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Nicholas Marcellus Hentz

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NCpedia: Nicholas Marcellus Hentz NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry

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Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

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Kron Family Letters [Miscellaneous

Kron, F.J. (Francis Joseph), 1798-1883; Kron, Elizabeth; Kron, Adele, 1828-1910; Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866; Hentz, Nicholas Marcellus, 1797-1856; Norwood, William, 1767-1856; Bragg, Thomas, 1810-1872; International Congress of Americanists; Blackmer, Luke · 1827

Miscellaneous collection of family letters from 1827 to 1901. Contains letters from Adelaide and Elizabeth Kron after Dr. Kron's death. Earlier letters include Dr. Kron's correspondence with F.L. Hawks, N.M. Hentz, and …

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