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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 275 items) |
Abstract | Robert Treat Paine of Edenton, N.C., was a lawyer, state legislator, army officer during the Mexican War, member of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission, and United States Representative, 1855-1857. The collection includes family, political, and military correspondence of Robert Treat Paine. The bulk of the papers date from 1830-1858 with the greatest concentration in the Mexican War period. Earlier papers include letters to Paine's wife while he was attending the North Carolina General Assembly. Mexican War papers include letters home and military and political correspondence. A smaller amount of papers relate to the postwar Mexican Claims Commission, Paine's term as an American Party congressman, the sale and gifting of slaves, and, after 1860, to agricultural affairs of Paine and his son-in-law, William Thompson, in Texas. |
Creator | Paine, Robert Treat, 1812-1872. |
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: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 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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Robert Treat Paine (1812-1872) of Edenton, N.C., was a lawyer, state legislator, army officer during the Mexican War, member of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission, and United States Representative (American Party), 1855-1857. His daughter, Sarah E., married William Thompson, who settled in Texas and became a member of the Texas state legislature.
Back to TopThe collection includes family, political, and military correspondence of Robert Treat Paine. The bulk of the papers date from 1830-1858 with the greatest concentration in the Mexican War period. Earlier papers include letters written by Paine while attending Washington College (now Trinity College), Hartford, Conn., and to his wife while he was attending the North Carolina General Assembly. Letters written from the legislature discuss family, personal, and political matters as well as social events in Raleigh, N.C. Mexican War papers include letters home and military and political correspondence, discussing troop movements and morale, several are concerned with a mutiny, 1847, and other disciplinary problems. A smaller amount of papers relate to the postwar Mexican Claims Commission, his term as an American Party congressman, and, after 1860, to agricultural affairs of Paine and his son-in-law, William Thompson, in Texas. There are also some scattered financial documents related to the sale of slaves and other business interests of Paine and family and social correspondence of Sarah E. Paine Thompson.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1817, 1830-1839 |
Folder 2 |
1842-1846 |
Folder 3-5
Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5 |
1847 |
Folder 6 |
1848 |
Folder 7 |
1849 |
Folder 8 |
1850-1852 |
Folder 9 |
1853-1854 |
Folder 10 |
1855-1859 |
Folder 11 |
1860-1873 |
Folder 12 |
1876-1900 |
Folder 13 |
Undated |