Record #:

22096

Author(s):

Allen, Oliver H.

Abstract:

This article accounts the plight of the German Palatines from their expulsion from their German homeland by French forces in the late 17th century, to immigrating to England in the early 18th century and subsequently landing in the New World, settling in many places including North Carolina.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 12, April 1905, p9-21 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonization; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22025

Author(s):

Battle, Kemp P.

Abstract:

This article discusses the Lords Proprietors who helped settle North Carolina. It covers the forfeiture of the land rights of Sir Walter Raleigh because of treason and regranted in 1606 all the way through the post-American Revolution Supreme Court decision that retracted the land claims of the heirs of the last Lords Proprietor, Earl Granville.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 1, May 1904, p5-37 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22059

Author(s):

Pittman, Thomas M.

Abstract:

This article discusses the life and times of 18th century North Carolinian John Penn. A lawyer from a well to do family, Penn was a political leader in Revolutionary North Carolina and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 5, Sept 1904, p4-23, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Penn, John, 1740-1788; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22060

Author(s):

Sikes, Walter

Abstract:

This article examines 18th century Edenton resident, colonial leader, and Continental Congress delegate Joseph Hewes. A Quaker merchant, Hewes was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence who died in Philadelphia in 1779 at the age of fifty.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 5, Sept 1904, p24-36, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22064

Author(s):

Clark, Walter

Abstract:

This article details the 1740 Cartagena Expedition, an assault on Spanish colonies in South America. Forces consisted of 12,000 English troops and 3,600 troops from England's North American colonies including 400 North Carolinians. The expedition failed and resulted in the deaths of almost the entire North Carolina regiment along with majority of the English and Colonial ground forces.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 6, Oct 1904, p3-24 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22065

Author(s):

Peele, W.J.

Abstract:

This article details and describes Outer Banks and the Roanoke Island area geography where America's first English settlement was located. Using historical maps, the article shows the different names used by colonists and explorers for the same features and describes why some features made settlement there desirable.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 7, Nov 1904, p3-19 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Colonization; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

21991

Author(s):

Clarkson, Heriot

Abstract:

An essay on events in colonial and revolutionary North Carolina with a particular focus on Mecklenburg County and recurring religious and political themes.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 1 Issue 6, Oct 1901, p3-24 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mecklenburg County--History; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775