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Edward Buncombe

1742–1778 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Colonel Edward Buncombe, Fifth North Carolina Continental Regiment : his life, military career, and death while a wounded prisoner in Philadelphia during the War of the Revolution : address delivered before the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati at its meeting held in Hillsborough, July 4, 1901

Haywood, Marshall De Lancey, 1871-1933 · 1901 · Raleigh [N.C.] : Published by the Society

Marshall De Lancey Haywood's address on Colonel Edward Buncombe of the Fifth North Carolina Continental Regiment, given to the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati at Hillsborough on 4 July 1901 and published by the Society in Raleigh that year. It covers Buncombe's life, his army career and his death as a wounded prisoner in Philadelphia during the Revolution.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Buncombe, Edward, 1742-1778.

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Background context: Buncombe, Edward NCpedia
Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 8 collections naming Edward Buncombe State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 4 Orange County pages naming Edward Buncombe DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Edward Buncombe NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) 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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