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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the David Grant Colson Scrapbook, #3178-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Unknown.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Colson, David Grant, 1861-1904.
• Kentucky--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Lawyers--Kentucky--History--19th century.
• Legislators--Kentucky--History--19th century.
• Political campaigns--Kentucky--History--19th century.
• Scrapbooks--Kentucky.
• United States. Army--Officers.
• United States. Congress. House--History--19th century.

David Grant Colson (1861-1904) was a Kentucky lawyer and state legislator, Republican United States representative, 1895-1899, with the United States Pension Bureau, 1882-1886, and an army officer during the Spanish-American War.

The collection includes a scrapbook containing clippings about David Grant Colson's career, promotional items from his election campaigns, and military commissions.