Richard Benbury Creecy (1813-1908) Papers, PC.1590
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Richard Benbury Creecy (1813-1908) Papers
- Call Number
- PC.1590
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1890-1907, 1936, 1953
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Papers of Col. R. B. Creecy, editor of the Economist (Elizabeth City), chiefly his letters to son in St. Louis and letters to Creecy (1892-1898) on local history and families and on Democratic and fusion politics. Correspondents include S. A. Ashe, Charles B. Aycock, John Spencer Bassett, Thomas H. Briggs, Jr., Josephus Daniels, Fred A. Olds, and W. O. Temple of South Dakota about law and fusion politics there. Also typed copy of article on Creecy; genealogical information on Creecys and Benburys; and an issue of the Academy (Salem), Feb., 1898.