Notes: One of the people active in the preservation of Bath history was Herbert R. Paschal. Paschal had been approached by the groups
organizing the 250th anniversary celebrations about writing a history of Bath, which he wrote in a few months and which remained
for many years the standard history of the town. Paschal became a professor of history at East Carolina College (now East
Carolina University) in 1955 with a specialty in colonial North Carolina history. The following is an undated talk prepared,
most likely, for presentation to a group coming to visit Bath either during the period of its restoration or soon after restoration
had been completed.
It is with real pleasure that I come to [crossed out: discuss one very] talk briefly [crossed out: with] to you this morning
about one of my favorite subjects—the town of Bath. I assure you that I shall indeed be brief. If you share, [crossed out:
with me,] even in part, the excitement which ancient streets and ancient buildings evoke in me, I am [crossed out: sure] certain
that you must be eager to tour this town and visit some of its buildings. I [crossed out: am] imagine you wish to say to me
as Sherlock Holmes was want to say to his devoted biographer—“Quick Watson, the game’s afoot.”
The town of Bath is truly an old settlement. [crossed out: Even] Long before the first settlers from the Albemarle began to
filter southward and patent land along the Pamlico, Indians had established a town upon this site. Here was located the principle
town of the Pamptico tribe. The Pamptico were members of the great Algonquian family
Location:
Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University
