Abstract of <title>Addresses at the unveiling of the bust of Matt W. Ransom by the North Carolina Historical Commission Dees, Pamela Walker Anderson, Heather Images scanned by Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Text encoded by Gretchen Gueguen Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina 2010

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Abstract of Addresses at the unveiling of the bust of Matt W. Ransom by the North Carolina Historical Commission Addresses at the unveiling of the bust of Matt W. Ransom by the North Carolina Historical Commission North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and History F251.N83 no 10 1911

On January 11, 1911, the North Carolina Historical Commission unveiled in the North Carolina State Capitol a bust of Matt Whitaker Ransom. At a ceremony in the chamber of the House of Representatives, speakers included J. Bryan Grimes, Robert W. Winston, and A. H. Boyden. Ransom (8 October 1826- 8 October 1904) was born in Warren County. He attended Warrenton Academy and was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1847. He served in the Confederate Army, achieving the rank of Brigadier General. Ransom represented North Carolina in the U. S. Senate from 1873 until 1895.