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[Identification of item], in the Adlai Osborne Papers #2524-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gifts, 1943-1973.

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Encoded by: Peter Hymas, December 2004

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Family--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Osborne, Adlai, 1744-1815.
• Real property--North Carolina--Rowan County.
• Rowan County (N.C)--Economic conditions.
• Salisbury (N.C.)--History--18th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--19th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Trustees.

Adlai Osborne, of Salisbury, N.C., was a patriot, lawyer, clerk of court, and University of North Carolina trustee. He had four sons who graduated from the University of North Carolina: Alexander, 1798; Edwin J., 1798; Adlai L., 1802; and Spruce M., 1805.

The collection consists of personal and business letters, and a Rowan County, N.C., deed. The deed, 5 February 1773, is for Salisbury, N.C., lots sold by Hugh Forster to Adlai Osborne. A letter, 11 September 1804, from Gavin Alves of Hillsborough, N.C., to Adlai Osborne concerns business of the University of North Carolina trustees. A letter, 2 February 1805, is from Adlai Osborne to his son Adlai L. Osborne concerning arrangements for paying or collecting a note and ordering some general merchandise to be delivered to him. A letter, 29 July 1806, from John Giles to Adlai L. Osborne mentions academic work at UNC and trouble with a tooth.