Indexed works
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Samuel Simpson Biddle papers,
Biddle, Samuel Simpson · 1764
Letters and business papers kept across four generations by the Simpson and Biddle families, planters and merchants of New Bern, from 1764. Chief among them are John Simpson (1728 to 1788), a Revolutionary leader in the town, his son Samuel, and a great-grandson, Samuel Simpson Biddle (1811 to 1872). Baptists, farming, schooling, the Civil War and family members at the University of North Carolina are among the topics. Two linear feet.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Simpson, John, 1728-1788.
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Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for John Simpson Library card 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
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
