LIFE AND CHARACTER OF HON. DAVID L. SWAIN, Late President of the University of North Carolina. A memorial oration
by Gov. Zebulon B. Vance, delivered in Gerard Hall,
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First edition
Durham, NC: W. T. Blackwell & Co.’s Steam Presses, 1878. First edition. 8vo. 20 pp. Swain 1801-1868 , a native of Buncombe County, served as Governor of North Carolina, 1832-1835 and as president of the university, 1835 until shortly before his death; Vance 1830-1894 , also a. native of Buncombe County, served as Governor of North Carolina, 1862-1865 and 1877-1879 and as U. S. Senator, 1879-1894. Original printed purple wrappers faded around the edges,
- Binding: Wrappers
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