Person in the county’s record
From the state marker“Secretary of United States Navy, 1853-57. Helped found State Hospital for Insane. Home one block north.”
State historical marker: I-4: James C. Dobbin
1814–1857 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for James C. (James Cochran) Dobbin so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
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James C. Dobbin's address to the two literary societies of the University of North Carolina, given on June 5, 1850 and printed at Chapel Hill in 1859 by James M. Henderson, printer to the university. The pamphlet concerns the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies.
Letters of David Paton, the architect who superintended construction of the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, 1834 to 1850. Ithiel Town writes about the building commissioners, Paton's changes to Town's plan and his own work in Indianapolis. Other correspondents include Loammi Baldwin, William Boylan, Romulus M. Saunders and James C. Dobbin, and the letters touch on building materials and a horse railroad. Chapel Hill appears. 137 pages.
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