1839 - Susan Nye Hutchinson

The 1839 celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indendence was described in a diary entry

Susan Davis Nye Hutchison
Charlotte school teacher

Born 1790, Duchess County, NY, School Teacher in North Carolina and Georgia, 1815-1840
 
 
Entry - May 20, 1839
“Much public spirit is evinced in Cabarrus and Mecklenburg with celebration of this day which they claim to be the anniversary of their forefathers' declaration of independence. They contend that the celebrated Declaration ascribed to Jefferson and lauded throughout the enlightened world was really written in Mecklenburg two months before it emanated in Philadelphia.”