Record #:

12289

Author(s):

Dalton, David

Abstract:

Richmond Hill, once home to Richmond Mumford Pearson, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1858-1878, is to be renovated and incorporated into a national park for historical posterity. Pearson held a unique law school in the building, teaching more than 1,000 students in a twenty-year period.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 39 Issue 8, Sept 1971, p10, il

Subject(s):

Pearson, Richard Mumford, 1805-1878