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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 430 items) |
Abstract | Lawyer and teacher in Randolph County, N.C.; private secretary to Governor Zebulon Vance during part of the Civil War, and North Carolina legislator during and after the war; and chairman of the State Senate committee investigating North Carolina railroads, 1867. Scattered papers of Robins include family letters and business papers; official correspondence and records about internal military affairs of the state during the Civil War, particularly about deserters and lawlessness; letters from friends and relatives in the army and civilians in Randolph County, N.C., during the war; papers pertaining to a railroad investigation by the legislature in 1867; and slight political correspondence. Correspondents include Thomas J. Jarvis, Davis Lowry Swain; C. H. Wiley; Thomas Ruffin, Zebulon B. Vance, and Jonathan Worth. |
Creator | Robins, Marmaduke Swaim, 1827-1905. |
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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Marmaduke Swaim Robins, lawyer and teacher in Randolph County, N.C.; private secretary to Governor Zebulon Vance during part of the Civil War, and North Carolina legislator during and after the war; and chairman of the State Senate committee investigating North Carolina railroads, 1867.
Back to TopScattered papers of Robins include family letters and business papers; official correspondence and records about internal military affairs of the state during the Civil War, particularly about deserters and lawlessness; letters from friends and relatives in the army and civilians in Randolph County, N.C., during the war; papers pertaining to a railroad investigation by the legislature in 1867; and slight political correspondence. Correspondents include Thomas J. Jarvis, David Lowry Swain, C. H. Wiley, Thomas Ruffin, Zebulon B. Vance, and Jonathan Worth.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1825-1853 |
Folder 2 |
1854-1859 |
Folder 3 |
1860-1862 |
Folder 4 |
1863 |
Folder 5 |
1864 |
Folder 6 |
January-March 1865 |
Folder 7 |
April-December 1865 |
Folder 8 |
1866 |
Folder 9 |
January-February 1867 |
Folder 10 |
March-December 1867 |
Folder 11 |
1868-1887; 1900-1903 |
Folder 12 |
Railroad investigation papers, undated |
Folder 13 |
Civil War and miscellaneous, undated |