Edward Jones Hale (1802-1883) Papers, PC.17

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Edward Jones Hale (1802-1883) Papers, PC.17

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Title
Edward Jones Hale (1802-1883) Papers
Call Number
PC.17
Creator
Unknown
Date
1850-1867
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Correspondence of Hale, editor of the Fayetteville Observer (1825-1865), leading Whig paper in North Carolina and voice of the Conservative party and Governor Vance during the Civil War. Correspondence includes letters, often confidential, from political leaders, subjects including gubernatorial and presidential campaigns, 1850-1864; the speakership contest, U.S. House of Representatives, 1860; internal improvements, especially railroads; secession; the conscript law; disaffection towards the Confederate government and Jefferson Davis; political parties in North Carolina during the Civil War; the peace movement; influence of W. W. Holden and destruction of the North Carolina Standard's office by Georgia troops; desertions; and Unionists. Other letters concern the Fayetteville Arsenal; UNC affairs, including visits by Edward Everett and President James Buchanan (1859); publications printed by Hale, especially Francis L. Hawks's History of North Carolina (1857) and Devereux and Battle's Equity Reports. Correspondents include Thomas S. Ashe, D. M. Barringer, Victor C. Barringer, Kemp P. Battle, Tod R. Caldwell, George Davis, Oliver H. Dockery, John A. Gilmer, William A. Graham, Francis L. Hawks, D. H. Hill, Sr., W. W. Holden, George Little, Charles Manly, Duncan K. McRae, John M. Morehead, Charles Phillips, Samuel F. Phillips, Daniel L. Russell, Jr., David L. Swain, Z. B. Vance, Jonathan Worth, and John A. Young.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Hale, Edward Jones
  2. Everett, Edward
  3. Buchanan, James
  4. Hawk, Francis L.
  5. Ashe, Thomas S.
  6. Barringer, D. M.
  7. Battle, Kemp Plummer
  8. Tod Robinson Caldwell, 1818-1874
  9. Davis, George
  10. Dockery, Oliver H.
  11. Gilmer, John A.
  12. Hill, Daniel Harvey
  13. Little, George
  14. Manly, Charles
  15. McRae, Duncan K.
  16. Morehead, John Motley
  17. Phillips, Charles
  18. Phillips, Samuel F.
  19. Russell, Daniel L., Jr.
  20. Swain, David L.
  21. Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894
  22. Worth, Jonathan
  23. Young, John A.
  24. Davis, Jefferson
  25. William Alexander Graham, 1804-1875
  26. Whig Party (U.S.)
  27. Conservative Party
  28. Confederate States of America--Politics and Government
  29. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  30. Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.)
  31. North Carolina Standard
  32. Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Troops
  33. Confederate States of America
  34. Arsenals
  35. Editors
  36. Peace movements
  37. Governors
  38. Governors--Election
  39. Internal improvements
  40. Newspapers
  41. Political Parties
  42. Secession
  43. Railroads
  44. Political campaigns
  45. Presidential candidates
  46. Military deserters
  47. HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA (1859)
  48. EQUITY REPORTS
  49. Draft
  50. Presidents
  51. Fayetteville (N.C.)
  52. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865