Ruins of the house in which the constitution of North Carolina was written, November 1776, Halifax, North Carolina

Title: Ruins of the house in which the constitution of North Carolina was written, November 1776, Halifax, North Carolina
Description: Postcard of a small, dilapidated house where the North Carolina Constitution was written in 1776. Numbered 34241. Date approximated.
Date: 1900-1950
Original Format: postcards
Extent: 13cm x 8cm
Local Identifier: 0101-b67-fa-i35
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Publisher(s) of Original: M.U. Daniel, Halifax, N.C.
Subject(s)
Spatial
Location of Original: East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Ovid Williams Pierce Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Comments

AC Meekins Feb 15 2013

Historic buildings survey shows a restored house by 1940. 1919 NC law gives DAR chapter $2000 toward restoration.

Emily Scott Feb 11 2012

This has been restored as the Constitution-Burgess House in Halifax, NC. But I would like to know its original location as it is shown in this postcard.wh

state Sep 20 2009

This must be a very old house!!!!!

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