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Collection Number: 02835

Collection Title: Benjamin Franklin Royal Papers, 1713-1891.

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Size .5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 90 items)
Abstract Scattered papers, chiefly deeds, wills, and estate accounts pertaining to Carteret County, N.C., and primarily to the Royal and Pigott families. Also included are inventories of equipment and other papers pertaining to the Cape Lookout lighthouse, 1864-1869; scattered correspondence, including letters from Confederate prisoners of war; and a few pages of a diary, early 1865, kept by an unknown person who lived in federally-occupied Morehead City, N.C., and who was in touch with Confederate scouts.
Creator Royal, Benjamin Franklin, 1884-1971.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Benjamin Franklin Royal Papers, #2835, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Gift, 1952
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Laura Hart, December 2021

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Scattered papers, chiefly deeds, wills, and estate accounts pertaining to Carteret County, N.C., and primarily to the Royal and Pigott families. Also included are inventories of equipment and other papers pertaining to the Cape Lookout lighthouse, 1864-1869; scattered correspondence, including letters from Confederate prisoners of war; and a few pages of a diary, early 1865, kept by an unknown person who lived in federally-occupied Morehead City, N.C., and who was in touch with Confederate scouts.

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Contents list

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Approximately 90 items.
Box 1

Folder 1-6

Folder 1

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Papers, 1713-1891

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