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William S. (William Simpson) Pearson

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  1. Dialectic Society students ask Governor Worth to help make President Johnson a member Writing from Chapel Hill on May 27, 1867, J. R. Strayhorn, P. B. Means and W. S. Pearson asked Governor Jonathan Worth, on behalf of the Dialectic Society, to use his influence to secure President Andrew Johnson as an honorary member. They noted that the society already counted James K. Polk among its regular members. People: Jonathan Worth, William S. (William Simpson) Pearson, Andrew Johnson (Journey of Reconciliation), James K. Polk Place: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina · Also named: J. R. Strayhorn, P. B. MeansSearch the index · Internet Archive: North Carolina Historical Review 28 (1951), p. 496

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Miscellaneous letters, 1786-1982

1786

Single letters dated 1786 to 1982, brought together under one number, with many items described more fully in paper finding aids kept with their units. Topics include southern plantations and slavery, the Civil War and the siege of Fort Fisher, commerce and migration, and writers and public figures from Washington Irving and Daniel Webster to Margaret Mitchell. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 516.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Pearson, William S. (William Simpson), 1849-1920.

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