Charles Wilson Harris Papers, 1765-1924

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Charles Wilson Harris Papers, 1765-1924

Charles Wilson Harris Papers, 1765-1924

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Charles Wilson Harris (1771-1804), orginally from Concord, N.C., was a lawyer and educator of Halifax and Warren counties, N.C., and one of the first professors at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Papers include letters from Charles Wilson Harris to his uncle, Charles Harris, a physician, and to his brother, Robert Harris, a student at the Universiy of North Carolina and later a merchant in Salisbury, N.C. Topics include business, foreign affairs, state politics, the Universiy of North Carolina, and the legal and medical professions, and advising his brother on choosing a career. Additions include a 1916 publication reproducing some of Harris's letters; a history of the Poplar Tent Church, a Presbyterian church in Cabarrus County, N.C., in which the Harris family was active; and deeds, correspondence, genealogical information, and other items relating to Charles Wilson Harris and the Harris and related families.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection