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9918
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In an effort to drum up publicity for their yearly gourd festival, the Cary Gourd Club is focusing attention on the display of the Mary Slocumb gourd at the Museum of History in Raleigh. The story of the gourd, which was allegedly used by Mrs. Slocumb as she ministered to the wounded soldiers at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge during the Revolutionary War, has been recorded in John H. Wheeler's HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF NORTH CAROLINA and Mrs. Eddie W. Wilson's THE GOURD IN FOLK LITERATURE.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 6, Aug 1972, p16, il
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15275
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Many people know of the ride of Paul Revere, but few know of Mary Slocumb's thirty-mile, night-time ride from Wayne County to find her husband at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. Seawell compares the two, concluding that Mary Slocumb's ride was the more dangerous one.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 22, Oct 1934, p24
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30011
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Listen and you will hear of the midnight ride of Mary Slocumb. When Mary, of Bertie County, North Carolina had her husband leave to fight the Tories, she had a vision. She rushed to let her husband and his men know they were in danger, and ultimately they were able to escape.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 1 Issue 3, July 1943, p22-23, 31, il, por, f