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Edward Stanly : Whiggery's tarheel "conqueror"

Title
Edward Stanly : Whiggery's tarheel "conqueror" / Norman D. Brown.
Author
Brown, Norman D.
Publication
University : University of Alabama Press, ©1974.

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Description
viii, 365 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
Biography of N.C. Whig, member of prominent New Bern family, who moved to California, served as a congressman, and briefly as Lincoln's appointee as governor of North Carolina during the Civil War.
Series Statement
Southern historical publications ; no. 18
Uniform Title
Southern historical publications ; no. 18.
Subject
  • Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872
  • Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872
  • Legislators > United States > 19th century
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [333]-350.
Contents
The ancient standard of Federalism -- Encounter with a Connecticut nightingale -- The little conquerer -- On, Stanly, on! -- The war with Captain Tyler -- Apple of discord -- A most extraordinary course -- Stanly and the party dividied -- In the land of gold -- Mission of love -- A barren sceptre -- An inveterate old-line Whig.
ISBN
  • 0817352627
  • 9780817352622
LCCN
74002818
OCLC
  • ocm01253895
  • 1253895
  • SCSB-590020
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library