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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,000 items) |
Abstract | Daniel Lindsay Russell was a Wilmington, N.C. lawyer; Confederate Army officer; Republican leader of eastern North Carolina; judge; United States Representative, 1879-1881; and Republican-Populist governor, 1897-1901. Half of the collection consists of papers, 1900-1905, related to the South Dakota Bond Case, a famous and complicated litigation over North Carolina's repudiation of bonds issued during Reconstruction. Correspondents include Marion Butler, Alfred Russell, and Addison G. Ricard. The collection includes extensive political correspondence, chiefly 1874-1897, about the efforts to strengthen the Republican Party in North Carolina. Other papers include correspondence with Russell's New York cotton brokers; papers concerning his Confederate Army court martial, 1863-1864; a biography of Russell by two friends, Louis Goodman and Alice Sawyer Cooper (typescript, 111 pages); and a biography of his wife, Sarah Amanda (Sanders) Russell (1844-1913). Also included is some correspondence with his law partner, Louis Goodman. |
Creator | Russell, Daniel Lindsay, 1845-1908. |
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, September 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.
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Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845-1908) was a Wilmington, N.C. lawyer; Confederate Army officer; Republican leader of eastern North Carolina; judge; United States Representative, 1879-1881; and Republican-Populist governor, 1897-1901. Russell was educated by private teachers and also at the Bingham School in Orange County, N.C. He enrolled at the University of North Carolina, but when the Civil War broke out a few months later, he returned to Wilmington to raise a company. He achieved the rank of captain but was court-martialed in 1863 on charges by William M. Swann for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline and with insubordination. As a result of subsequent escalation, Russell was sentenced to death, however, the sentence was commuted by President Jefferson Davis and in late 1864 Russell was restored to his command. After the war, Russell was admitted to the bar in North Carolina and became a Republican leader in North Carolina, holding various public offices including those mentioned above.
His wife was Sarah Amanda Sanders Russell (1844-1913), a native of Onslow County, N.C., and daugther of Isaac Newton Sanders and Caroline Burns Sanders.
Back to TopHalf of the collection consists of papers, 1900-1905, related to the South Dakota Bond Case, a famous and complicated litigation over North Carolina's repudiation of bonds issued during Reconstruction. Correspondents include Marion Butler, Alfred Russell, and Addison G. Ricard. The collection includes extensive political correspondence, chiefly 1874-1897, about the efforts to strengthen the Republican Party in North Carolina. Some items also discuss voting fraud, campaign tactics, and other political maneuvers. Other papers include correspondence with Russell's New York cotton brokers relating market conditions; papers concerning his Confederate Army court martial, 1863-1865; a biography of Russell by two friends, Louis Goodman and Alice Sawyer Cooper (typescript, 111 pages); and a biography of his wife, Sarah Amanda (Sanders) Russell. Also included is some correspondence with his law partner, Louis Goodman.
Prominent correspondents include Thomas C. Fuller, W. H. Whiting, Zebulon B. Vance, George Little, James H. Hill, R. T. Bennett, A. H. Perry, C. R. Thomas, Tazewell L. Hargrove, Rufus Clay Barringer, Thomas Richard Purnell, John Pool, Jonathan W. Albertson, Fabius Haywood Busbee, Jeter Conley Pritchard, Richmond Pearson, and Walter McKenzie Clark.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1839-1840, 1863-1865 |
Folder 2-3
Folder 2Folder 3 |
1874 |
Folder 4 |
1875-1879 |
Folder 5-7
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7 |
1880 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1881 |
Folder 10-13
Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13 |
1882 |
Folder 14 |
1883 |
Folder 15 |
1884-1889 |
Folder 16 |
1890-1895 |
Folder 16-18
Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18 |
1896 |
Folder 19 |
1896-1899 |
Folder 20-25
Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
1900 |
Folder 26-36
Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36 |
1901 |
Folder 37-52
Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52 |
1902 |
Folder 53-56
Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56 |
1903 |
Folder 57-62
Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62 |
1904 |
Folder 63-81
Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81 |
1905 |
Folder 82-85
Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85 |
1906 |
Folder 86 |
1907 |
Folder 87 |
1908 |
Folder 88 |
1909 |
Folder 89 |
1910-1911, 1945 |
Image Folder PF-645/1 |
PhotographsIncludes photographs of Daniel L. Russell and family members and plantations including Winnabow, Belleville, and Palo Alto. |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-645/1 |
Oversize papersIncludes a manuscript map of Belleville in Burnswick County, N.C., home of Daniel L. Russell form 1901-1908, drawn with features as they appeared in 1906 by Daniel R. Sawyer in June 1966. |
Folder 89 |
Biographical sketch |
Folder 90-91
Folder 90Folder 91 |
Undated legal papers |
Folder 92 |
Undated correspondence |
Folder 93 |
Undated memoranda |
Folder 94 |
"Sarah Amanda Sanders Russell: First Lady of North Carolina, 1897-1901," 1973 |
Folder 95 |
"Daniel Lindsay Russell: A Family and Friend's Memoir" |