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Robert Wilson Harris

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Charles Wilson Harris papers, 1765-1924

Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804 · 1765

Charles Wilson Harris, 1771 to 1804, is the figure behind papers dated 1765 to 1924. The papers concern his eighteenth century faculty service at Chapel Hill and later legal career, along with Charles and Robert Wilson Harris, Presbyterians and Poplar Tent Church in Cabarrus County, and the history of Concord and Chapel Hill. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 315.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Harris, Robert Wilson, 1779-1812.

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Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 188 collections naming Robert Harris State Archives of North Carolina Collection descriptions for manuscripts, county records, and state records held by the State Archives of North Carolina
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 2 Orange County pages naming Robert Wilson Harris DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Robert Wilson Harris NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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