John J. Crittenden Papers, PC.37
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- John J. Crittenden Papers
- Call Number
- PC.37
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1827-1863
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Typed copies of letters to Crittenden, U.S. senator from Kentucky, attorney general, and Whig leader, from or relating to North Carolinians. Letters principally concern state and national Whig party politics, with references to such issues as Texas, slavery, Kansas, and a financial settlement with the Indians of North Carolina. Among the correspondents are George E. Badger, Daniel M. Barringer, Bedford Brown, Orlando Brown, Henry Clay, William A. Graham, William H. Haywood, Willie P. Mangum, and Edward Stanly. Originals are in the Library of Congress.