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Alexander Dickson, a farmer and businessman, owned from about 1839 the house of about 1790 a mile and a half south of Hillsborough that Generals Wade Hampton and Joseph E. Johnston used as headquarters in April 1865. His household included his wife, ten children and as many as three enslaved African Americans.
Source: Alliance for Historic Hillsborough: The Alexander Dickson House
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Hillsborough, 30 May 2002: the sign standing in front of the Alexander Dickson House, photographed for the North Carolina ECHO project.
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NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
A second sign, at the street corner outside the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, photographed on 30 May 2002 by the North Carolina ECHO project.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Front of the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, seen from outside in a North Carolina ECHO project photograph of 30 May 2002.
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NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Sign and plaque on the front porch of the Alexander Dickson House, Hillsborough, in a picture taken by the North Carolina ECHO project on 30 May 2002.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Boxes of files stacked in the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough's office, upstairs in the Alexander Dickson House. North Carolina ECHO project photograph, 30 May 2002.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Cornwallis family tree displayed on the first floor of the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough. Photographed on 30 May 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Photograph of a Cornwallis family tree hanging above the fireplace in a front room of the Alexander Dickson House, Hillsborough, taken 30 May 2002 by the North Carolina ECHO project.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Gift shop at the rear of the ground floor of the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, photographed by the North Carolina ECHO project on 30 May 2002.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Gardens of the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, with a small outbuilding shown to visitors as a law office. North Carolina ECHO project photograph, 30 May 2002.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Cover of a teacher's guide from the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough, which offers lessons and activities for each of the town's historic sites across most school subjects. Photographed at the Alexander Dickson House on 30 May 2002 by the North Carolina ECHO project.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
An unusual upper doorway inside the Alexander Dickson House in Hillsborough, recorded on 30 May 2002 by the North Carolina ECHO project.
Why this is here: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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