Inventory of the L. Q. C. Lamar Papers, 1864-1874

Collection Number 2219-z


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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893.
Title
L. Q. C. Lamar Papers, 1864-1874.
Call Number
2219-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
9 items.
Abstract
Lawyer of Georgia and later Mississippi, United States congressman from Mississippi, member of President Cleveland's cabinet, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Seven letters, 1868-1874, from Lamar to relatives and friends, chiefly concerning family and personal matters; and two letters, 1864, to him from James Williams, a friend in London, concerning European attitudes toward the Confederacy.


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Administrative Information

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 L. Q. C. Lamar Papers, #2219-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.
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Online Catalog Headings

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

Confederate States of America--Foreign relations.
Family--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Foreign public opinion.
Williams, James, fl. 1864.
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Biographical Note

Lawyer of Georgia and later Mississippi, United States congressman from Mississippi, member of President Cleveland's cabinet, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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Collection Overview

Seven letters, 1868-1874, from Lamar to relatives and friends, chiefly concerning family and personal matters; and two letters, 1864, to him from James Williams, a friend in London, concerning European attitudes toward the Confederacy.