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[Identification of item], in the George Edmund Badger Papers #37-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Available on microfilm from University Publications of America as part of Southern women and their families in the 19th century, Series A.

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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).

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• 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, 1790-1861.
• 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.

• Badger Family Papers (#953).

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.