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[Identification of item], in the Edmund Ruffin Beckwith papers #3365, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. Beckwith in 1958.

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• Beckwith family--Genealogy.
• Beckwith family.
• Beckwith, Edmund Ruffin, b. 1890.
• Beckwith, John.
• Elizabeth City (N.C.)--History.
• Episcopal Church--Clergy.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Families--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Kenney family.
• Kinney, C. R. (Charles R.), d. 1845.
• Merchants--North Carolina--History--18th century.
• New Bern (N.C.)--History--18th century.
• North Carolina--Biography.
• North Carolina--Genealogy.
• Petersburg (Va.)--History.
• Physicians--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Physicians--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Raleigh (N.C.)--History.
• Somerset County (Md.)--History.
• Stanly family--Genealogy.
• Stanly family.
• Stanly, Harvey.
• Stanly, John Wright, 1742-1789.

Edmund Ruffin Beckwith (1890-1949) was a New York City lawyer.

The collection includes papers accumulated by Edmund R. Beckwith while he was researching biographical information on his ancester, John Wright Stanly (1742-1789), merchant and Revolutionary patriot of New Bern, N.C. Included are papers of John Beckwith (1785-1870), physician of Raleigh, N.C., and Petersburg, Va., and his wife, Margaret, daughter of J.W. Stanly; papers of Harvey Stanly, Episcopal minister of New Bern and Elizabeth City, N.C., and Somerset County, Md., of his wife, Mary Ann, and of her father, C.R. Kinney (d. 1845), lawyer and legislator of Elizabeth City; scattered papers, chiefly typed transcripts and photocopies, of other members of the Stanly family; and correspondence, 1924-1949, of E.R. Beckwith and family members and research assistants about J.W. Stanly and his descendants.

• P-3365/1-23