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Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians

Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians

by W. J. Peele

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Compiler
Peele, W. J. (William Joseph), 1855-1919
Title
Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians, with Illustrations and Speeches
Credits
Produced by Roberta Staehlin, Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
F206: United States local history: The South. South Atlantic States
Subject
North Carolina -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
49353
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49353
Release Date
July 3, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LIVES OF DISTINGUISHED NORTH CAROLINIANS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND SPEECHES — CONTENTS. — PORTRAITS. — PREFACE. — INTRODUCTION.
  2. 2.WILLIAM R. DAVIE. BY WALTER CLARK .
  3. 3.NATHANIEL MACON. BY THOMAS H. BENTON . — SPEECH ON THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.
  4. 4.ARCHIBALD D. MURPHY. BY WM. A. GRAHAM . — ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY. — LETTER FROM CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL TO MURPHY.
  5. 5.WILLIAM GASTON. BY WM. H. BATTLE . — ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
  6. 6.GEORGE E. BADGER. BY WM. A. GRAHAM . — ORDINANCE OF SECESSION. — SPEECH ON SLAVERY AND THE UNION.
  7. 7.DAVID L. SWAIN. BY Z. B. VANCE . — EARLY TIMES IN RALEIGH. — W. J. BRYAN'S ESTIMATE OF VANCE.
  8. 8.THOMAS RUFFIN. BY WM. A. GRAHAM . — OPINION IN EX PARTE BRADLEY.
  9. 9.THOMAS BRAGG. BY PULASKI COWPER . — ACCOUNT OF A POLITICAL DISCUSSION. (From the North Carolina Standard of May, 1856).
  10. 10.WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. BY MONTFORD McGEHEE .
  11. 11.BARTHOLOMEW FIGURES MOORE. BY ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD . — ARGUMENT IN THE STATE vs. WILL.
  12. 12.JAMES JOHNSTON PETTIGREW. BY MRS. C. P. SPENCER . — THE CHARACTER OF THE BRITISH. — AN EVENING AT SEVILLE.
  13. 13.WILLIAM D. PENDER. BY W. A. MONTGOMERY .
  14. 14.STEPHEN D. RAMSEUR. BY WM. R. COX .
  15. 15.BRYAN GRIMES. BY H. A. LONDON . — SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX.
  16. 16.DANIEL HARVEY HILL. BY A. C. AVERY . — THE OLD SOUTH. — INDEX. — Transcriber's note:

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