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James Iredell (1751-1799) served as Attorney General of North Carolina from 1779 to 1781, fought for North Carolina's ratification of the United States Constitution, and was nominated by President George Washington on Feb. 8, 1790, confirmed by the US Senate on Feb. 10, 1790, and served as an Associate Justice of the first US Supreme Court until his death on Oct. 20, 1799. At its first meeting on April 20, 1948, the Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution voted to acquire and restore the Iredell House, and thirteen members signed a bank note for $2,250.00 to purchase the house and save it from destruction. On June 14, 1951, the DAR transferred the house to the State of NC, and it is at present a State Historic Site administered by the NC Dept. Cultural Resources.
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