Inventory of the Edward M. L'Engle Papers, 1834-1907

Collection Number 425


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
L'Engle, Edward M.
Title
Edward M. L'Engle Papers, 1834-1907 (bulk 1834-1900).
Call Number
425
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
5,140 items (4.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Edward McCrady L'Engle (1834-1900) of Florida was a railroad president, lawyer, and Confederate army officer. The collection includes L'Engle's legal, business, political, and family correspondence, chiefly 1856-1897. Papers before 1866, a small part of the collection, relate to railroad development, plantation life and slavery, social conditions, and public opinion before and during the war in Florida. Antebellum papers include letters from other southeastern states and from an army officer on the Texas frontier and in the Oregon and Washington territories. Postwar papers chiefly concern the Florida Central Railroad, which was entangled in the Reconstruction manipulations of George William Swepson and General Milton Smith Littlefield. The postwar papers also reflect L'Engle's legal practice, banking, and business activities in general, including relations with northern businessmen, and contain material on the political opinions of the conservative white element in Florida during Reconstruction. Correspondents include most of the antebellum, Confederate, and Conservative leaders of the state, many of whom were L'Engle's relatives or close friends, and a number of prominent persons from other southern states.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Prior to 1940
Processing Information
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 Edward M. L'Engle Papers, #425, 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.

Banks and banking--Florida--History--19th century.
Florida Central Railroad.
Florida--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Florida--Social conditions.
L'Engle, Edward M.
Lawyers--Florida--History--19th century.
Littlefield, Milton Smith, 1830-1899.
Oregon--Description and travel.
Plantations--Florida.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Florida.
Slavery--Florida.
Swepson, George William, 1811-1883.
Texas--Description and travel.
Washington (State)--Description and travel.
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Biographical Note

Edward McCrady L'Engle (1834-1900) of Florida was a railroad president, lawyer, and Confederate army officer.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes L'Engle's legal, business, political, and family correspondence, chiefly 1856-1897. Papers before 1866, a small part of the collection, relate to railroad development, plantation life and slavery, social conditions, and public opinion before and during the war in Florida. Antebellum papers include letters from other southeastern states and from an army officer on the Texas frontier and in the Oregon and Washington territories.

Postwar papers chiefly concern the Florida Central Railroad, which was entangled in the Reconstruction manipulations of George William Swepson and general Milton Smith Littlefield. The postwar papers also reflect L'Engle's legal practice, banking, and business activities in general, including relations with northern businessmen, and contain material on the political opinions of the conservative white element in Florida during Reconstruction. Correspondents include most of the antebellum, Confederate, and Conservative leaders of the state, many of whom were L'Engle's relatives or close friends, and a number of prominent persons from other southern states.