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James Hall

From the state marker
“Presbyterian minister, Revolutionary soldier and chaplain, educator, pioneer missionary in the Natchez country. His grave is nearby.”
State historical marker: M-24: James Hall 1744-1826

1744–1826 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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June 11, 1935 Eleanor Roosevelt gives the University commencement address in Kenan Stadium Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to about 9,000 people at the 140th Commencement, the largest crowd the Weekly knew of there outside a football game, and received an honorary doctor of laws. The paper had called her the first woman chosen as the University's commencement speaker. Honorary degrees also went to James King Hall, Rufus L. Patterson, Holland Thompson and Wallace E. Rollins. People: Eleanor Roosevelt, Frank Porter Graham, Josephus Daniels, James Hall, Rufus Lenoir Patterson, Holland Thompson Place: Kenan Stadium, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Wallace E. RollinsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 14, 1935, p. 5

Indexed works

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Joint: Reports and Papers -- November 12-25

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1790

General Assembly joint reports and papers from 12 to 25 November 1790, in 73 images. They include a memorial of William Lord, a report favoring Edward Tinker, a petition from three Franklin County men, and a bill to move Montgomery County's public buildings. Boundaries, fraud, printers, the militia and Orange County matters also come up.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hall, James, 1744-1826.

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Background

NCpedia: James Hall Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Historical marker M-24: James Hall 1744-1826NC Highway Historical Marker Presbyterian minister, Revolutionary soldier and chaplain, educator, pioneer missionary in the Natchez country. His grave is nearby.

Records of the time

DigitalNC newspapers: 1,669 Orange County pages naming James Hall Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers

Collections and databases

NC LIVE: prepared search for James Hall Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries

Local help

Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison Meet with the Local History Liaison at the Main Library, usually Mondays from noon to 3 p.m., or send a question using the online request form

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