Cameron Family Papers

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Cameron Family Papers
Cameron family of Orange and Durham counties and Raleigh, N.C. Among antebellum North Carolina's largest landholders and slave holders, the Camerons also owned substantial plantations in Alabama and Mississippi. Prominent family members included Richard Bennehan (1743–1825), merchant; Duncan Cameron (1777–1853), lawyer, judge, banker, and legislator; and Paul C. Cameron (1808–1891), planter, agricultural reformer, and railroad builder. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, financial and legal documents, and account books. In addition, there are speeches, writings, printed material, pictures, and miscellaneous other types of personal papers. Included is extensive information about Richard Bennehan's store at Stagville, N.C., and the Stagville and Fairntosh plantations, including crop and slave records. Family correspondence details the familial relationships and social behavior of a wealthy planter family, particularly the women. In addition to documentation about Duncan Cameron's legal career, there is also information about the State Bank of North Carolina and the banking industry, the education of the Cameron children at various schools, the development of the University of North Carolina, the state militia, the Episcopal Church, railroads, and state government.
00133_0052: Correspondence, 1792

00133_0052: Correspondence, 1792

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00133_0057: Correspondence, 1794

00133_0057: Correspondence, 1794

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00133_0059: Correspondence, 1795

00133_0059: Correspondence, 1795

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00133_0062: Correspondence, 1796

00133_0062: Correspondence, 1796

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00133_0064: Correspondence, 1796

00133_0064: Correspondence, 1796

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00133_0065: Correspondence, 1797

00133_0065: Correspondence, 1797

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00133_0067: Correspondence, 1797

00133_0067: Correspondence, 1797

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00133_0068: Correspondence, 1798

00133_0068: Correspondence, 1798

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00133_0069: Correspondence, 1798

00133_0069: Correspondence, 1798

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00133_0070: Correspondence, 1798

00133_0070: Correspondence, 1798

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