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JOHN BALLANFANT PAPERS
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Ballanfant, John, fl. 1844-1845.
Papers, 1844-1845.
3 items.

Photoprint and microfilm; originals of letters in private hands in 1952;
original of oration in University of North Carolina Archives.

Letter, 4 February 1845, from E. C. Grier, Mocksville, N.C., to John
Ballanfant, Pleasant Grove, Maury County, Tenn., congratulating Ballanfant
on his marriage and discussing Grier's law studies and social life;
Ballanfant's Dialectic Society (University of North Carolina) oration,
1844; and a letter, January 1845, to Ballanfant, from T. T. Slade of
Craigsville, N.C., describing his social life and giving news of friends.
Grier, Slade, and Ballanfant were all members of the University of North
Carolina class of 1844.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Ballanfant, John, fl. 1844-1845.
   College orations--University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
   Craigsville (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Grier, E. C., fl. 1844-1845.
   Law students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   Mocksville (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Slade, T. T., fl. 1844-1845.
   University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Alumni--Social life and
      customs--19th century.

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