Inventory of the Weldon Nathaniel Edwards Papers, 1816-1870
Collection Number 3381-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Edwards, Weldon Nathaniel, 1788-1873.
- Title
- Weldon Nathaniel Edwards Papers, 1816-1870.
- Call Number
- 3381-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 49 items.
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Weldon Nathaniel Edwards Papers, #3381-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
- Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Edwards, Weldon Nathaniel, 1788-1873.
- Randolph, John, 1773-1833.
- Ruffin, Thomas, 1787-1870.
- United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
- United States. Congress--History--19th century.
Biographical Note
Northampton County, N.C., planter; member of Congress, 1815-1827; North Carolina state senator, 1833-1834 and 1850-1852; and active secessionist.
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Political correspondence of Edwards, including letters from many prominent politicians, especially John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833), Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870), and James Buchanan. Topics addressed range widely and include congressional events of the late 1820s and Democratic Party affairs of the 1840s. There are no papers relating to Edwards's activities as a member of the North Carolina constitutional convention of 1835, or to his service as president of the state secession convention, 1861-1862.