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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 372 items) |
Abstract | Richmond Mumford Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer, legislator, Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878, a noted teacher of law, a unionist Whig, and, after the Civil War, a Republican. This small collection of Pearson's papers includes correspondence with physicians and others about the mental illness of his first wife; with his brothers, sisters, and children about family and plantation life; with his second wife, Mary (McDowell) Bynum Pearson; and with his son-in-law, Daniel Gould Fowle, lawyer of Raleigh, N.C., later governor of North Carolina. Also, scattered papers related to personal finances, property, and estate settlements, and a few items pertaining to judicial and political affairs, several of them during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. |
Creator | Pearson, Richmond Mumford, 1805-1878. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, February 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, December 2009
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Richmond Mumford Pearson, who lived successively in Rowan, Davie, and Surry (later Yadkin) counties, N.C., was a lawyer; legislator; Superior and Supreme Court judge, chief justice of North Carolina, 1858-1878; noted teacher of law; unionist Whig; and, after the Civil War, Republican.
Back to TopPapers include correspondence with physicians and others about the mental illness of Richmond Mumford Pearson's first wife; with his brothers, sisters, and children about family and plantation life; with his second wife, Mary (McDowell) Bynum Pearson; and with his son-in-law, Daniel Gould Fowle, lawyer of Raleigh, N.C., later governor of North Carolina. Also included are scattered papers relating to personal finances, property, and estate settlements, and a few items pertaining to judicial and political affairs, several of them during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1796-1849 |
Folder 2 |
1853 |
Folder 3 |
1854 |
Folder 4 |
1855 |
Folder 5 |
1856 |
Folder 6 |
1857 |
Folder 7 |
1858 |
Folder 8 |
1859 |
Folder 9 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 10 |
1871-1877 |
Folder 11 |
Undated |
Folder 12 |
Bills and receipts |
Folder 13 |
Bills and receipts |
Folder 14 |
Printed materials |