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Benjamin Franklin Mebane

1823–1884 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds one work for Benjamin Franklin Mebane so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Mebane family papers, 1815-1948 (bulk 1870-1900).

Mebane (Family : Mebane, N.C.) · 1815

The Mebane family of Mebane, North Carolina left 950 items in a linear foot and a half spanning 1815 to 1948 and thickest between 1870 and 1900, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3227. Topics include physicians and patent medicines, the tobacco industry, family life, and schooling at the Bingham School in Orange County and the Nash and Kollock School in Hillsborough, with women's diaries among the papers.

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  1. The wardens of the poor elect Dr. Benjamin F. Mebane physician to the poorhouse At the same April 1857 meeting the Court of Wardens told its treasurer to hand over the rest of the 1856 poor taxes so the superintendent could pay the oldest orders first. People: Benjamin Franklin MebaneSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 187

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