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Henry William Harrington

From the state marker

“Brigadier general of militia, 1776-81, State senator, a commissioner to locate State capital. Grave is five miles S.”

State historical marker: K-28: Henry William Harrington

1748–1809 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Joint Papers (April-May, 1780): Joint Select Committee Reports and Papers

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Reports and papers of the joint select committees of the North Carolina General Assembly from its April to May 1780 session, in 223 images. Items include a Virginia governor's letter on naval officers and duties at the Ocracoke channel, committee appointments, and Henry Mounger's petition on where Montgomery County's public buildings should stand. Orange County is among the many counties touched.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harrington, Henry William, 1748-1809.

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

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