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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 30 items) |
Abstract | James Iredell (1788-1853) was a lawyer, North Carolina governor, and United States senator. The collection is legal fee books of James Iredell, 1807-1832 and 1841, at Edenton and Raleigh, N.C., and slides and negatives. |
Creator | Iredell, James, 1788-1853. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
Finding aid updated in December 2018 because of addition.
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1788 | James Iredell, Jr. born in Edenton, N.C. |
1806 | Graduated Princeton University |
1807 | Began practicing law in Edenton, N.C. |
1812 | Served as captain, United States army, War of 1812 |
1813, 1816-1828 | Served in North Carolina State House of Commons |
1819- | Judge for Superior Court |
1827-1828 | Governor of North Carolina |
1828-1831 | United States senator |
1836-1837 | Member of commission to revise state laws |
1840-1852 | Reporter for Supreme Court |
1853 | Died, Edenton, N.C. |
The collection is two legal fee books, 1807-1832 and 1841, at Edenton and Raleigh, N.C., of Iredell, and slides and negatives.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Volume 1: Legal fee book, 1807-1832 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: Legal fee book, 1841 |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100702
These are all color transparencies on sheet film of painted portraits.
Image Folder PF-00366/1 |
Arthur Iredell (James Iredell’s brother) |
Image Folder PF-00366/2 |
Judge James Iredell’s mother |
Image Folder PF-00366/3 |
James Iredell (son of Governor James Iredell) |
Image Folder PF-00366/4 |
Samuel Johnson Iredell (son of Governor James Iredell) |
Image Folder PF-00366/5 |
Max Patch, North Carolina (pastel by Johnson, Sr.) |
Image Folder PF-00366/6 |
"Johnson Homeplace, Raleigh, North Carolina (watercolor by some returned missionary friend of Johnson, Sr. [China])" |
Image Folder PF-00366/7 |
Governor Samuel Johnson and Judge James Iredell (Pelle miniatures) |
Image Folder PF-00366/8 |
Mark Johnson (pencil sketch by Johnson, Sr.) |
Image Folder PF-00366/9 |
Mrs. James Iredell |
Image Folder PF-00366/10 |
Governor James Iredell |