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Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption: House Erected In 1758 by The Notorious Francis Corbin.
Additional Description: Corbin was Lord Granville's land agent in America for his betrothed, Jean Junds, both of whom died before their marriage could be consummated. The property was sold by Corbin's brother and heir, Edmund Corbin, to Dr. Samuel Dickinson, and is still occupied by his descendants. The portrait of Mrs. Penelope Barker, of Revolutionary Tea-party fame, hangs in one of its apartments. The assembly of North Carolina is said to have met here formerly. The initials F. C. and date 1758 are still plainly visible upon the gable-post.
From The Magazine of American History, Vol. XXVIII, No. 6, December 1892.
Submitted: October 25, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p545823
File Size: 1.162 Megabytes

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