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1805-1829
Footnotes
Fayetteville native Robert Donaldson Jr. (1800-1872) used his inheritance to finance the construction of the Lafayette Hotel, built in 1825 at the corner of Donaldson and Hay streets, and the Donaldson Academy, built in 1833 near Hay Street and Hillside Avenue.
John Steele worked for Fayetteville coachmaker Nathaniel Morison from 1802 to 1811. Steele returned to Fayetteville in the 1820s to study cotton mills. He opened the first textile mill in New Hampshire soon thereafter. He was governor of New Hampshire from 1844 to 1845.
Among the contributors to the 1815 building fund for First Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville were President James Monroe, who gave $25, and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, who gave $10.
Cool Spring supplied the early residents of Fayetteville with drinking water. There is a legend that whoever drank from the spring would always return.
The Marquis de Lafayette named his son after George Washington. Lafayette's son accompanied his father on his visit to Fayetteville.
The first attempted bank robbery in Fayetteville was committed in the early 1800s by Alexander Gray. After entering the bank building, he ran off without opening the vault. The same night he stole merchandise from a local store and was arrested, convicted and hanged.
In 1805 many money values were still expressed in pounds rather than dollars.
Beginning in 1826 free blacks had to register annually with the Fayetteville town clerk.
1810 Census
County: 9,382
White: 69 percent
Nonwhite: 31 percent
Slaves: 2,796
Free blacks: 95
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1820 Census
County: 14,446
White: 63 percent
Nonwhite: 37 percent
Slaves: 4,751
Free blacks: 564
Fayetteville: 3,532
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