Inventory of the Mecklenburg Declaration Papers, 1775-1982
Collection Number 501
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Alexander, Joseph McKnitt, fl. 1819-1831.
- Title
- Mecklenburg Declaration Papers, 1775-1982 (bulk 1775-1853).
- Call Number
- 501
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 41 items (0.5 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- 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 Mecklenburg Declaration Papers, #501, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Alexander, Joseph McKnitt, fl. 1819-1831.
- Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
- North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
Related Material
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William Henry Hoyt Papers (#3410), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Overview
The collection contains papers, chiefly 1775-1853, accumulated by Joseph McKnitt Alexander and others relating to the Mecklenburg Declaration and Resolves of May 1775, and the controversy over them, including later testimony of witnesses and copies of documents, papers of North Carolina officials concerning the publication of a pamphlet on the subject in 1831, and later letters related to aspects of the controversy.