Samuel Ashe papers, 1803-1924.

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Samuel Ashe papers, 1803-1924.

Miscellaneous items including a letter, 1803, from Samuel Ashe (1725-1813), governor of North Carolina, 1795-1798, to his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, offering condolences on the death of her husband and his son, John Baptista Ashe; copy of the will of Samuel Ashe, 1812, New Hanover County, N.C.; and newspaper clippings discussing Governor Ashe and the founding of Asheville, N.C.

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Ashe, John Baptista, 1748-1802

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John Baptista Ashe (1748 – November 27, 1802) was a slave owner, U.S. Congressman, and Continental Army officer from Halifax, North Carolina. Born in the Rocky Point District of the Province of North Carolina, Ashe was privately tutored at home before engaging in agricultural pursuits. He served as a lieutenant in the Province of North Carolina New Hanover County militia during the time of the Regulator uprising in 1771. Later, during the American Revolutionary War, he served as a minuteman i...

Ashe, Elizabeth

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Ashe, Samuel, 1725-1813

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Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) was governor of North Carolina, 1795-1798 From the guide to the Samuel Ashe Papers, ., 1803-1924, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...