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Gabriel Johnston

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Provincial reminiscences, Col. Benj. Hill

Bailey, William H. (William Henry), 1831-1925 · 1890 · University of North Carolina

William H. Bailey's reminiscences of provincial North Carolina centered on Colonel Benjamin Hill, with discussion of Governor Gabriel Johnston. Detached from the North Carolina University Magazine of 1890 and printed at Chapel Hill by the university, the article looks back to colonial politics and government before 1775.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Johnston, Gabriel, 1699-1752.

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Russell Autograph Book

Russell, Daniel Lindsay, 1845-1908 · 1861

Autograph book kept by Daniel Lindsay Russell (1845 to 1908), governor of North Carolina from 1897 to 1901, as a member of the University of North Carolina class of 1863 to 1864. It carries the signatures of 70 schoolmates from the wartime classes at Chapel Hill, most of whom went to war, 1861 to 1863.

Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Johnston, Gabriel, 1842-.

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