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John Harvey

From the state marker
“Five times speaker of colonial assembly, moderator of provincial congresses, 1774-1775, leader of Revolutionary movement. Lived 11 mi. S.”
State historical marker: A-28: John Harvey

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Joint Papers (June-July, 1781): Miscellaneous petitions

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1781

Miscellaneous petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly, June to July 1781, 22 images. Petitioners include Edward Hall of Perquimans County, John Evans of Nash County, Henry O'Daniel, Thomas Cabeen and officers of the Salisbury militia battalions. Nathanael Greene, William Lee Davidson, deserters and pardons figure in the topics.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harvey, John, 1725?-1775.

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Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 920 CON Revolutionary Leaders of North Carolina Connor, R. D. W. · 1971
Lectures on North Carolina's Revolutionary generation that R. D. W. Connor gave at the State Normal and Industrial College in the spring of 1913. A survey of the colony and state from 1765 to 1790 is followed by studies of four leaders: John Harvey, Cornelius Harnett, Richard Caswell and Samuel Johnston. Published in 1916 as the college's Historical Publications no. 2; reprinted in 1971, 125 pages.

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Background

Historical marker A-28: John HarveyNC Highway Historical Marker Five times speaker of colonial assembly, moderator of provincial congresses, 1774-1775, leader of Revolutionary movement. Lived 11 mi. S.

Records of the time

DigitalNC newspapers: 224 Orange County pages naming John Harvey Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers

Collections and databases

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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
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