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Benjamin Smith of Brunswick County led a memorable life - Revolutionary War soldier, fifteen-term state senator, and benefactor of the University of North Carolina - yet he died a pauper and was buried in an unmarked grave.
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19838
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This article looks at the involvement of 255 Southern men (11 from or associated with North Carolina) in the English legal intellectual institution known as the Inns of Court, and its associated groups, The Inner Temple, The Middle Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. The article provides background information for each associated group, and then lists the American Southern men admitted to the institution by state and including their year of admission and the group to which they belonged. The North Carolina inductees mentioned are William Brimage, Gabriel Cathcart, Thomas Child, Sir Richard Everard, Enoch Hall, Henry Eustace McCulloh, Thomas McGuire, Josiah Martin, Sir Walter Raleigh, Benjamin Smith, and Alexander White. Some biographical information on certain members from Southern states follows this list.
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28643
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Benjamin Smith was a Revolutionary patriot, wealthy Brunswick County planter, Grand Master of the North Carolina Masons, longtime state legislator, and governor of North Carolina. This article describes his rise to prominence and power in the Lower Cape Fear during the turn of the nineteenth century.
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28644
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Benjamin Smith was a general and governor of North Carolina who proved to be a subject of controversy. The General’s pretensions, particularly combined with his abiding interest in the military, made him the subject of a recriminatory newspaper debate in 1799.
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