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Size | 8 items |
Abstract | John Bowen Bynum was a lawyer of Northampton County, N.C.; member of University of North Carolina class of 1848; and member of N.C. state legislature, 1853. The collection contains miscellaneous papers, including a speech about war as a necessary evil, given by Bynum while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1 May 1848; a Fourth of July oration given in Northampton County, N.C. in 1849; and a speech about temperance. |
Creator | Bynum, John Bowen, d. 1858. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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John Bowen Bynum (d. 1858) was a lawyer of Northampton County, N.C.; member of University of North Carolina class of 1848; and member of N.C. state legislature, 1853.
Back to TopThe collection includes diplomas, licences, a poem, and three speeches of John Bowen Bynum. The speeches include one about war as a necessary evil, given by Bynum while he was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1 May 1848; a Fourth of July oration given in Northampton County, N.C. in 1849; and a speech about temperance.
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Original finding aid |
Papers |
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Extra Oversize Paper Folder X-OPF-2344/1 |
Diplomas and licenses |
Oversize papers (X-OPF-2344/1).
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