Inventory of the Robert Treat Paine Papers, 1830-1900

Collection Number 1110


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
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
Paine, Robert Treat, 1812-1872.
Title
Robert Treat Paine Papers, 1830-1900 (bulk 1830-1858).
Call Number
1110
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 275 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Edenton, N.C., lawyer, state legislator, army officer during the Mexican War, member of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission, and United States Representative, 1855-1857. Family, political, and military correspondence of Robert Treat Paine. The bulk of the papers date from 1830-1858 with the greatest concentration in the Mexican War period. Earlier papers include letters to Paine's wife while he was attending the North Carolina General Assembly. Mexican War papers include letters home and military and political correspondence. A smaller amount of papers relate to the postwar Mexican Claims Commission, his term as an American Party congressman, and, after 1860, to agricultural affairs of Paine and his son-in-law, William Thompson, in Texas.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Acquired 1946
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 Robert Treat Paine Papers, #1110, 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.

Agriculture--Texas--History--19th century.
American Party.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Claims.
Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
North Carolina. General Assembly--History--19th century.
Paine, Robert Treat, 1812-1872.
Thompson, William.
United States and Mexican Claims Commission.
United States. Army--History--Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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Biographical Note

Edenton, N.C., lawyer, state legislator, army officer during the Mexican War, member of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission, and United States Representative, 1855-1857.

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Collection Overview

Family, political, and military correspondence of Robert Treat Paine. The bulk of the papers date from 1830-1858 with the greatest concentration in the Mexican War period. Earlier papers include letters to Paine's wife while he was attending the North Carolina General Assembly. Mexican War papers include letters home and military and political correspondence. A smaller amount of papers relate to the postwar Mexican Claims Commission, his term as an American Party congressman, and, after 1860, to agricultural affairs of Paine and his son-in-law, William Thompson, in Texas.