Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, April 1810
April 1810 letters of Governor David Stone, 43 images, some in his own hand. Mecklenburg County, Hillsborough and Orange County are named in the month's business.
Person in the county’s record
David Stone
1770–1818 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
3 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by David Stone.
Indexed works
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By David Stone
About David Stone
Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, June 1810
Isaac Holden is among the writers in Governor David Stone's correspondence for June 1810. The 44 images concern Mecklenburg County, Hillsborough and Orange County, among other matters.
Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, October 1809
October 1809 correspondence of Governor David Stone, in his first year in office, 34 images. W. Norment is among the writers, and Cumberland and Orange counties are named.
Life and Orange County connections
Dated events connected with this person, earliest first. See these 2 dated events in the chronology →
- Willie Jones views New Hope Chapel Hill as a university commissioner and signs for the site Jones was one of six commissioners the trustees sent to fix the seat of the university. On November 5, 1792 he handed the commissioners Joel Lane's offer of 640 acres in Wake County; the commissioners then went on to view New Hope Chapel Hill in Orange County, where they took offers of 1,390 acres and about 798 pounds. Jones signed the report. People: James Hogg, David Stone, Joel LaneSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Board of Trustees Minutes, December 3-13, 1792 [Containing Reports Regarding the Site of the University]
- A trustee committee under Samuel McCorkle reports the university's first plan of studies Named at New Bern on December 4, 1792, the committee proposed teaching languages with English first, history, mathematics, natural philosophy, botany, agriculture and architecture, and buying scientific apparatus. A newspaper notice of December 12 inviting teachers for this course drew no applicants. People: David Stone, Samuel Ashe, Hugh Williamson, Samuel Eusebius McCorkleDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 48
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Books about David Stone
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- Chapel Hill Public Library (opens in a new tab) Public library in Chapel Hill
- Durham County Library (opens in a new tab) Public library next door in Durham
- UNC Libraries (opens in a new tab) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Duke Libraries (opens in a new tab) Duke University, Durham
- NC Cardinal (opens in a new tab) The State Library of North Carolina and public libraries across the state
Photographs, papers, and newspapers
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- Read contemporary evidence: Board of Trustees Minutes, December 3-13, 1792 [Containing Reports Regarding the Site of the University] Documenting the American South
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for David Stone 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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