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Solomon Lea

1807–1897 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Thomason family papers, 1833-1967.

Thomason family · 1967

Five items of Thomason family papers spanning 1833 to 1967, photocopies and typed transcriptions whose originals had not been located when the copies were described. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3872-z. Subjects include Kemp P. Battle, Solomon Lea and Sarah Williams Kittrell Goree, and reach from social life in Chapel Hill and the nineteenth century university to yellow fever in Texas.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lea, Solomon, 1807-1897.

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Background context: NCpedia: Solomon Lea NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Read contemporary evidence: State Archives catalog: 2 collections naming Solomon Lea 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: 15 Orange County pages naming Solomon Lea DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Solomon Lea 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
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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