Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. - New Bern NC
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Don.Morfe
N 35° 06.490 W 077° 02.288
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This is an old Historical Commission plaque which is installed on a boulder on the lawn of the Craven County Courthouse. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. was a state politician and U.S. Congressman and Governor of North Carolina.
Waymark Code: WM17VYE
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2023
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THE TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER
RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT
THE YOUNGER
BORN 1790 - DIED 1850
GRADUATE AND FOR TWENTY-NINE YEARS A TRUSTEE
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. MEMBER
OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF COMMONS
FOR ONE TERM, AND OF THE STATE SENATE
FOR FOURTEEN TERMS, MEMBER OF THE EIGHTEENTH
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, GRAND
MASTER OF THE MASONIC GRAND LODGE OF NORTH
CAROLINA FOR TWO TERMS, MEMBER OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1835, AND THE
LAST GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA ELECTED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ERECTED 1923 BY
THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS
OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
COUNTY OF CRAVEN AND CITY OF NEW BERN
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: On the lawn of the Craven County Courthouse, New Bern NC
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