Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present
Ashe, Samuel A. · 1905 · C.L. Van Noppen
Samuel A. Ashe's eight volume set of North Carolina biographies, published by C.L. Van Noppen from 1905 and running from the colonial period forward. The sketches take in governors, judges and public men, among them William Tryon, Frederick Nash, Richard Henderson and Matt W. Ransom. Genealogists use the set as a name source for families across the state, Orange County included.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Cox, William R. -- 1831-1919.
Papers,
Hassell, Cushing Biggs · 1814
Papers of Cushing Biggs Hassell, merchant and Primitive Baptist clergyman of Williamston in Martin County, and his son Sylvester Hassell, 259 items from 1814. Topics include the family store, prices of crops and goods, the Fort Fisher assault, Union prisons at Fort Warren and Governor's Island, the Democratic Party and the state constitution. Kemp P. Battle and UNC administration also appear.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cox, William R. -- 1831-1919.
