To leave Fayetteville as soon as I possibly can.

by Lisa Y. Henderson

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The North Carolinian, 23 August 1851.

Despite his firm-toned notice, Lewis Levy does not seem to have left Fayetteville after all. Well after the publication of this ad, he bought land in town, and his 1876 Southern Claims Commission statement asserts that he lived three miles from Fayetteville and owned nearly 200 acres in Cumberland County.