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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 460 items) |
Abstract | Members of the Donnell family include John Robert Donnell (1789-1864), a lawyer of New Bern, N.C.; his brothers, Ezekial J. Donnell of New York and William J. Donnell of New Orleans, La.; his children, Mary Spaight Donnell Shepard (1817-1883), Miss Ann M. Donnell, and R. S. (Richard Spaight) Donnell (1820-1867). The collection includes papers of John Robert Donnell (1789-1864), New Bern, N.C., lawyer; his brothers; his son, Richard Spaight Donnell (1820-1867); his daughter, Mary Spaight Donnell Shepard (1817-1883); and his in-laws. The materials are almost entirely business and property papers, including many notes, receipts, and accounts, along with a lesser amount of correspondence about legal and financial transactions. They concern principally the estates of Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr., United States Representative Charles Biddle Shepard, and Joseph Leech in North Carolina; J. R. Donnell's property in Montgomery, Ala.; and R. S. Donnell's Hyde County, N.C., farm in 1866-1867. The only items pertaining to public affairs are 17 letters, 1866-1867, regarding the dispute between Edward Conigland (1819-1877) and Edward Jenner Warren (1826-1876). R. S. Donnell's activities as state legislator and United States representative are not reflected in these papers. |
Creator | Donnell (Family : Donnell, John Robert, 1789-1864) |
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, April 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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Members of the Donnell family include John Robert Donnell (1789-1864), a lawyer of New Bern, N.C.; his brothers, Ezekial J. Donnell of New York and William J. Donnell of New Orleans, La.; his children, Mary Spaight Donnell Shepard (1817-1883), Miss Ann M. Donnell, and R. S. (Richard Spaight) Donnell (1820-1867).
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of John Robert Donnell (1789-1864), his brothers, his son Richard Spaight Donnell, his daughter Mary Spaight Donnell Shepard, and his in-laws. The materials are almost entirely business and property papers, including many notes, receipts, and accounts, along with a lesser amount of correspondence about legal and financial transactions. They concern principally the estates of Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr., United States Representative Charles Biddle Shepard, and Joseph Leech in North Carolina; J. R. Donnell's property in Montgomery, Ala.; and R. S. Donnell's Hyde County, N.C., farm in 1866-1867. The only items pertaining to public affairs are seventeen letters, 1866-1867, regarding the dispute between Edward Conigland (1819-1877) and Edward Jenner Warren (1826-1876). R. S. Donnell's activities as state legislator and United States representative are not reflected in these papers.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1795-1849 |
Folder 2 |
1850-1852 |
Folder 3 |
1853-1856 |
Folder 4 |
1857-1860 |
Folder 5 |
1861-1862 |
Folder 6 |
1863-1865 |
Folder 7 |
1866 |
Folder 8 |
1867-1869 |
Undated |