Record #:

28294

Author(s):

Abstract:

Janet Schaw (ca. 1731- ca. 1801) was a Scottish traveler who kept a detailed journal concerning her travel to America in 1774. This article boasts excerpts from her writings concerning her observations of the region around the Cape Fear and colonists’ attitudes toward revolution.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 11 Issue 3, May 1968, p3

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Wilmington--Description and travel

Record #:

28270

Author(s):

Williams, Benjamin F.

Abstract:

North Carolina in the 19th century developed its art and architecture in a different fashion than Virginians. Because of the lack of wealthy individuals in North Carolina during the early 1800s, residents tended to self-decorate their homes.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Feb 1962, p3-5, il

Subject(s):

Arts; Architecture, Domestic

Record #:

3930

Author(s):

Block, Susan

Abstract:

In 1835, Thomas Henry Wright gave land on Wrightsville Sound to St. James Church in Wilmington on which to build Mt. Lebanon. Services were held on a regular basis starting in 1836. The chapel has been used and closed several times over the past 160 years. In 1974, it was restored and reopened on a regular basis.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 42 Issue 2, June 1998, p1-8, il, f

Subject(s):

Churches--New Hanover County; Historic buildings--New Hanover County; Mount Lebanon Chapel (New Hanover County); New Hanover County--Church history

Record #:

28661

Author(s):

Seapker, Janet K.; Allen, Walser H., Jr.; Cashman, Diane C.

Abstract:

The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society honors three ladies who enriched the Society and made lasting impressions on its historical collections. Ida Brooks Kellam, Leora Hiatt McEachern, and Elizabeth Francenia McKoy contributed to the Society’s research, publications, and archives.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 28 Issue 3, May 1985, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

History--Societies, etc.; Historians

Record #:

28687

Author(s):

Abstract:

This issue presents a letter written by Eliza Yonge Wootten to her husband Reverend Edward Wootten on November 8, 1898. The letter provides considerable insight into the mindset of some citizens during the 1898 political and cultural climate of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 46 Issue 3, Nov 2002, p1-4, il, por, f

Subject(s):

Personal narratives; Wilmington--History

Record #:

28276

Author(s):

Broadfoot, Mary B.

Abstract:

James Murray was a loyalist that resided in the Cape Fear region before relocating to Boston during the American Revolution. His plantation “Point Repose” was built in 1759, 15 miles from Wilmington.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 8 Issue 3, May 1965, p3-6, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--Loyalists

Record #:

5384

Author(s):

Bethell, Mary Eloise; Harris, Mildred

Abstract:

A collection of letters belonging to the family of Mary Eloise Bethell that were written during World War II gives a picture of life on the homefront in Wilmington. The letters are from officers at nearby Camp Davis who rented rooms at the Bethell home when they came to town.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 43 Issue 2, May 1999, punnumbered, il

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American

Record #:

28277

Author(s):

Sprunt, James

Abstract:

This article is a recounting of the murder of Foretop Smith, whose two murderers were acquitted of their crime thanks to a defense by George Davis and a public baptism before the trail.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Nov 1965, p1, 3, il

Subject(s):

Murder; Wilmington--History

Record #:

28195

Author(s):

Gregory, Randolph L.

Abstract:

On February 1, 1961, Mr. W. K. Covell, III returned a historic flag to the city of Wilmington. The flag was present at a Wilmington town meeting a hundred years earlier, when Covell’s grandfather participated in a debate over the act of succession from the Union.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Feb 1961, p1, il

Subject(s):

Flags

Record #:

112

Author(s):

Abstract:

The Confederate branches of the army and the navy were at odds with one another on Wilmington's waterfront in 1864.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, Feb 1992, p1-6, bibl, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Record #:

28682

Author(s):

St. George, Ross

Abstract:

In March of 1864, a dispute between Confederate Army and Navy authorities in the Department of the Cape Fear led to an armed confrontation on the Wilmington waterfront. Though the incident ended without bloodshed, the animosity lingered and had a significant negative effect on the Confederate defense of the Lower Cape Fear in 1865.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 37 Issue 2, March 1993, p1-7, il, por, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Confederate States of America--History, Military; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Confederate

Record #:

28627

Author(s):

Dolan, Diane

Abstract:

Joseph Warren Poland was a former warrant officer who served during the Civil War in the Union Forces. A letter written by Poland is presented. The letter describes his experience when Wilmington, North Carolina was under attack.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 1977, p1-4, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives

Record #:

28619

Author(s):

Williams, Albert Franklin

Abstract:

Albert Franklin Williams kept a diary during the Civil War from June through August, 1862. During this time, he marched from North Carolina into Virginia, was captured during the Seven Day’s Battles near Richmond, confined at Fort Delaware, and finally exchanged in Virginia.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 17 Issue 3, April 1974, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives

Record #:

28642

Author(s):

McEachern, Leora H.

Abstract:

Two versions of the Moore’s Creek Battle in 1776, which were published in Philadelphia and Baltimore, are presented. The articles which were published in 1817 and 1822 provide detailed accounts of the North Carolina battle, General James Moore and his army.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Oct 1981, p1-3, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Moores Creek Bridge, Battle of, N.C., 1776; Moore, James, 1650-1706

Record #:

239

Author(s):

Campbell, Walter E.

Abstract:

An excerpt from Campbell's book, Across Fortune's Tracks: William Rand Kenan, Jr. and the Kenan Family, investigates one of North Carolina's most prominent families.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 36 Issue 3, May 1992, pall, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Kenan, William Rand Jr., 1872-1965; Kenan family