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James Boswell

1740–1795 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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[Card catalog].

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection · 1974 · University of North Carolina, Library Photographic Service

Two reels of microfilm reproducing the card catalog of the Rare Book Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, filmed in 1974 by the university's library photographic service. The reel box labels give the contents, including the collection's Samuel Johnson and James Boswell material.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Boswell, James, 1740-1795.

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State Archives catalog: 5 collections naming James BoswellState Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
DigitalNC newspapers: 21 Orange County pages naming James Boswell Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers

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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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