James Mandeville
           Carlisle (1814-1877), a Washington, D.C., lawyer with whom
           he formed a law partnership in the mid-1850s. Of particular
           interest is an 1849 letter to Badger from George Davis
           (1820-1896), who later served as attorney general of the
           Confederate States of America, and Frederick J. Hill (1792-
           1861), both of Wilmington, N.C., concerning the political
           appointment of the commander of the revenue boat for that
           city's port. Also of interest is a letter, also 1849, from
           Badger to Charles M. Butler, rector of Trinity Church
           (Episcopal), Washington, D.C., concerning Episcopal
           doctrinal controversies.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866.
   Cabinet officers--United States--History--19th century.
   Carlisle, James M. (James Mandeville), 1814-1877.
   Davis, George, 1820-1896.
   Episcopal Church--Doctrines--History--19th century.
   Hill, Frederick Jones, 1792-1861.
   Judges--History--19th century.
   Lawyers--History--19th century.
   Patronage, Political--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   United States. Navy Dept.--History--19th century.
   Wilmington (N.C.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Size:          37 items.

Date Span:     1827-1864.

Provenance:    Received from Emerich P. Korecz of Bluemont, Va., in
               July 1858 through Dr. Lawrence London of the University
               of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; purchased from Paul
               C. Richards of Templeton, Mass., from 1964 to 1986; and
               purchased from J. Douglas Mattox in 1998 (Acc. 98043).

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship
                   of a grant from the National Endowment for the
                   Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington,
                   D.C., 1990-1992.
                   The originals of letters appearing
                   in photocopy are probably in the North Carolina
                   State Archives or in the Library of Congress.

Related Collection:    Badger Family Papers (#953).

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
           descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.