Inventory of the W. S. Hamilton Papers, 1770-1888; 1924

Collection Number 1471


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Hamilton, W. S. (William Southerland), b. 1789.
Title
W. S. Hamilton Papers, 1770-1888; 1924.
Call Number
1471
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1000 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Papers of John Hamilton (1784-1822) and his son, W. S. Hamilton, pertaining to J. Hamilton's study of law in Scotland, his move to the United States, his life in Edenton and Elizabeth City, N.C., as a lawyer, state legislator, and active Baptist, and his move to Louisiana; and to W. S. Hamilton's study at Princeton College, his friendship and correspondence with Samuel Stanhope Smith, president of Princeton, his service as a United States Army officer, 1808-1817, chiefly in Louisiana under General Wade Hampton (1754-1835), and his controversy with his father and stepmother over property due him from his mother's estate. Volumes, 1785- 1802, are irregular diaries and brief memoranda books of J. Hamilton. Also available are military papers and orderly books of W. S. Hamilton and his later papers as a planter and legislator in Louisiana; correspondence with his sons, especially Douglas M. and William B. Hamilton, students in Louisiana and at the University of Virginia and soldiers in the Confederate Army in Virginia; and a Louisiana cotton plantation journal, 1861-1862.


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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
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 W. S. Hamilton Papers, #1471, 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Baptist State Convention of North Carolina--History--19th century.
Claims against decedents' estates--Louisiana--History--19th century.
College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)--Students--Social life and customs.
Diaries.
Edenton (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Elizabeth City (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Fathers and sons--Louisiana.
Hamilton, John, 1784-1822.
Hamilton, W. S. (William Southerland), b. 1789.
Hampton, Wade, 1752-1835.
Law--Study and teaching--Scotland--History--19th century.
Lawyers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Louisiana--History--War of 1812.
Louisiana--Politics and government.
Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Plantation owners--Louisiana--Correspondence.
Plantations--Louisiana.
Scottish Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
United States. Army--Military life.
United States. Army--Records and correspondence.
Washington (N.C.)--History.
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Collection Overview

Papers of John Hamilton (1784-1822) and his son, W. S. Hamilton, pertaining to J. Hamilton's study of law in Scotland, his move to the United States, his life in Edenton and Elizabeth City, N.C., as a lawyer, state legislator, and active Baptist, and his move to Louisiana; and to W. S. Hamilton's study at Princeton College, his friendship and correspondence with Samuel Stanhope Smith, president of Princeton, his service as a United States Army officer, 1808-1817, chiefly in Louisiana under General Wade Hampton (1754-1835), and his controversy with his father and stepmother over property due him from his mother's estate. Volumes, 1785- 1802, are irregular diaries and brief memoranda books of J. Hamilton.

Also available are military papers and orderly books of W. S. Hamilton and his later papers as a planter and legislator in Louisiana; correspondence with his sons, especially Douglas M. and William B. Hamilton, students in Louisiana and at the University of Virginia and soldiers in the Confederate Army in Virginia; and a Louisiana cotton plantation journal, 1861-1862.