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Josephus Daniels 1862-1948

Josephus Daniels 1862-1948 is a North Carolina historical marker in Wake County, dedicated 1948.

Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh

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Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; ambassador to Mexico; author; editor, News and Observer. His home was here.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of North Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · N. & S. Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

N. & S. Carolina, 1927, covering the location of Josephus Daniels 1862-1948, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — N. & S. Carolina, 1927, 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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