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Size | 12.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 14,000 items) |
Abstract | William Alexander Graham of Hillsborough, N.C., was a lawyer, legislator, United States senator, Secretary of the Navy, Whig vice-presidential candidate in 1852, Confederate senator, trustee of the Peabody Fund, and member of the board of arbitration for the Maryland and Virginia boundary dispute. The collection includes William A. Graham's correspondence with prominent persons about state and national politics. Correspondents include George E. Badger, Thomas Bragg, T. W. Brevard, James Buchanan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Henry Clay, Dorothea L. Dix, Stephen A. Douglas, James Fenimore Cooper, William Gaston, James Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, W. W. Holden, Sam Houston, William Preston Mangum, Charles Manly, Matthias E. Manly, Elisha Mitchell, B. F. Moore, James T. Morehead, J. Johnston Pettigrew, J. L. Pettigru, Leonidas Polk, Thomas Ruffin, James A. Seddon, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, David L. Swain, William Tryon, Martin Van Buren, Zebulon B. Vance, Hugh Waddell, Daniel Webster, and Jonathan Worth. Also included is material relating to legal business; the Graham family;iron foundry; plantations, slavery, and overseers in North Carolina and South Carolina; affairs at the University of North Carolina, the Revolutionary War history of North Carolina, and letters from sons serving as soldiers in the Confederate army. Later papers are of other Graham family members, especially Augustus Washington Graham, lawyer of Hillsborough, N.C., and Oxford, N.C. Volumes are personal accounts, school notebooks, and legal notes. Also included are typed carbon copies of letters, 1823-1877, to and from William A. Graham in this collection and in collections at other repositories that were compiled for an editing project in the 1960s. |
Creator | Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Ellen R. Strong, February 1964
Encoded by: Bari Helms, February 2005
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020
This finding aid is based on the 1964 finding aid written at the time of processing.
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William Alexander Graham, born 5 September 1804 on Vesuvius Plantation, the family home in eastern Lincoln County, was the eleventh child and youngest son of Joseph and Isabella Davidson Graham. An iron entrepreneur and public servant, Joseph Graham (1759-1836) achieved local fame as a young but dedicated Revolutionary officer. Isabella Davidson Graham (1762-1808) was the accomplished daughter of John Davidson of Mecklenburg County. Also a Revolutionary patriot, John Davidson was a substantial farmer and blacksmith, who with his sons-in-law Alexander Brevard and Joseph Graham, pioneered the Catawba River valley iron industry.
William A. Graham enjoyed a rural childhood and was educated in classical schools in nearby Lincolnton and Statesville before completing his preparatory education in the Hillsborough Academy. Graham began attending the University of North Carolina in January 1821 and was an active member of the Dialectic Society. Graham shared first honors when he graduated with the class of 1824.
After graduation, Graham studied law with Thomas Ruffin of Orange County, who later became chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. By March 1828, Graham had established himself in the legal community of Hillsborough, N.C. Graham went on to become a successful lawyer and owner of three plantations.
On 8 June 1836, Graham married Susannah Sarah Washington (1816-1890), daughter of John and Elizabeth Heritage Cobb Washington of New Bern. During their long marriage, the Grahams had ten children, eight of whom survived both parents. Their children were Joseph (1837-1907), John Washington (1838-1928), William Alexander (1839-1924), James Augustus (1841-1909), Robert Davidson (1843-1904), George Washington (1847-1923), Augustus Washington (1849-1936), Susan Washington (1851-1909), Alfred Octavius (1853-1854), and Eugene Berrien (1858-1863). Four sons were attorneys, two were physicians, and one, William Alexander Jr., was a planter and North Carolina commissioner of agriculture. Susan Washington Graham married Judge Walter Clark.
In the early 1830s, Graham joined with other opponents of Andrew Jackson to form the Whig party. Graham represented Orange County as a member of the House of Commons in 1836, 1838, and 1840. From December 1840 to March 1843, he represented North Carolina in the United States Senate. In 1844, Graham ran successfully for governor, defeating Michael Hoke, a formidable Democrat. Graham was reelected for a second term and was governor from January 1845 to January 1849. Much of his time in office was absorbed by the Mexican War, of which he disapproved although he raised and officered a North Carolina regiment, and on railroad development.
