Moses Bledsoe (1822-1905) Papers, PC.173

[Identification of item], PC.173, Moses Bledsoe Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Papers relating to Major Bledsoe of Wake Co., lawyer, legislator, and chairman of the board of the State Insane Asylum, including Wake Co. deeds (1846-1897), slave bills of sale (1855-1863), receipts and discharge for slaves working on fortifications at Wilmington and Raleigh and in General J. E. Johnston's army (1863-1865), Bledsoe's pardon and certificate of entitlement to vote (1865), circular from Gov. Jonathan Worth announcing his candidacy for reelection (1866), and petition from Barton Creek residents for Bledsoe to run for state Senate (1866). There are also typed copies of wills of Georgf Bledsoe (Northumberland Co., Va., 1705) and Thomas and Miles Smith (Halifax Co., N. C., 1794, 1839) and obituaries for Bledsoe and his family

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  PC.173

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Bledsoe, Moses

Smith, Thomas

Smith, Miles

Bledsoe, George

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

Worth, Jonathan

Bledsoe Family

State Hospital (Raleigh, N.C.)

Confederate States of America

North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate

Majors

Slave trade

Generals

Armies

Fortification

Slaves

Candidates

Political campaigns

Slave labor

Lawyers

Legislators

Trustees, Boards of

Managers

Voting

Wilmington (N.C.)

Raleigh (N.C.)

Barton Creek

Wake County (N.C.)

Halifax County

Northumberland County (Va.)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865