Papers, 1855-1895.

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Papers, 1855-1895.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43738545

Lectures and speeches of Dick dealing with Hebrew poetry and history, Biblical heroes, Sunday schools, and temperance. The collection also includes a letter (1866) advising that valueless Confederate dividends of the North Carolina Raiload Co. may be recovered by a lawsuit, and a letter of recommendation (1877) to Charles Devens, Attorney General.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7533251

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

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Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Devens graduated from Boston Latin School and eventually Harvard College in 1838, and from the Harvard Law School in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he practiced law from 1841 to 1849. In 1848, he was a Whig member of the Massachusetts Senate. From 1849 to 1853, Devens was United States Marshal for Massachusetts, in which capacity he was called upon in 1851 to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery. This...

Dick, Robert P. (Robert Paine), 1823-1898

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N.C. jurist, law teacher, prominent Presbyterian layman and amateur Biblical scholar. From the description of Papers, 1855-1895. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43738545 ...

North Carolina Railroad Company

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Incorporated in North Carolina in 1849 to construct a railroad from Charlotte, N.C., to connect with the line of Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad; line opened from Goldsboro to Charlotte, N.C. (223 miles), in 1856; leased to Richmond and Danville Railroad Company (1871-1894); operated by Southern Railway Company after 1894. From the description of Records, 1849-1891. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28421010 ...