Robert Potter Papers, PC.854

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Robert Potter Papers, PC.854

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Title
Robert Potter Papers
Call Number
PC.854
Creator
Unknown
Date
n.d., 1948
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Photocopy of paper read by William A. Devin at Raleigh History Club, 1948, on life and strange career of Potter, legislator from Halifax and Granville counties and congressman from North Carolina (1826-1834), member of convention for Texas independence (1836), and secretary of Texas navy and Texas legislator (1837-1841). Also typed copy of reminiscences by Potter's 83-year-old widow describing adventures in New Orleans and Texas (1836-1842), three husbands, encounters with Indians, and Potter's murder by political enemies. Original is at University of Texas, Austin. See also Mf.P. 93.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Potter, Robert
  2. Devin, William A.
  3. Raleigh History Club
  4. Legislators
  5. Congressmen
  6. Indians
  7. Widows
  8. Politics
  9. Politics, Practical
  10. Murder
  11. Secretaries of Navy
  12. Adventure and Adventurers
  13. Reminiscing
  14. Autonomy and Independence Movements
  15. Husband and Wife
  16. Politicians' Spouses
  17. Halifax County
  18. Granville County (N.C.)
  19. Texas
  20. New Orleans (La.)