Draper Manuscripts: Mecklenburg Declaration Miscellanies, 1819-1895
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Summary Information
Title: Draper Manuscripts: Mecklenburg Declaration Miscellanies
Inclusive Dates: 1819-1895

Call Number: Draper Mss HH

Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (2 volumes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Pamphlets, periodical articles, and newspaper clippings gathered by Draper during his study of the Mecklenburg resolutions. These printed materials reflect the interest in the Mecklenburg Declaration aroused during the centennial period. Pamphlet writers include John H. Wheeler, Charles Phillips, George W. Graham, and Alexander Graham.

Note:

Descriptions of the volumes are copied from the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts / by Josephine Harper. Out of date and offensive language may be present.

This collection is also available as a microfilm publication.

Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The fifty series included in the Draper Manuscripts have been cataloged individually. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts / by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information.

There is a restriction on use to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-draper0hh
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Related Material

Draper Mss FF: The Mecklenburg Declaration, 1876, and Draper Mss GG: Mecklenburg Declaration Papers, 1775-1887.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Use Restrictions

PHOTOCOPY RESTRICTION: Photocopying originals is not permitted; researchers may copy from the microfilm available in the Library.


Contents List
Draper Mss HH
Series: 1 HH (Volume 1)
Scope and Content Note: Printed materials, including: articles from the National Intelligencer (1819), the Western Citizen (Paris, Kentucky, 1825), and the Southern Literary Messenger (Richmond, Virginia, 1838-1839); clippings from newspapers in North Carolina and other states, 1873-1879, and pamphlets by John H. Wheeler (1875) and Charles Phillips (1887), which reflect the interest in the Mecklenburg declaration aroused during the centennial period. Phillips's pamphlet includes his 1853 article as well as additional documents.
Series: 2 HH (Volume 2)
Scope and Content Note: Publications, including: a pamphlet (1822) reprinting articles in the Raleigh (North Carolina) Register of April 30, 1819, and February 18, 1820; the pamphlet issued by the state of North Carolina in 1831; an article on Ezekiel Polk from the Star Spangled Banner (Nashville, Tennessee, September 14, 1844), accompanied by notes by Draper; a reprint (1847) of Thomas Smyth's article in the Southern Presbyterian Review; James C. Welling's article in the North American Review (1874); and another copy of Charles Phillips's pamphlet (1887, also in 1 HH). One item, a pamphlet by George W. Graham and Alexander Graham (1895), was added after Draper's death.
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