Inventory of the Selected papers relating to North Carolina and North Carolinians, 1778-1957

Collection Number 3417-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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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
United States. Naval History Division.
Title
Selected papers relating to North Carolina and North Carolinians, 1778-1957
Call Number
3417-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
26 items.
Abstract
Papers relating to North Carolinians in the United States Navy, naval vessels whose names have North Carolina associations, and Revolutionary and Civil War naval actions off the North Carolina coast. Included are biographical sketches of Edwin Alexander Anderson, David Worth Bagley, Osborne Bennett Hardison, Felix Leslie Johnson, William Durwood Leggett Junior, Andrew Theodore Long, John Wesley Roper, and John Wilkes; photocopies of letters and official communications relating to the USS Croatan, USS Currituck, USS North Carolina, and USS Raleigh; communications relating to John Paul Jones, 1778, 1779, and 1782, and to David Dixon Porter, 1864 and 1865; and histories of the USS Albemarle (three different ships), USS Bogue, USS Croatan, and USS Currituck.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Received 1959
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 Selected papers relating to North Carolina and North Carolinians, #3417-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.

Albemarle (Ship)
Anderson, Edwin Alexander, 1860-1933.
Bagley, David Worth.
Bogue (Ship)
Croatan (Ship)
Currituck (Ship)
Hardison, Osborne Bennett, 1892-1959.
Johnson, Felix Leslie, 1897-1981.
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
Leggett, William Durwood, Jr.
Long, Andrew T. (Andrew Theodore), 1866-1946.
North Carolina (Ship)
North Carolina--Biography.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.
Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891.
Raleigh (Ship)
Roper, John Wesley.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.
United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
Wilkes, John, 1827-1908.
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Collection Overview

Papers relating to North Carolinians in the United States Navy, naval vessels whose names have North Carolina associations, and Revolutionary and Civil War naval actions off the North Carolina coast. Included are biographical sketches of Edwin Alexander Anderson, David Worth Bagley, Osborne Bennett Hardison, Felix Leslie Johnson, William Durwood Leggett Junior, Andrew Theodore Long, John Wesley Roper, and John Wilkes; photocopies of letters and official communications relating to the USS Croatan, USS Currituck, USS North Carolina, and USS Raleigh; communications relating to John Paul Jones, 1778, 1779, and 1782, and to David Dixon Porter, 1864 and 1865; and histories of the USS Albemarle (three different ships), USS Bogue, USS Croatan, and USS Currituck.