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Collection Number: 02861-z

Collection Title: John Ballanfant Papers, 1844-1845

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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Size 3 items
Abstract John Ballanfant of Pleasant Grove, Maury County, Tenn., was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1844. The collection contains a letter, 4 February 1845, from E. C. Grier, Mocksville, N.C., to Ballanfant, congratulating him 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 and Slade were graduated from the University of North Carolina with Ballanfant.
Creator Ballanfant, John, fl. 1844-1845.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Ballanfant Papers, #2861-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Partial microfilm copy available.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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John Ballanfant of Pleasant Grove, Maury County, Tenn., was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1844.

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The collection contains a letter, 4 February 1845, from E. C. Grier, Mocksville, N.C., to Ballanfant, congratulating him 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 and Slade were graduated from the University of North Carolina with Ballanfant.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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