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9950
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Dr. Robert Brank Vance, uncle of Governor Zebulon Vance, was killed in a duel by Samuel Carson at Saluda Gap (Buncombe County) in 1827. Upon his death, Dr. Vance willed his personal collection of approximately 500 books to his brother David, with the stipulation that the books would be used to establish a circulating library in Asheville. The Vance Circulating Library Society, as it came to be known, was formed and incorporated by the N.C. General Assembly in 1829, making it the first library in western North Carolina.
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14808
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Although not as widely remembered as his illustrious brother, General Robert B. Vance was a great soldier, an able representative in Congress, and a poet of recognized ability.
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17143
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Hicklin recounts the events leading up to the duel between Robert Vance and Samuel P. Carson and its tragic outcome. Vance was the uncle of Confederate General Robert Vance and Civil War Governor Zebulon Vance.
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