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10141
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William Hooper was a native of Massachusetts. He came to North Carolina as a young lawyer in 1764 and later married Anne Clark of Wilmington. He became an ardent supporter of independence from England and is one of three North Carolinians who signed the Declaration of Independence. His support of independence was not without cost, and his home, his fortune, and his health were lost in the interest of the new nation.
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10154
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Rogers recounts the life of Isaac Avery, a native of Burke County, who was a newspaper editor of the Charlotte Observer, Foreign Service officer, and social observer through his newspaper column Idle Comments.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Aug 1947,
p20-21, 24-25, por, bibl
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10156
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Rogers recounts the life of a distinguished North Carolinian--Walter Hines Page, who was born in Cary in 1855. During his lifetime he was a journalist, publisher, and diplomat, serving as the American ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I.
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10190
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Rogers recounts incidents in the life of Walter Bickett, who was governor of North Carolina during World War I.
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10191
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Rogers recounts the life of Benjamin Rice Lacy, who rose from a laborer with the railroads to become North Carolina treasurer. He served from 1901 to 1929.
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10192
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Rogers recounts the life of Thomas Fanning Wood, who served with the Eighteenth and Third Regiments North Carolina Troops during the Civil War and was later responsible more than anyone else for the origin of the North Carolina State Department of Public Health.
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10193
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Josephus Daniels--newspaper editor, Secretary of the Navy, and ambassador to Mexico--was interviewed by Rogers, who wrote the article a few weeks before Daniels's death in January 1948.
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10194
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Rogers recounts the life of Alexander Graham - teacher, Civil War soldier, historian, and the father of North Carolina's graded school system.
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10195
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Rogers recounts the life of Edward Holt, planter and pioneer manufacturer of colored textiles in the South.
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10196
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Born in Perquimans County, John Harvey was a colonial and Revolutionary leader. His bold work in behalf of freedom from England was one of the leading causes for the North Carolina colony's early stand for independence. Harvey died before independence for all the colonies was achieved.
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10197
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Rogers recounts the life of Durham tobacco manufacturer, civic leader, merchant, and realtor, William T. Blackwell. He was the first to use “Bull Durham†as a trade name for the tobacco his company manufactured.
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10198
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Rogers recounts the life of William Rufus King - congressman, diplomat, U.S. Senator, and Vice-President of the United States.
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10199
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Born in Enfield, Halifax County, Exum Lewis Hunter was a captain during the Civil War and was captured at Fort Fisher. After the war, he studied dentistry and graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1870. He was one of the leaders in the reorganization of the present North Carolina Dental Society, organized in 1875.
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10200
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John Penn was born in Caroline County, Virginia, and later relocated to Granville County, North Carolina. In a short time he was one of the colonial leaders of his country and state and was one of three North Carolinians who signed the Declaration of Independence.
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10202
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An 1881 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Charles Duncan McIver had a long career in education. He was the founder and first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Girls, now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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