Graham continued to keep his hand in politics, serving briefly as Secretary of the Navy (1850-1853), but he devoted most of his time to his family. In the days leading up to the Civil War, Graham argued against secession. Only after the firing on Fort Sumter did he accept the inevitable. Along with Thomas Ruffin, Graham helped to negotiate the terms by which North Carolina entered the Confederate States of America. Five of his sons were Confederate officers. In 1864, Graham became a Confederate senator and an open opponent of the Davis government. As the war came to a close, Graham, along with David L. Swain, was authorized by Zebulon Vance to surrender Raleigh to William T. Sherman.
Because of his support to the Confederacy, Graham was forced to apply for pardon, which was delayed by W. W. Holden. Nevertheless, Graham was elected to the state senate in November 1865, but he declined to be seated before his pardon was granted. In early December he was elected to the United States Senate, but his seat was denied along with others elected under the Johnson Reconstruction plan. In 1867, he was appointed to the original board of Peabody Fund Trustees and served in that capacity until his death. Graham became an outspoken advocate of the conservative position and white supremacy. An advocate of the redemption movement in North Carolina and for further constitutional reforms, Graham was elected a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1875, but he died before it assembled.
Graham died unexpectedly on 11 August 1875 at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where he had gone to attend a meeting of the Virginia-Maryland Arbitration Commission. He was buried in the cemetery adjacent to the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church.
Back to TopThe collection includes North Carolina politician, legislator, and lawyer William Alexander Graham's correspondence with prominent persons about state and national politics. Correspondents include George E. Badger, Thomas Bragg, T. W. Brevard, James Buchanan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Henry Clay, Dorothea L. Dix, Stephen A. Douglas, James Fenimore Cooper, William Gaston, James Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, W. W. Holden, Sam Houston, William Preston Mangum, Charles Manly, Matthias E. Manly, Elisha Mitchell, B. F. Moore, James T. Morehead, J. Johnston Pettigrew, J. L. Pettigru, Leonidas Polk, Thomas Ruffin, James A. Seddon, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, David L. Swain, William Tryon, Martin Van Buren, Zebulon B. Vance, Hugh Waddell, Daniel Webster, and Jonathan Worth. Also included is material relating to legal business; the Graham family iron foundry; plantations, slavery, and overseers in North Carolina and South Carolina; affairs at the University of North Carolina, the Revolutionary War history of North Carolina, and letters from sons serving as soldiers in the Confederate army. Later papers are of other Graham family members, especially Augustus Washington Graham, lawyer of Hillsborough, N.C., and Oxford, N.C. Volumes are personal accounts, school notebooks, and legal notes. Also included are typed carbon copies of letters, 1823-1877, to and from William A. Graham in this collection and in collections at other repositories that were compiled J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton while editing the Graham papers for publication in the 1960s.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Correspondence includes material concerning legislative, military, political, and legal topics. The early papers consist of deeds, indentures, wills, land surveys, etc. Later material includes correspondence with prominent state and national political figures.
Correspondents include George E. Badger, Thomas Bragg, T. W. Brevard, James Buchanan, Duncan Cameron, Paul C. Cameron, Henry Clay, Dorothea L. Dix, Stephen A. Douglas, James Fenimore Cooper, William Gaston, James Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, W. W. Holden, Sam Houston, William Preston Mangum, Charles Manly, Matthias E. Manly, Elisha Mitchell, B. F. Moore, James T. Morehead, J. Johnston Pettigrew, J. L. Pettigru, Leonidas Polk, Thomas Ruffin, James A. Seddon, Cornelia Phillips Spencer, David L. Swain, William Tryon, Martin Van Buren, Zebulon B. Vance, Hugh Waddell, Daniel Webster, and Jonathan Worth.
