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William Alexander

1726–1783 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. Orange County Young Democrats elect William M. Alexander president The Orange County Young Democrats Club elected Chapel Hill alderman William M. Alexander president, succeeding Recorder's Court Judge William S. Stewart, and re-elected Register of Deeds Betty June Hayes a first vice-president. The club planned a candidates' rally before the spring primary. Place: Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough · Also named: William S. Stewart, Betty June HayesSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), September 29, 1955, p. 1

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Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, November 1778

Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781 · 1778

Governor Richard Caswell's correspondence for November 1778, 96 images from the Governors' Papers. Caswell was chosen as the state's first governor by the provincial congress in December 1776. Writers include Cornelius Harnett, Allen Jones, Griffith Rutherford and Henry Laurens, and Continental Congress business sits beside matters from Hillsborough and from Chatham, Currituck, Edgecombe and Johnston counties.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Alexander, William, 1726-1783.

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