Record #:

20432

Author(s):

Patton, James W.

Abstract:

A collection of letters written by or about tutors employed at Waterloo (presently Stovall), Granville County highlight the extent of North Carolina's dependence on New England teachers during the antebellum period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 4, Oct 1960, p544-567, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Granville County--Education

Record #:

20912

Author(s):

Patton, James W.

Abstract:

This article examines Mrs. Catherine Ann (Devereux) Edmonston of Halifax County reading habits and personal notes on literature and periodicals recorded in her diary. Mrs. Edmonston's education and literacy were an anomaly in North Carolina as the state widely characterized for ignorance and illiteracy.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p169-179, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Edmondston, Catherine Ann (Devereux), 1823-1875

Record #:

21167

Author(s):

Patton, James W.

Abstract:

Prior to the American Civil War, many travelers who toured the United States would pass through North Carolina at some point. The travelers were mostly either upper-class Europeans visiting the New World or Northerners wishing to see the rest of their country. Many of both group had negative perceptions of North Carolina because of the use of slavery and the lack of infrastructure and development in many regions of the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 3, July 1968, p298-323, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Travel writing