Inventory of the William MacLean Papers, 1787-1844

Collection Number 1579-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
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Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
MacLean, William, 1756-1825.
Title
William MacLean Papers, 1787-1844.
Call Number
1579-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
5 items.
Abstract
Miscellaneous papers of MacLean of Lincoln (now Gaston) County, N.C., physician, Revolutionary soldier, and statesman. The papers include a certificate of membership in the American Medical Society signed by William Shippen (Philadelphia, 1797); part of a memorial address at King's Mountain, 1814, by MacLean (typed transcription); a letter from MacLean to his wife, Mary Davidson MacLean, while he was travelling in Tennessee, 1811, telling of his travels and mentioning family members; and a letter to Mrs. MacLean from the Reverend A. L. Watts of Mecklenburg County, N.C., 1844, about a pension and some Davidson College business.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William MacLean Papers, #1579-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

American Medical Society.
Davidson College--History.
MacLean, Mary Davidson, fl. 1811-1844.
MacLean, William, 1756-1825.
North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Tennessee--Description and travel.
Watts, A. L., fl. 1844.
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Collection Overview

Miscellaneous papers of MacLean of Lincoln (now Gaston) County, N.C., physician, Revolutionary soldier, and statesman. The papers include a certificate of membership in the American Medical Society signed by William Shippen (Philadelphia, 1797); part of a memorial address at King's Mountain, 1814, by MacLean (typed transcription); a letter from MacLean to his wife, Mary Davidson MacLean, while he was travelling in Tennessee, 1811, telling of his travels and mentioning family members; and a letter to Mrs. MacLean from the Reverend A. L. Watts of Mecklenburg County, N.C., 1844, about a pension and some Davidson College business.