William Henry Hoyt (1884-1957) Collection, PC.48
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- William Henry Hoyt (1884-1957) Collection
- Call Number
- PC.48
- Creator
- Hoyt, William Henry
- Date
- 1791-1960
- Extent
- 0.400 cubic feet
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Correspondence, research notes, transcripts, and other material relating to work by Hoyt, Connecticut lawyer, author, and North Carolina historian. Most of collection relates to his editing The Papers of Archibald D. Murphey (Raleigh, 2 vols., 1914), including a typescript of Murphey's 1824 report on western lands to the trustees of UNC. Also an exchange of letters with Col. Bennehan Cameron concerning censorship of certain letters from Murphey to Thomas Ruffin and the Duncan Cameron-William Duffy duel of 1803. Hoyt's notes from NC newspapers, National Intelligencer, Niles Register, and the North Carolina Magazine refer to Murphey, internal improvements, sectionalism, and various North Carolinians. Also copies of 1814 letters-to-the-editor about the Battle of Kings Mountain and account by Adelaide Fries of the Moravian land suit in WIlkes Co. (N.C. Supreme Court, 1814). Photograph of a naturalization paper for Peter Stewart Ney (1820) is restricted. Other papers of Hoyt are in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC.
Contents of the Collection
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Acquisitions Information
From Biennial Report, 1914-1916: Letters and research notes relative to Archibald Debow Murphey received from Willian Henry Hoyt of New York; other material received at this time was placed in the William Polk Papers, PC. 47.1.Reprint of magazine article concerning Hoyt's research on the legend of Peter Stewart Ney, gift of Dr. James W. Patton, April 2, 1963.
Processing Information
Collection re-foldered and re-housed and folder listing compiled by Adrienne Berney and Vann Evans, January 9, 2023. Boxes 48.1 and 48.2 were combined into one fibredex box.