S. Henry Bright Papers, MfP.177

Papers of Bright of Lenoir Co., clerk of superior court, Populist politician, and lay preacher, including political speeches to Populist conventions and to voters in Lenoir Co.; a speech on the death of President McKinley; one on establishment of a hosiery mill; and a number of sermons. Also included are minutes of a political meeting, 1896; letter from county Republican executive committee to Populist executive committee proposing division of public offices (1896); letter from Bright to Hal W. Ayers, state chairman of the Populist Party, about party's nomination of William Jennings Bryan (1896); and several poems.

Bright, S. Henry

Ayers, Hal W.

Bryan, William Jennings

McKinley, William

Populist Party

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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Clerks of Superior Court

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Hosiery Industry

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Lenoir County (N.C.)