Inventory of the Kenneth Rayner Papers, 1675-1905
Collection Number 625
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
- Rayner, Kenneth, 1808-1884.
- Title
- Kenneth Rayner Papers, 1675-1905.
- Call Number
- 625
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 500 items (0.5 linear feet).
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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 Kenneth Rayner Papers, #625, 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.
- Moore, B. F. (Bartholomew Figures), 1801-1878.
- Polk family
- Polk, William, 1758-1834.
- Raleigh (N.C.)--History--19th century.
- Rayner, Kenneth, 1808-1884.
- Raynor family.
Biographical Note
Kenneth Rayner (1808-1884) was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, member of the Alabama Claims Commission, solicitor of the United States Treasury, and United States Representative from North Carolina.
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The collection includes correspondence and personal, family, and legal papers relating to lands in Bertie and other northeastern North Carolina counties acquired by Rayner's family. Included is some correspondence of William Polk, Rayner's father-in-law. Rayner's papers, beginning in 1842, reveal little information on his varied activities; papers from 1870-1884 consist chiefly of recommendations for appointment to office, but include copies of letters exchanged by Bartholomew Figures Moore and Rayner concerning the surrender of the city of Raleigh to General Sherman in 1865. Later papers include family items and Polk genealogical information.