Folder 1-14
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14 |
1750-May 1834Included are the following documents and subjects: land deeds and surveys; 1766, copy of the act to establish the town of Hillsborough signed by William Tryon; 1825, bill of sale for slaves, Alfred Graham to William A. Graham from Vesuvius Furnace relating the discovery of iron ore on the "little mountain" and a detail of the discovery and analysis of a spring of mineral water; 1827, G. J. Graham on a visit home after an absence of seven years reminiscing and reflecting on childhood memories, letter from M. E. Manly to Graham describing the presidential election in which Jackson was favored, letter from D. M. Saunders about "our representation in next Congress will be characterized by dullness, impudence, and blackguardism," letters recounting several duels; 1832, personal letters and political correspondence; 1833, information on Choctaw Indians being relocated West, and a letter from James Graham about a meeting with President Jackson. |
Folder 15-30
Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
June 1834-1839Topics include: 1834, Webster political matters, information on several law cases, state banks, proceedings in Congress, society in Washington, D.C., Georgetown, and Alexandria, North Carolina politics, North Carolina railroads, and political relations with France; 1835, mail routes, state conventions, federal politics, debates in Congress on Indian hostilities, slavery, and book purchases; 1836, debates in Congress, description of the people and customs of Algiers, economic and agriculture outlook in Alabama, and a letter from D. L. Swain on improvements needed at the University of North Carolina; 1837, description of General Santa Anna of Texas, political affairs, currency and public land; 1838, North Carolina railroads. |
Folder 31-47
Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47 |
1840-1843Subjects discussed include: 1840, federal and state politics, Van Buren, and slavery in Florida; 1841, federal and state politics, banks, and a letter from D. L. Swain; 1842, Whig politics, correspondence from W. W. Holden, letter from Elisha Mitchell regarding collection of minerals purchased for the University of North Carolina, letters from Florida residents on their losses and sufferings caused by the Seminole War, money circulation in the West, bank matters; 1843, letters concerning Graham's nomination for governor of North Carolina. |
Folder 48-65
Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65 |
1844-1849Material concerning: 1844, establishing a deaf and dumb school; 1845, politics; 1846, letter discussing notice to Great Britain to terminate the treaty in relation to Oregon, information on volunteers for the Mexican War; 1847, telegraph lines; 1848, letters regarding presidential candidates; 1849, North Carolina railroads, politics, cabinet appointments. |
Folder 66-82
Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82 |
January-November 1850Includes information on slavery, the fugitive slave law, railroads, discovery of gold, Chapel Hill matters, German political influence, German press in United States, naval matters, arctic expedition, map of the Amazon river, and a letter from Daniel Webster criticizing Whig politics. |
Folder 83-102
Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102 |
December 1850-23 June 18511851 material includes such subjects as discussions of slavery in Congress, fugitive slave law, abolitionists and free-soilers, criticism of newspapers in Raleigh and Washington, naval matters, employment of slaves in the Revenue boat service, Italian refugees in France, Austria, Congress authorized removal of the Cherokee Indians, Native Americans in Florida, and the political and economic conditions in South Carolina. |
Folder 103-121
Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121 |
24 June 1851-February 18521852 material includes topics such as state elections and Whig politics. |
Folder 122-143
Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143 |
March 1852-January 18531853 material includes legal, political, and personal correspondence. |
Folder 144-166
Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166 |
February 1853-June 1856Subjects and letters include the following: 1854, legal and political materials; 1855, bank matters. |
Folder 167-188
Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188 |
July 1856-March 1860Included are the following subjects and items: 1858, letter from D. L. Swain concerning the plans for South Building at the University of North Carolina, Western North Carolina railroad; 1859, a letter from William H. Battle on UNC buildings, a letter from D. L. Swain on the trustees' vote on the question of subscription of bank stock to construct new buildings, a letter from Charles Phillips suggesting proposals and changes in the economics at the University of North Carolina, and information on the Peoples Party in North Carolina; 1860, disunion sentiments and political issues. |
Folder 189-209
Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209 |
April 1860-May 1864Included are the following subjects and items concerning primarily the Civil War: 1861, secession politics, national bank, information on the state North Carolina troops, military reports from the battery at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina's efforts to procure arms; 1862, Battle of Bull Run, fall of New Bern, N.C., defense of Wilmington, N.C., military news of North Carolina regiments, political and military affairs in Virginia, reports of North Carolina troop transfers, information on Graham's election to the Senate of the Confederate States; 1863, expected attack on Wilmington, army substitutes, mint at Charlotte, commission signed by Zebulon Vance, account of a battle near Gettysburg, Pa., indebtedness of North Carolina, expected attack on Charleston, Henry Burgwyn's attack on Ironside's Brigade; 1864, state convention, enormity of prices, attack of militia and fortifications around Petersburg, lack of funds in state treasury, student numbers at the University of North Carolina, loss of Atlanta, Grant's army movements and expected capture of Richmond and Petersburg. |
