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Weldon N. (Weldon Nathaniel) Edwards

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“President, N.C. Secession Convention, 1861-1862; Congressman, 1816-1827; legislator. His grave is three miles north.”

State historical marker: E-100: Weldon Edwards 1788-1873

1788–1873 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Correspondence of David Paton, superintendent of construction and architect of the State Capitol in Raleigh, N.C.

Town, Ithiel, 1784-1844 · 1834

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.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Edwards, Weldon N. (Weldon Nathaniel), 1788-1873.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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