William Richard Caswell Papers.
Scope and Contents
Papers of William Richard Caswell (1809-1862), a lawyer, military officer, and director of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. He was the son of Richard William and Sarah Lytle Caswell of North Carolina, and was the great-grandson of the first governor of North Carolina, Richard Caswell. He married Elizabeth Carter Gillespie, a descendant of Landon Carter and Col. John Carter. William Richard Caswell lived in Knox County, Tenn, and was politically active, served as an officer of the Tennessee Militia, and was a captain in the Mexican War (1846-1848). He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and was murdered near his home at Caswell Station in 1862. Papers include: correspondence and documents re: Caswell’s military and legal work; muster rolls; family letters with his wife and members of the Gillespie and McCulloch families; letters and papers to his son William at Edgehill School in Princeton, N.J., and at Washington College, Va.; account books; pamphlets; clippings. For a list of selected correspondents, see A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection by Linda Posey (1974).
Dates
- 1805-1900
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 box
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Papers were microfilmed by the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Caswell family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Caswell, William R. (William Richard) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Confederate States of America (CSA) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Edgehill School Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elizabeth Carter Gillespie Caswell Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gillespie family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers and account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McCulloch family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican War Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military personnel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muster rolls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee Militia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- War with Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Washington College Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- William Caswell Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- William Richard Caswell Papers.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
