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1842 - Poetry


On May 24, 1842, the Mecklenburg Jeffersonian published this poem on p.2:

 

POETRY.
 
FOR THE JEFFERSONIAN.

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1841 - Discussion of a Monument


On May 18, 1841, the Mecklenburg Jeffersonian urged readers to donate towards the construction of a monument to the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.


The Monument.

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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

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1836 - Death of Joseph Graham

The following article appeared in the Charlotte Journal, December 2, 1836, p.3

 

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Sixtieth Anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independenc

The celebrations of 1835 were described in letters by two eye-witnesses and later compiled in The Papers of William Alexander Graham, J. G. DeRoulhac Hamilton, editor, NC State Dept. of Archives and History 1957. William Alexander Graham (1804-1875) was at that time a lawyer and member of the Whig Party.

 

To- William Alexander Graham 
From- Alfred Graham. 
Spring H[ill] Forge
May 29th, 1835.

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Fourth of July, 1834

[COMMUNICATED]

FOURTH OF JULY

The birth-day of our country’s liberty was celebrated in this place by the Lafayette Artillery in handsome style. The day was peculiarly favorable, a continued breeze and a sufficient overcast to prevent the scorching rays of the sun, rendered it pleasant and agreeable.

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1833 - Death of Alexander Porter


Miners' and Farmers' Journal, October 26, 1833, p.3


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The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence - The Document

The Meck. Dec. Document

According to legend, the original Mecklenburg Declaration of Independencewas signed by more than twenty-five prominent citizens of Mecklenburg County on May 20, 1775.

There is no original copy of this document because it is alleged to have been burned in a fire shortly after its signing. However, others believe the loss in a fire was a misinterpretation of an historical event when John McKnitt Alexander's home burned.

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