Inventory of the Adlai Osborne Papers, 1773, 1804-1806

Collection Number 2524-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Osborne, Adlai, 1744-1815.
Title
Adlai Osborne Papers, 1773, 1804-1806
Call Number
2524-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 4
Abstract
Adlai Osborne of Salisbury, N.C., was a patriot, lawyer, clerk of court, and University of North Carolina trustee.
The collection consists of personal and business letters, and a Rowan County, N.C., deed. The deed, 5 February 1773, is for Salisbury, N.C., lots sold by Hugh Forster to Adlai Osborne. A letter, 11 September 1804, from Gavin Alves of Hillsborough, N.C., to Adlai Osborne concerns business of the University of North Carolina trustees. A letter, 2 February 1805, is from Adlai Osborne to his son Adlai L. Osborne concerning arrangements for paying or collecting a note and ordering some general merchandise to be delivered to him. A letter, 29 July 1806, from John Giles to Adlai L. Osborne mentions academic work at UNC and trouble with a tooth.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Gifts, 1943-1973.
Processing Information
Processed by: Staff, 1992
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, December 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Adlai Osborne Papers #2524-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

Family--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Osborne, Adlai, 1744-1815.
Real property--North Carolina--Rowan County.
Rowan County (N.C)--Economic conditions.
Salisbury (N.C.)--History--18th century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--19th century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Trustees.
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Biographical Note

Adlai Osborne, of Salisbury, N.C., was a patriot, lawyer, clerk of court, and University of North Carolina trustee. He had four sons who graduated from the University of North Carolina: Alexander, 1798; Edwin J., 1798; Adlai L., 1802; and Spruce M., 1805.

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of personal and business letters, and a Rowan County, N.C., deed. The deed, 5 February 1773, is for Salisbury, N.C., lots sold by Hugh Forster to Adlai Osborne. A letter, 11 September 1804, from Gavin Alves of Hillsborough, N.C., to Adlai Osborne concerns business of the University of North Carolina trustees. A letter, 2 February 1805, is from Adlai Osborne to his son Adlai L. Osborne concerning arrangements for paying or collecting a note and ordering some general merchandise to be delivered to him. A letter, 29 July 1806, from John Giles to Adlai L. Osborne mentions academic work at UNC and trouble with a tooth.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1773, 1804-1806.
4 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
Papers

Digital version: Letter from John B. Giles to Adlai Osborne, 29 July 1806

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