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[Identification of item], in the H. M. (Henry Mauger) London Papers, #1561, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from George London of Chapel Hill, N.C., October 1981. Additional material recieved from George E. London of Raleigh, N.C., January 1987 (Acc. 87004), December 1988 (Acc. 88127), January 1989 (Acc. 89001), December 1990 (Acc. 90152), March 1991 (Acc. 91045), May 1991 (Acc. 91055), February 1992 (Acc. 92036), and from France (Mrs. George) London of Raleigh, N.C., January 1997 (Acc. 97015).

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• Chatham County (N.C.)--Politics and government.
• College students--North Carolina--Diaries.
• Lawyers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• London family.
• London, H. M. (Henry Mauger), 1879-1939.
• London, Henry Armand, 1846-1918.
• London, Mamie Elliot, 1888-1962.
• North Carolina Bar Association (1885)--History--20th century.
• United States. Census Office--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.

• Henry Armand London Papers (#868).

H. M. (Henry Mauger) London (1879-1939) was the son of Henry Armand London (1846-1918) and Bettie Jackson London (1853-1930) of Pittsboro, N.C. He was educated at the University of North Carolina and Columbian University (later George Washington University). London worked for the United States Census Bureau, 1900-1902; practiced law in Pittsboro, N.C., 1903-1913; was mayor of Pittsboro, 1903-1905; representative from Chatham County in the North Carolina House of Representatives, 1907; represented Chatham in the North Carolina Senate, 1911; was deputy collector of internal revenue in North Carolina, 1913-1919; and served as North Carolina's Legislative Librarian, 1919-1939. In addition, he was secretary of the Univesity of North Carolina Board of Trustees, 1921-1939; secretary of the State Bar Incorporated, 1933-1938; secretary-treasurer of the State Bar Association; and treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

London married Mary Elliot in November 1908. They had two children, Henry Mauger Junior (born 1910) and George Elliot (born 1912).

The collection is chiefly family letters of H. M. (Henry Mauger) London, his father Henry Armand London, mother Bettie Jackson London, sister Sallie, brother John J., and brother Isaac. There are also a few letters from friends and associates of Henry Armand and Henry Mauger. And, prior to 1880, there are also miscellaneous papers and letters of the Lord, Hill, and Campbell families of North Carolina and a few letters from Henry Armand's parents, Henry Adolphus London and Sallie Margaret Lord London, and his sister Ann Mauger London. From 1837 to 1885 there are also scattered papers of William E. Boudinot, mostly concerning a dispute between Boudinot and William B. Giles over land in Brunswick County, N.C. After 1896, papers are chiefly correspondence of Henry Mauger London while a student at the University of North Carolina, 1896-1899; while working at the Census office in Washington, D.C., 1900-1902; during his engagement to Mary Elliot, 1906-1908; and while serving in various legislative capacities in North Carolina, as trustee of the University of North Carolina, and an offier of the state Bar Association and Episcopal Diocese.