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WILLIAM R. DAVIE.
LIVES OF DISTINGUISHED NORTH CAROLINIANS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND SPEECHES
COLLECTED AND COMPILED BY W. J. PEELE, A MEMBER OF THE RALEIGH BAR
DAVIE, MACON, MURPHY, GASTON, BADGER, SWAIN, RUFFIN, BRAGG, GRAHAM, MOORE, PETTIGREW, PENDER, RAMSEUR, GRIMES, HILL
Let us pass not through the earth so fair, Leaving no witness the truth to bear That we've lived and loved and labored here.
RALEIGH 1898
Copyrighted 1897 BY W. J. PEELE PUBLISHED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLISHING SOCIETY
THE LORD BALTIMORE PRESS THE FRIEDENWALD COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE IT, TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO ARE ITS SUBJECTS, AND TO ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS WHO SEEK TO EMULATE THE VIRTUES IT RECORDS.