ARCHIBALD HUNTER ARRINGTON PAPERS, #3240, 1744-1909
Chiefly business and agricultural papers of Arrington, planter of Nash County, North
Carolina, and Democratic member of the 27th and 28th U.S. Congresses (1841-1845) as well as of the first Confederate Congress (1861). Plantation records contain slave lists, slave bills of sale,
hiring agreements, and birth dates; records of provisions given to, and contracts made with,
freedmen (1866-1895); and overseer contracts (1789-1909). Materials relating to Arrington's political career include notes on
laws regulating the oversight of slaves (1841-1845). Microfilm available.