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North Carolina History Project Encyclopedia
NorthCarolinahistory.org features an edited, evolving, and comprehensive encyclopedia of the Tar Heel state. It has been produced for educational and research purposes. All entries are non-polemical, and new entries are frequently added.
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Featured Entry
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Brunswick County native, William Henry Hill was the state’s district attorney, a state senator, a
University of North Carolina Trustee, and a U.S. Congressman. Unlike many of his North Carolina contemporaries in Congress, Hill was a staunch
Federalist who, according to Lawrence F. London, “believed in a strong central government.”
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