Letter from Mrs. Mattie Ham McRae to Lillian Exum Clement, February 22, 1916

Title

Letter from Mrs. Mattie Ham McRae to Lillian Exum Clement, February 22, 1916

Date

February 22 1916

Creator

["McRae, Mattie Ham."]

Place

["Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States","Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

PC.2084

My dear Miss Clement, - Please accept congratulations upon your entrance into the legal profession- I noted with pleasure your success in the recent Supreme Court examination - and the honors accorded you

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Title

Letter from Mrs. Mattie Ham McRae to Lillian Exum Clement, February 22, 1916

Date

February 22 1916

Creator

["McRae, Mattie Ham."]

Rights

The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.

Description

Letter from Mrs. Mattie Ham McRae to Lillian Exum Clement on February 22, 1916. Ms. McRae offers her congratulations and extends wishes of success in the legal profession. Lillian Exum Clement Stafford, noted attorney and legislator, was born March 12, 1886 at North Fork Swannanoa River, Buncombe County, near Black Mountain, the sixth child of George Washington and Sara Elizabeth Burnett Clement. Stafford began practicing law in 1917, becoming a capable criminal lawyer in Asheville. In 1920, Stafford was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly by a landslide, becoming North Carolina's first female legislator. She served one term in 1921 and introduced, seventeen bills. After her marriage to Elias Eller Stafford in 1921, Stafford was appointed director of the state hospital at Morganton by then Governor Cameron Morrison. She remained director until her death in 1925.

Subject

["Asheville (N.C.)","Women lawyers"]

Index Terms

McRae, Mattie Ham; Stafford, Lillian Exum Clement, 1894?-1925

Local Call Number

PC.2084

Place

["Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States","Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One"]

Digital Collections

["Women in North Carolina 20th Century History"]

Source Collections

["Lillian Exum Clement Stafford Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Physical Characteristics

4 pages

Format

["Letters (Correspondence)"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Notes Public

This item has been transcribed by volunteers through TranscribeNC, the State Archives of North Carolina's transcription program, to provide increased access and searchability. There may be errors in the transcription.

Identifier

PC_2804_Lillian_Exum_Papers_B2F5_Corr_Mattie_McRae_1916

Letter from Mrs. Mattie Ham McRae to Lillian Exum Clement, February 22, 1916

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