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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 270 items) |
Abstract | Griffith John McRee (1820-1872) was a North Carolina historian, author, attorney, and plantation owner. McRee was educated at W. H. Hardin's academy in Pittsboro, N.C., and graduated from Princeton in 1838. He later married Penelope Iredell, daughter of North Carolina governor and senator James Iredell. The collection includes incoming correspondence, bills, receipts, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other papers of McRee. Also included are letters and papers relating to McRee's biography, 1857-1858, of James Iredell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to the history of the American Revolution and the Civil War. Correspondents include David L. Swain and Eli Washington Caruthers, who wrote concerning historical events, sources, and historiography. Also included is a notebook containing the biography of an earlier Griffith John McRee (1758-1801), Revolutionary War officer and rice planter on the Cape Fear River of North Carolina. |
Creator | McRee, Griffith J. (Griffith John), 1820-1872. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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Griffith John McRee (1820-1872) was a North Carolina historian, author, attorney, and plantation owner. McRee was educated at W. H. Hardin's academy in Pittsboro, N.C., and graduated from Princeton in 1838. He later married Penelope Iredell, daughter of North Carolina governor and senator James Iredell.
Back to TopThe collection includes incoming correspondence, bills, receipts, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other papers of McRee. Also included are letters and papers relating to McRee's biography, 1857-1858, of James Iredell, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to the history of the American Revolution and the Civil War. Correspondents include David L. Swain and Eli Washington Caruthers, who wrote concerning historical events, sources, and historiography. Also included is a notebook containing the biography of an earlier Griffith John McRee (1758-1801), Revolutionary War officer and rice planter on the Cape Fear River of North Carolina.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1772-1836 |
Folder 2 |
1840-1849 |
Folder 3 |
1850-1852; 1854-1855 |
Folder 4 |
1856-1857 |
Folder 5 |
1858-1859 |
Folder 6 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 7 |
1870-1874; 1876-1877 |
Folder 8 |
1882; 1889; 1890; 1896; 1905; 1908 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Folder 10 |
Biographical information |
Folder 11 |
Newspaper clippings |
Folder 12 |
Volume 1: "Memoir of Major Griffith J. McRee of North Carolina by his Grandson, Griffith J. McRee, Esquire"The volume also contains notes and a draft of "Memoir of General John Ashe." |
Folder 13 |
Volume 2: "Exposition of Major McRee's Difference with General Greene" |
Folder 14 |
Volume 3: "The North Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance" |