Person in the county’s record
“Governor and political leader. President of the University of North Carolina, 1835-1868. Was born three miles E.”
State historical marker: P-5: David L. Swain
7 works in the index name this person.
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Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
Fifteen letters (transcripts) to David L. Swain, president of the University of North Carolina, relating to the history of the state. Topics include the Regulators, Loyalists, Mecklenburg Declaration, Governors William …
Correspondence, legal papers, bills, receipts, and other personal and business papers of Staton and other residents of Williamston. Correspondents include Asa Biggs, William James Bingham, Elisha Mitchell, John Spelman,…
Collection consists chiefly of letters to Hedrick. The early correspondence is between Hedrick and Mary Ellen Thompson, his future wife. Other correspondence concerns life at the University of North Carolina, Hedrick's …
Correspondence, speeches, and other papers (chiefly 1854-1871), relating to Scott's student days at the University of North Carolina, his legal and teaching career, his service in the state legislature (1850s), his diff…
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