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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
Abstract | William Dossey Pruden, of Edenton, N.C., was a lawyer, an active Democrat, and the North Carolina member of the commission deciding the boundary between northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia in 1886-1888. Chiefly correspondence, 1880-1919, of Pruden with friends and legal colleagues relating to personal matters, national and state politics, business trends, social conditions, and other matters. Prohibition is mentioned frequently as is the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, for which Pruden was attorney. Of particular interest are 116 letters, received 1886-1888, about the work of the Boundary Commission. Also included is a book of personal accounts, 1867-1869, that contains an eight-page family history. |
Creator | Pruden, William D., 1847-1918. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2010
Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021
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William Dossey Pruden, of Edenton, N.C., was a lawyer, an active Democrat, and the North Carolina member of the commission deciding the boundary between northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia in 1886-1888.
Back to TopChiefly correspondence, 1880-1919, of Pruden with friends and legal colleagues relating to personal matters, national and state politics, business trends, social conditions, and other matters. Prohibition is mentioned frequently as is the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, for which Pruden was attorney. Much of the correspondence deals with Pruden's name being mentioned for possible positions as state and federal judge, North Carolina Supreme Court justice and Attorney General, and congratulations on his reelection as president of the North Carolina Bar Association. Of particular interest are 116 letters, received by Pruden from 1886-1888, about the work of the Virginia and North Carolina Boundary Commission. Also included is a book of personal accounts, 1867-1869, that contains an eight-page family history.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1812-1879 |
Reel M-1909/1-2
M-1909/1M-1909/2 |
Microfilm copy of accounts, 1867-1869Access restriction: This microfilm is a copy of original physical documents that are not owned by the Library or stored in Wilson Special Collections Library. Also contains an eight-page family history and undated legal memoranda. |
Folder 2 |
1880-1882 |
Folder 3 |
1883-1884Includes one letter that mentions Black voters (1884). |
Folder 4a |
1885-July 1886 |
Folder 4b |
August-December 1886 |
Folder 4c |
1887 |
Folder 4d |
January-February 1888 |
Folder 4e |
March-May 1888 |
Folder 4f |
June-December 1888 |
Folder 5 |
1889 |
Folder 6 |
1890-1892 |
Folder 7 |
1903-1909 |
Folder 8 |
1910-1913 |
Folder 9 |
1914-1915 |
Folder 10 |
1916 |
Folder 11 |
1917-1919 |
Folder 12 |
Undated |