- Title
- Papers of William Alexander Graham [1866-1868, v.7]
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- Date
- 1984
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- Creator
- ["Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Papers of William Alexander Graham [1866-1868, v.7]
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The Papers of William A. Graham
187
of the daily, which you can use to make your corrections, to be
returned to us.
[P.S.] Supposing that you could not see the Wilmington Journal, I
send you the enclosed. The writer is evidently an able man.4
'This reference was to a letter dated July 2, 1866, written by Judge Thomas Ruffin to Ed¬
ward Conigland, delegate from Halifax County to the Constitutional Convention of
1865-1866. It contained a powerful legal argument against ratification of the proposed new
constitution. Published in the Wilmington Journal, July 21, 1866, Ruffin’s letter was widely
influential and did much to defeat ratification. Hamilton, Reconstruction in North Carolina,
175; Wilmington Journal, July 21, 1866.
2 In an apparent attempt to prevent further action by the constitutional convention,
Charles Cauthen Clark, member from Craven County, introduced a resolution on May 24,
1866, that sought to adjourn the session. The next day the convention voted to lay the reso¬
lution on the table. Clark’s proposal was printed in the Daily Sentinel (Raleigh), May 25,
1866.
•Kemp P. Battle and Samuel F. Phillips.
‘It is interesting to note that Ruffin’s letter to Conigland did not bear his name; how¬
ever, in time his authorship became known. Pell ran the letter in the Raleigh Sentinel, July
28, 1866.
Kemp P. Battle to William A. Graham a&h
Raleigh
July 27, 1866
I regret to say the printers will be delayed a week or ten days in
getting out the address; on account of press of business with my
Father’s1 Digest & the Supr. Ct Reports.
Possibly Mr Holden might have expedited matters at his office, but
See. See.
I will send you copies when ready for delivery.
Very truly
I’m afraid the new constitution will be defeated. In that event I
dread Congressional dictation esto [sic] electors &c of members of a
new convention.
'William Horn Battle.
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