Folder 210-230
Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230 |
June 1864-1867Included are the following subjects and items: 1865, army desertions, Sherman marching for Wilmington, copy of General Lee's farewell address, white emigration to the South, opposition to Holden for governor; 1866, education, state debt, monetary support for UNC, letter from Cornelia Spencer on the closing events of the Civil War, common schools, personal letters discussing farming and social and money matters; 1867, removal of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina, mineral resources in North Carolina, Peabody Fund, cotton tax. |
Folder 231-245
Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239Folder 240Folder 241Folder 242Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245 |
1868-August 18691868 and 1869 materials include such subjects as Reconstruction, the condition of freed slaves, condition of the South, Holden's term as governor, discussion of Grant, high taxation in North Carolina. |
Folder 246-263
Folder 246Folder 247Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254Folder 255Folder 256Folder 257Folder 258Folder 259Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263 |
September 1869-August 1871Subjects and items discussed include the following: 1870, letter from Z. B. Vance on the 14th amendment, Ku Klux Klan; 1871, state control of public works, Ku Klux Klan arrests in S.C., feelings existing between black and white citizens. |
Folder 264-281
Folder 264Folder 265Folder 266Folder 267Folder 268Folder 269Folder 270Folder 271Folder 272Folder 273Folder 274Folder 275Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279Folder 280Folder 281 |
September 1871-August 18741872 and 1874 materials discuss education in the South, University of North Carolina's debts, Ku Klux Klan, and state debt. |
Folder 282-290
Folder 282Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290 |
September 1874-1890Items and subjects discussed include the following: 1875, court cases, Solomon Pool's suit against the University of North Carolina for his back salary, Graham's death, newspaper clipping on restoration of the University of North Carolina; 1878-1880, politics in New York, Peabody Fund; 1881-1890, business and personal letters. |
Folder 291-299
Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299 |
Items RemovedThese items were transferred to the Augustus Washington Graham Papers, #955. |
Folder 300 |
1909-1940 (Genealogical Material: 1939-1940)1909-1940 materials are chiefly business letters and genealogical material. |
Folder 301-304
Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304 |
Undated LettersLetters are filed alphabetically by author and include the following correspondents: Paul C. Cameron, Dorothea L. Dix, Stephen A. Douglas, S. F Du Pont, M. P. Fillmore, William Gaston, George Washington Graham, Henry W. Graham, John W. Graham, Joseph Graham, Susan Washington Graham, W. A. Graham Jr., William Hooper, Frederick Nash, Maria Nash, Samuel F. Phillips, Thomas Ruffin, Thomas Ruffin Jr., and George Peabody Russell. |
Folder 305 |
Undated Political PapersPolitical papers relate to local, state, and national problems. |
Folder 306 |
Undated Papers: Navy DepartmentPapers pertain to the Navy Department for the period when Graham was Secretary of the Navy, 1850-1852. |
Folder 307 |
Undated Papers: Kirk-Holden WarFolder contains papers dealing with the Kirk-Holden War, with the persons imprisoned by George N. Kirk, and with the impeachment of Governor William W. Holden. |
Folder 308 |
Undated Papers: Estate of James Graham |
Folder 309 |
Undated Legal PapersPapers pertain to legal cases Hill & Nale vs. Thomas Clancy & Co. & Samuel Child (also James Child); and Franklin Kirk vs. Clancy & Child. |
Folder 310 |
Undated Legal Papers: Will of James C. Johnston. |
Folder 311 |
Undated Legal Papers: Estate of Richard SmithContains legal papers relating to the estate of Richard Smith, Penelope Smith, and Mary Ann Smith. |
Folder 312 |
Undated Legal Papers: Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad vs. John M. Morehead |
Folder 313 |
Undated Legal Papers: Estate of Joan and Thomas Devereux. |
Folder 314-319
Folder 314Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318Folder 319 |
Undated Legal Papers |
Folder 320 |
Papers Related to American HistoryContains papers related to Revolutionary history, especially the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. |
Folder 321 |
Undated PapersContains miscellaneous undated papers, including fragment of a paper on George E. Badger and a eulogy on Robert E. Lee. |
Folder 322 |
Biographical Sketches of William A. GrahamContains biographical sketches of Graham and typed copies of addresses given at the presentation of a bust of Graham to the state of North Carolina by Thomas W. Mason and J. Bryan Grimes. |
Folder 323 |
Clippings and Printed MaterialContains clippings and other printed materials related to North Carolina, the Peabody Fund, national politics, and legal matters. Folder also includes advertisements. |
Folder 324 |
Invitations and Calling Cards |
Folder 325 |
Bills and Receipts, 1825-1829 |
Folder 326-327
Folder 326Folder 327 |
Bills and Receipts, 1830s |
Folder 328-350
Folder 328Folder 329Folder 330Folder 331Folder 332Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349Folder 350 |
Bills and Receipts, 1850s |
Folder 351-358
Folder 351Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358 |
Bills and Receipts, 1860s |
Folder 359 |
Bills and Receipts, 1870s |
Folder 360 |
Bills and Receipts, undated |
Image Folder PF-285/1 |
Carte de Visite, copy of engraved dauggereotype |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 99743
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 378 |
1869 |
Folder 379 |
1879J January-June |
Folder 380-381
Folder 380Folder 381 |
1870 |
Folder 382-383
Folder 382Folder 383 |
1871 |
Folder 384-385
Folder 384Folder 385 |
1872 |
Folder 386-387
Folder 386Folder 387 |
1873 |
Folder 388-390
Folder 388Folder 389Folder 390 |
1874 |
Folder 391-394
Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394 |
1875 |
Box 25 |
Diplomas and certificates |
Attorney license |
Arrangement: Chronological.
