Excerpt from The Political and Professional Career of Bartlett Yancey In this issue of the Sprunt Publications appears a contribution from Superintendent George A. Anderson ofcaswell county which will he of interest to all students of North Carolina biography. Of few of the distinguished men of the State has so little been known as of Bartlett Yancey. Mr. Anderson has for a number of years been industriously collecting material bearing upon Vancey's pri vate life and has kindly consented to allow the editors to use his manuscript. A short sketch of Yancey's political career, by one of the editors. Follows, serving as an introduction to the hitherto unpublished letters which make up the rest of the volume. The letters are from the collections of the North Carolina Historical Society and have a double value in that they are illustrative of the regard in which he was held by his contemporaries, and also contain much material of interest concerning the State and National politics of the period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.