]> pc_holeman_james Finding Aid of the James Holeman Letters, 1846 - 1862 Processed by: George Stevenson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Fran Tracy-Walls &hdrNcDncsa; 2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July, 2002 Description is in English September, 2004 Converted from Version 1.0 to Version 2002, and re-encoded by Ashley Yandle. Finding Aid of the James Holeman Letters, 1846 - 1862 North Carolina State Archives &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary North Carolina State Archives. Holeman, James, 1800-1874. James Holeman Letters, 1846 - 1862 PC.1769 Materials in English 10 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives. James Holeman (1800-1874), was a whig and was first elected a a state representative from Person County. Holeman married his second wife, Elizabeth Webb, also of Person County, shortly before the election of 1846. These ten letters were written by Holeman to his wife while in Raleigh attending sessions of the Assembly from 1846 to 1862. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], PC.1769, James Holeman Letters, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.

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Purchase, Friends of the Archives, January 1990.

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Processed by George Stevenson, September, 1990

Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, July, 2002

 Biographical Note

James Holeman (1800-1874), a native of Person County from near Timberlake, N.C., and a whig, was elected one of the representatives from Person, an overwhelmingly Democratic county, in 1846 and 1852, and state senator in 1862. His first wife, Mary Vanhook, having died in 1838, Holeman married as his second wife Elizabeth Webb of Person County shortly before the election of 1846.

 Collection Overview

These ten letters were written by Holeman to his wife while in Raleigh attending sessions of the Assembly. Amusingly written in a sprightly style, the letters include numerous satirical, witty, and biting observations on his fellow assemblymen and on the city of Raleigh.

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Subject Terms North Carolina. General Assembly. Politicians--Humor. Geographic Terms Raleigh (N.C.) Related Collections

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