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A look at the life and career of arts patron Robert Donaldson Jr., a Fayetteville native, longtime resident of New York, and proponent of architecture and landscaping. Donaldson's home, Blithewood-on-the-Hudson, was designed by his friend Alexander Jackson Davis, who he also recommended to design and landscape several buildings at the University of North Carolina.
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A look at the life of Lucy Martin Battle who lived mostly in support of her husband, William Horn Battle, a lawyer and North Carolina Supreme Court Justice. Mrs. Battle assumed much of the responsibility for managing her husband's private affairs, including serving briefly as his secretary. She managed their large household of children and slaves in Raleigh and then in Chapel Hill during her husband's frequent absences due to his engagement in public life.