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Celebrating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: Celebration Timeline

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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President Woodrow Wilson in Charlotte (1916)

President Woodrow Wilson was invited to Charlotte to speak at the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Celebration on May 20,1916. To the left of the President is Governor Lockhead Craig and Mayor Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick. To the President's right are Governor Richard Manning of South Carolina and Patrolman T. J. ("Tom") Black of the Charlotte Police Department, identified by one of his descendants.