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Articles of Agreement between Benjamin Chambers and Thomas Ruffin, October 26, 1821
The said parties here agree and do hereby agree to carry on together & as copartners the purchasing of slaves & selling the same, upon the following terms. ___ the said Ruffin is to put in & hath at the execution of these presents put in as his part…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
Letter of Thomas Ruffin to Archibald Murphey, October 29, 1831
Dear Sir,
The occasion of the least ___ is a source of much pain to me, after the intimate intercourse, which has ___ under diversity of fortune through a great number of years. I am sure, that I would not willingly or rather inconceivably do an…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
Ledger of Thomas Ruffin, 1825
Name Age Sale Price ($) Anne 20 475 Charles 17 600 Celia & 3 Children 1100 Alphonse 17 550 Little Charles & 2 cisters (sic)…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
Ledger of Thomas Ruffin, July, 1825
Name Age Purchase Price ($) Temperance 18 270 Anne 20 310 Charles 17 410 Alphonse 17 335 Henry 32 310 Prouy & 2…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
Letter of Thomas Ruffin to Anne Ruffin, January 29, 1833
Raleigh, January 29th 1833
My dearest Anne,
By Sunday’s mail I received Catherine’s letter; which being without date, I suppose was written for three days late, insomuch as it said nothing about ___ ___ nor of your intentions about the…
Tags: Race relations, Slavery/Slaves
Second Draft of Thomas Ruffin's Decision in State v. Mann, 1830
State Vs. Mann
It is to be lamented when such cases as the present are brought into judgment. It is impossible that the reasons on which they go can be appreciated, but when institutions similar to our own exist and are thoroughly understood.…
Tags: Slave Law, Slavery/Slaves
Thomas Ruffin Address to North Carolina Agricultural Society
Daniel Harvey Hill, 1821-1889
Daniel Harvey Hill, Sr. (1821-1889) was a talented Confederate General from North Carolina and brother-in-law of infamous Confederate general, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. He was educated at the United States Military Academy at West Point…
Tags: Confederate, North Carolina, Soldiers
Letter of Duncan McDonald to John Ellis, November 17, 1859
I am in want of 25 commissions for this County.
For the purpose of giving new life to our wretched military
sistem, now almost entirely neglected ; the importance of having
a well drilled militia, since the outbrake at Harpers Ferry is
very…
Tags: Prewar North Carolina
Letter of John Ellis to John Floyd, December 10, 1859
The Sense of insecurity prevailing among the people of this
State, renders it necessary that I should apply to you for arms
to place in the hands of the militia.
I wish to procure from the Government, two thousand long
range rifles with bayonets…
Tags: Prewar North Carolina
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Josephus Daniels, 1862-1948

Josephus Daniels (1862-1848) was the influential editor of the Raleigh News and Observer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He…