Volumes include a Civil War roll book, slave lists, household accounts, and law notes.
Folder 361 |
Volume 1Item missing as of August 2019. Microfilm copy of a small diary and account book of John Graham, 1776-1786, including February-March 1776 expedition with militia under Captain Eph. Brevard from Charlotte to near Cross-Creek, N.C.; expedition, February-July 1779; a trip from North Carolina to Virginia, September 1780; 22 April 1784-August 1786, trip from Virginia to Philadelphia; September 1786, trip from the head of Elk to Charleston, Maryland. Microfilm includes 34 frames made from the manuscript owned by the Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C., November 1948. |
Folder 362 |
Volume 2, 1823-1824A notebook of William A. Graham made at the University of North Carolina contains notes on English history. |
Folder 363 |
Volume 3, 1823-1824A notebook of William A. Graham made at the University of North Carolina contains notes on chemistry lectures of Denison Olmsted. |
Folder 364 |
Volume 4, 1824Notebook of William A. Graham made at the University of North Carolina contains outlines of lectures on organic chemistry. |
Folder 365 |
Volume 5, 1838-1840William A. Graham, miscellaneous accounts and slave lists. |
Folder 366 |
Volume 6, 1840-1848William A. Graham, miscellaneous accounts. |
Folder 367 |
Volume 7, 1838-1864Volume includes the following: 1838, list of household silver, china, and prices; 1845, list of articles purchased for Government House; 1847-1848, miscellaneous financial information; 1855-1859, miscellaneous domestic accounts; 1860-1864, miscellaneous accounts; and 1862, record of blankets sent to Artillery. |
Folder 368 |
Volume 8, 1850-1851Mrs. William A. Graham's calling list from Washington, D.C. |
Folder 369 |
Volume 9, 1851-1855Copy of the will of James Graham and an account of the settlement of his estate. |
Folder 370 |
Volume 10, 1851-1870Mrs. William A. Graham's household recipes, medicines, cures, etc. |
Folder 371 |
Volume 11, 1851-1875William A. Graham's general accounts, including personal accounts and several business accounts. |
Folder 372 |
Volume 12, 1860sNotebook of Sergeant A. S. Peace, Lynchburg, Virginia, containing roll of Company A, 44th North Carolina Regiment. Also included is a memo concerning hogs added 1866-1870. |
Folder 373 |
Volume 13, 1874-1876Item has been transferred to the Augustus Washington Graham Papers (#955). Item is a copy of a journal and related documents of the proceedings of the Board of Arbitration concerning the Maryland-Virginia boundary line, meeting in Washington, Saratoga Springs, and Cape May, 1875-1876. Arbitrators were Jeremiah S. Black, William A. Graham, and Charles J. Jenkins. |
Folder 374 |
Volume 14, 1901Newspaper clippings and manuscript notes including a series of articles by Judge J. M. Mullen of Petersburg, Va., appearing in Virginia newspapers, on the expenses of state government. Also included are other clippings relating to the affairs of Virginia. |
Folder 375 |
Volume 15, undatedLaw notes including definitions and legal concepts. |
Folder 376 |
Volume 16, undatedLegal definitions. |
Folder 377 |
Volume 17, [1858-1860]John W. Graham's notes on law lectures of Judge Richmond M. Pearson. This may be a copy of notes taken by someone else. Graham studied law with Judge William H. Battle and Samuel F. Phillips while a tutor at the University of North Carolina. He received his county court license in 1859 and his Superior Court license in 1860. He may have used these notes in preparing for his bar examinations. The Supreme Court judges examined the candidates and as Chief Justice, Pearson was of course very important. |