George E. Badger (1795-1865) Papers, PC.52

[Identification of item], PC.52, George E. Badger Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Correspondence of Badger, lawyer, secretary of the navy (1841), U.S. senator (1846-1855). Early letters include a note from Daniel Webster and letters related to Navy Department business. Letters from Badger to Sen. James A. Pearce of Maryland (1853-1855) concern national fortunes of the Whig party, beliefs of Bishop Levi Silliman Ives, and party leadership in Senate; letters to law partner James M. Carlisle in Washington refer to legal cases and to installation of gaslights in Raleigh (1858). Other letters from Badger concern the election of 1856, secession, and the General Assembly, and there is a copy of the Senate resolution on Badger's retirement.

Container Count

3 Folders

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

Webster, Daniel

Pearce, James A.

Ives, Levi Silliman

Carlisle, James M.

Whig Party (U.S.)

United States. Congress. Senate

Congressional Record

Legislators

Bishops

Retirement

Resolutions

Secretaries of Navy

Congressmen

Elections

Religion

Belief and Doubt

Cities and towns

Lawyers

Partnership

Maryland

United States--Politics and government

Washington (D.C.)

Raleigh (N.C.)