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 University of North Carolina Papers (#40005), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Resolution on the Death of Dr. Caldwell, January 31, 1835 No Author 1 page, 1 page image 1835 Call number 40005 (University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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