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David Stone

1770–1818 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

4 works about David Stone are indexed here, as is one work by Stone.

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  1. 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: Willie Jones, James Hogg, David Stone, Joel Lane, Alexander Mebane Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: William HillSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Board of Trustees Minutes, December 3-13, 1792 [Containing Reports Regarding the Site of the University]
  2. 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 McCorkle, Alfred Moore Place: Chapel HillDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 48

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By David Stone

Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, April 1810

Stone, David, 1770-1818 · 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.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, 1810

Tisdale, Edward · 1810

Governor David Stone's correspondence for 1810, in 60 images, with Edward Tisdale among the writers. Stone, governor from 1808 to 1810, had read law under William R. Davie. Orange County is among the places concerned.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Stone, David, 1770-1818.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, June 1810

Holden, Isaac · 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.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Stone, David, 1770-1818.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Governors' Papers: David Stone, Correspondence, October 1809

Norment, W. · 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.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Stone, David, 1770-1818.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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