Bayard v. Singleton

Bayard v. Singleton is a North Carolina historical marker in Craven County, dedicated 1940.

US 70 Business (Broad Street) at Middle Street in New Bern

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American precedent for judicial review of legislation set nearby, 1787, by Samuel Ashe, Samuel Spencer, John Williams.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1769 · PLAN of the Town of NEWBERN in Craven County NORTH CAROLINA (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1794 · North Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · North-Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · State of North Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

North-Carolina, 1795, covering the location of Bayard v. Singleton, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — North-Carolina, 1795, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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