James Iredell, Marker A-5
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member drmellow
N 36° 03.660 W 076° 36.485
18S E 355173 N 3991910
James Iredell. 1751-1799. Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99. Attorney General of N.C. during Revolution. Home stands 200 ft. east.
Waymark Code: WMRT6
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GeoGordie
Views: 29

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James Iredell
1751-1799. Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790-99. Attorney General of N.C. during Revolution. Home stands 200 ft. east.

This historical marker is located on US 17 Business (North Broad Street) at NC 32 (Church Street) in Edenton. It was erected in 1936.

Wikipedia has an article on James Iredell, from which the following information is excerpted:

James Iredell

James Iredell (October 5, 1751 – October 20, 1799) was one of the original Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed by President George Washington and served from 1790 until his death in 1799. His son, James Iredell, Jr., became governor of North Carolina.

James Iredell was born in Lewes, England, the oldest of five children of a Bristol merchant. The failure of his father's business (and health) impelled James to immigrate to the Colonies in 1767 at the age of 17. Relatives assisted him in obtaining a position in the customs service as deputy collector, or comptroller, of the port of Edenton, North Carolina....

Although employed by the British government, Iredell was a strong supporter of independence and the revolution. In 1774 he wrote To the Inhabitants of Great Britain in which he laid out arguments opposing the concept of Parliamentary supremacy over America. This essay established Iredell, at the age of 23, as the most influential political essayist in North Carolina at that time. His treatise Principles of an American Whig predates and echoes themes and ideas of the Declaration of Independence.

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Marker Name: A-5: James Iredell

Marker Type: Roadside

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