Record #:

21397

Author(s):

Rankin, Richard

Abstract:

A reprint of the surviving documents of the Ninepenny Whist Club, a private social organization founded by 13 men in Wilmington in 1801 to eat, drink, and be merry. The documents that survive from the group consist of election results (from a group presidential election, a constitution, resolutions, several addresses and responses, and the transcript of a mock trial - all providing a glimpse of club life and on social life in Wilmington in the early 19th century.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 68 Issue 1, Jan 1991, p38-57, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ninepenny Whist Club (Wilmington); Wilmington--History--Social Clubs