Papers, 1820-1962; (bulk 1830-1850).

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Papers, 1820-1962; (bulk 1830-1850).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19241632

Correspondence, diary, accounts, bills, receipts, and miscellaneous papers relating to local matters and to the history and restoration of Bennitt's home, which was the site of Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to William T. Sherman. Includes muster roll of the Hillsborough regiment of the North Carolina state militia, 1845-1860.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6963642

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Bennitt, James, ca. 1800-1877.

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Farmer and artisan, of Durham County, N.C. From the description of Papers, 1820-1962; (bulk 1830-1850). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19241632 ...

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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