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[Identification of item], in the Geo. W. Swepson Papers, #707-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Fraud--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Littlefield, M. S. (Milton Smith), 1830-1899.
• North Carolina--Trials, litigation, etc.--History--19th century.
• Railroads--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina.
• Swepson, Geo. W. (George William), 1811-1883.

• Edward McCrady L'Engle Papers (#425); Matt Whitaker Ransom Papers (#2615).

George William Swepson (1811-1883) was the treasurer of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad; and president of the western division of the Western North Carolina Railroad.

The collection includes legal proceedings and correspondence in the case of North Carolina versus Swepson and Littlefield, a Reconstruction railroad fraud in which George William Swepson was involved with General Milton Smith Littlefield (1830-1899). Items include certified copies of briefs, order of certiorari, the opinion of Judge W. B. Radman, a list of state's witnesses, and letters about the case.