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CHARLOTTE MUSEUM OF HISTORY & HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER HOMESITE
3500 Shamrock Dr., 704/568-1774, www.charlottemuseum.org
HOURS: Tues.-Sat. 10 A.M.-5 P.M., Sun. 1-5 P.M.; tours of homesite daily 1:15 and 3:15 P.M., limited to 20 people, first-come, first-served
COST: $6 adults, $5 students and seniors, $3 children 6-12, free children under 6 Hezekiah Alexander played an important role in the history of Mecklenburg County. Born in 1722, he was a second-generation American who served as county magistrate, signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and served on the committee appointed to draft the first State Constitution and Bill of Rights. He was also the founder and trustee of Queens College and served as its first treasurer. The Hezekiah Alexander House is the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County. It was built in 1774 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 5,000-square-foot rock home still stands on its original site and is now part of the Charlotte Museum of History; a reproduction log kitchen, barn, and springhouse have been added to the site. Guided tours are offered daily, led by museum docents dressed in 18th-century costumes who describe the buildings, artifacts, and furnishings and highlight the history of Charlotte. Self-guided cell phone tours are available anytime. Exhibits such as Settlement in the Backcountry and Mecklenburg: Crossroads of Commerce highlight the Queen City’s rich and varied history. The permanent exhibits include 7,000 artifacts, including furnishings, textiles, tools, clothing, and household items. Visitors are welcome to pack a picnic and spend the day on the eight-acre historical campus.
24th August, 1497 Some month afterwards His Majesty sent a Serbia Metro Map Venetian, who is a distinguished sailor, and who was much skilled in the discovery of new Serbia Metro Map islands, and he has returned safe, and has discovered two very large and fertile islands, having, it would seem, discovered the seven cities 400 leagues from England to the westward. These successes led His Majesty at once to entertain the intention of sending him with fifteen or twenty vessels. Second Despatch of Raimondo di Soncino to the Duke of Milan. London, 18th December, 1497 My most illustrious and most excellent Lord, Perhaps amidst so many occupations of your Excellency it will not be unwelcome to learn how this Majesty has acquired a part of Asia without drawing his sword. In this kingdom there is a certain Venetian named Zoanne Caboto, of gentle disposition, very expert in navigation, who, seeing that the most serene Kings of Portugal and Spain had occupied unknown islands, meditated the achievement of a similar acquisition for the said Majesty.
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