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Hillsborough court riot, September 1770

Regulators storm the Hillsborough court and beat Edmund Fanning.

“Judge and local official. Target of Regulators who ransacked and destroyed his nearby home, 1770.”

State historical marker: G-19: Edmund Fanning 1776-1847

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