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Edwin R. (Edwin Robeson) MacKethan

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By Edwin R. (Edwin Robeson) MacKethan

Edwin R. MacKethan papers, 1794-1970, 2003, 2015-2018 (bulk 1884-1932)

MacKethan, Edwin R. (Edwin Robeson), 1869-1951 · 1794

Edwin R. MacKethan, 1869 to 1951, practiced law at Fayetteville, and his papers carry dates from 1794 to 2018 with the bulk between 1884 and 1932. Topics include a mayor and legislator, with material on Cumberland County history, plank roads, prohibition, the 1929 crash, the Naval Academy, and on African American suffrage and white supremacy campaigns in North Carolina. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4298.

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