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20163
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This is a reprint of a paper presented at the forty-sixth annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December 6, 1946. This paper focuses on the problems within large tobacco companies including strife between groups involved in the process including leaf dealers, tobacco farmers, and warehouse managers that erupted into publicized agitations involving advertising campaigns and marked competition between major tobacco companies. A history of tobacco growing, farming,and cutting is included in the introduction.
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20196
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This is a reprint of records from the Surry Country Agricultural Society which flourished from 1819 to 1823 in a semi-mountainous, remote section of North Carolina. The papers of the society were found among those of David S. Reid, governor of North Carolina from 1851-1854. Some information on the society and its history is included introduction.
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20047
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This article on legal and political history of Granville County examines the role of the colonial squire as a dominant figure in provincial and local government.
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19708
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The natural bounty of Granville County nourished an agricultural industry but also supported hunting and trapping were important trades for colonists. The article reviews the men engaged in these activities, the items produced from hunting and trapping, and the values of these items in the colonial economy.
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19686
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Granville County was once considered a \"frontier county\" because it functioned from 1746-1752 largely without government organization and its sheer size encompassed a large area which is now split into Orange, Vance, Warren, and Franklin counties. This article reviews the geographical traits of the area and early settlement patterns within the large territory.
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