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Collection Overview
| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
| Abstract | Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) of Switzerland, Landgrave of Carolina, founded New Bern, N.C., in 1710. His family and descendents resided in Switzerland and America. The collection includes pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried and his family and descendants. One original item is a letter, 1735, from the Baron to his son about genealogy. |
| Creator | De Graffenried family. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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Baron Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743) of Switzerland, Landgrave of Carolina, founded New Bern, N.C., in 1710. His family and descendants resided in Switzerland and America.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes pictures, biographical and genealogical clippings and writings, and family data relating to Baron Christoph von Graffenried and his family and descendants in Switzerland and America. One original item is a letter, 1735, from the Baron to his son about genealogy. There is also a rare booklet, 1777, Neuer Schreib-Calender auf das Jahre Christi listing the names of public officials, some from the de Graffenried family.
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De Graffenried Family Papers, 1735-1958 and undated.
Arrangement: materials have, for the most part, been maintained as received.
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Items Separated
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, August 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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