College Museum collection, 1712-1918.

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College Museum collection, 1712-1918.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/303292978

The College Museum Collection dates from 1712 to 1918 and contains letters, broadsides, pamphlets, currency, stamps, land records, wills, tax receipts, and other miscellaneous legal documents, as well as a diary. Materials include broadsides and pamphlets from the Populist and Democratic Parties (1885-1894), North Carolina colonial currency (some printed by James Davis), Confederate stamps and currency, a document with James Madison's and Thomas Jefferson's signatures, paper made in North Carolina during the Civil War, and a yearly diary (10 p.) of James P. Speight.

1 box (.4 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7285380

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries

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