Inventory of the Bartlett Yancey Papers, 1800-1828

Collection Number 805


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:
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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
Yancey, Bartlett, 1785-1828.
Title
Bartlett Yancey Papers, 1800-1828.
Call Number
805
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
123 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Bartlett Yancey was a lawyer and politician of Caswell County, N.C., U.S representative, 1813-1817, and member and speaker of the North Carolina Senate, 1817-1828. The collection includes frequent letters to Bartlett Yancey from Nathaniel Macon, Romulus Mitchell Saunders, and Lewis Williams, and scattered letters from John C. Calhoun, William H. Crawford, Willie P. Mangum, Archibald D. Murphey, Thomas Ruffin, and other prominent men, particularly concerning the preliminaries of the elections of 1824 and 1828, reflecting the viewpoint of the Old Republican group which supported William H. Crawford for the presidency in 1824 and Andrew Jackson in 1828.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Acquired from the North Carolina Historical Society.
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 Bartlett Yancey Papers, #805, 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.

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Macon, Nathaniel, 1758-1837.
Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861.
Murphey, Archibald D. (Archibald De Bow), 1777-1832.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Presidents--United States--Election--1824.
Presidents--United States--Election--1828.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--19th century.
Ruffin, Thomas, 1787-1870.
Saunders, Romulus M. (Romulus Mitchell), 1791-1867.
Southern States--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Williams, Lewis, 1786-1842.
Yancey, Bartlett, 1785-1828.
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Biographical Note

Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828) was a lawyer and politician of Caswell County, N.C.; a U.S representative, 1813-1817; and a member and speaker of the North Carolina Senate, 1817-1828.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes frequent letters to Bartlett Yancey from Nathaniel Macon, Romulus Mitchell Saunders, and Lewis Williams, and scattered letters from John C. Calhoun, William H. Crawford, Willie P. Mangum, Archibald D. Murphey, Thomas Ruffin, and other prominent men, particularly concerning the preliminaries of the elections of 1824 and 1828, reflecting the viewpoint of the "Old Republican" group which supported William H. Crawford for the presidency in 1824 and Andrew Jackson in 1828.

Many of the letters have been published in several volumes of the James Sprunt Historical Publications and in the North Carolina Historical Review.