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Walter Alves of Orange County was a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1795 to 1813 and treasurer of its board from 1795 to 1799. Born in Scotland, he served in the General Assembly from 1793 to 1795, speculated in North Carolina and Tennessee lands, and later moved to Henderson, Kentucky.
Source: UNC Libraries: Walter Alves Papers, 1771-1858
1768–1819 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
1 indexed work is connected with this person, and the index includes one work by Walter Alves.
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University Publications of America issued this two reel microfilm edition in 1993, reproducing the Walter Alves papers of 1771 to 1858 with a printed reel guide. Alves, 1768 to 1819, was an Orange County landowner, and the material runs to real estate investment in North Carolina and Tennessee, Scottish American families, and letters with Richard Bennehan, William Boylan and John Wickham.
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