William Barclay Napton Papers, 1829-1883

<P>Born in New Jersey; graduated from Princeton in 1826, tutored for two years, entered University of Virginia, qualifying as an attorney two years later; moved to Fayette, Missouri, from Virginia in 1832; took up practice of law and edited the <I>Boone's Lick Democrat</I> in 1834; served as state senator, attorney general, and state Supreme Court justice (1839-1851); aligned himself against the abolitionists during the Civil War; practiced law in St. Louis from 1863; returned to the Missouri Supreme Court, 1873-1880; retired in 1880; married Melinda Williams in 1838; she died in 1862, leaving ten children who were then raised by relatives.</P>

<P>Correspondence of William B. Napton and his wife, Melinda Williams Napton, 1839-1861; manuscript school books of William B. Napton, 1825-1827; and five manuscript diaries, with typescript copies, of Judge William B. Napton, 1829-1883, with notes from studies at University of Virginia, discussion of local, state and national political issues, St. Louis social life, discussion of literature both current and classical, political commentary (very candid). Napton's diaries were published in Christoper Phillips and Jason L. Pendleton, editors, <I>The Union on Trial: The Political Journals of Judge William Barclay Napton, 1829-1883</I> (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005).</P>

<P>Some Latin in first volume.</P>

<P>Indexed in the archives card catalog.</P>

<P>4 boxes; 5 volumes</P>

<P>Cite as: William Barclay Napton Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

出生于新泽西州；1826年毕业于普林斯顿大学，随后两年担任家教，进入弗吉尼亚大学学习；1832年从弗吉尼亚迁至密苏里州的费耶特；1834年开始从事律师职业，并编辑《布恩利克民主党》报；担任州参议员、州总检察长和州最高法院大法官（1839-1851年）；内战期间与废奴主义者立场对立；自1863年起在圣路易斯执业；1873-1880年重返密苏里州最高法院；1880年退休；1838年与梅琳达·威廉姆斯结婚；她于1862年去世，留下十个子女，后被亲戚抚养成人。</P>

<P>威廉·B·纳普顿及其妻子梅琳达·威廉姆斯·纳普顿的往来信件，1839-1861年；威廉·B·纳普顿的手稿学校教材，1825-1827年；以及威廉·B·纳普顿法官的五本手稿日记，附有打字副本，1829-1883年，包含在弗吉尼亚大学学习时的笔记、讨论地方、州和国家政治问题、圣路易斯的社会生活、对现当代及古典文学的讨论、坦诚的政治评论（《联合审判：威廉·巴克莱·纳普顿法官的政治日记，1829-1883年》）由克里斯托弗·菲利普斯和贾森·L·彭德尔顿编辑，哥伦比亚：密苏里大学出版社，2005年。</P>

<P>首卷包含拉丁文。</P>

<P>收录于档案卡片目录中。</P>

<P>共4盒；5卷。</P>

<P>引用格式：威廉·巴克莱·纳普顿档案，密苏里历史学会档案馆，圣路易斯。</P>
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