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Hugh Williamson: The Poor Man's Franklin and the National Domain

Record #:
21337
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Abstract:
This article looks at the career of Hugh Williamson, a member of North Carolina's General Assembly, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and a North Carolina congressman who figured prominently in the creation of a federal policy for the public lands of the unpopulated West.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 64 Issue 4, Oct 1987, p371-393, por, map, f