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Elisha Mitchell
About this illustration
Engraving by Nathaniel Jocelyn (1796-1881) and D.C. Hinman (birth and death date unknown), commissioned by the Philanthropic Society of the University of North Carolina in 1858 and first published in 1858 in "A Memoir of the Rev. Elisha Mitchell: Together with the Tributes of Respect to His Memory, by Various Public Meetings and Literary Associations, and the Addresses Delivered at the Re-interment of His Remains" by Rt. Rev. James H. Otey, Hon. David L. Swain, et al.; published by J.M. Henderson (Raleigh, N.C.: 1858).
- Date created
- 1858
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- This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.
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- North Carolina in the New Nation: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the early national period (1790–1836). Topics include the development of state government and political parties, agriculture, the Great Revival, education, the gold rush, the growth of slavery, Cherokee Removal, and battles over internal improvements and reform. (Page 7.4)
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