Record #:

22125

Author(s):

Sprunt, James

Abstract:

This article examines the career and personal life of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland who married a woman from South Carolina and owned property along the Cape Fear River during the mid-18th century before the American Revolution.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 1, July 1906, p49-75, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Frankland, Thomas, 1718-1784

Record #:

22525

Author(s):

Archibald Henderson

Abstract:

Lawyer, United States Congressman and member of the North Carolina General Assembly Archibald Henderson was a staunch Federalist in the early years of the American republic and participated in the controversies around the Judiciary Act of 1801 and the Alien and Sedition Acts. He was also a nominee to the Unites States Supreme Court in 1818.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 1, July 1917, p2-38, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina- Western- History; North Carolina- History- 1775-1861- Politics; Henderson, Archibald 1768-1822

Record #:

22528

Author(s):

Archibald Henderson

Abstract:

This addendum to the earlier article of the same name in the July 1917 issue gives a more personal biography of Henderson as a lawyer in early North Carolina.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917, p60-89, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Henderson, Archibald 1768-1822; North Carolina--History--1775-1865--Politics; North Carolina, Western--History

Record #:

21994

Author(s):

Battle, Kemp P.

Abstract:

A look at the life of War of 1812 naval hero Captain Johnston Blakely, and his mysterious disappearance aboard his vessel the WASP and the annuity paid to his widow and daughter Maria Udney Blakely.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 1 Issue 9, Jan 1902, p3-15 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blakeley, Johnston, 1781-1814

Record #:

22364

Author(s):

Cameron, Rebecca

Abstract:

This article recounts the efforts of North Carolina militia officer, Colonel William Shepperd to stop British raiders from terrorizing Orange Count western North Carolina in 1779.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 1, July 1912, p53-58 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

22197

Author(s):

Connor, R.D.W.

Abstract:

This article recites the sermon given by Reverend George Micklejohn to Governor Tryon's army at Hillsborough, North Carolina on September 25, 1768. This force had been convened by Governor Tryon to quell insurrection by Regulators in the countryside.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 1, July 1908, p57-78 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771

Record #:

22547

Author(s):

Clark, Rosamond

Abstract:

In Iredell County, North Carolina stands old Fort Dobbs, a place of refuge for early settlers against native hostilities. Named after Governor Arthur Dobbs who persuaded the General Assembly to provide money for defense of the western frontier, Fort Dobbs was increasingly used for protection against violent raids.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 20 Issue 1, April-July 1920, p133-138 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fort Dobbs (Statesville); Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765; Forts; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22379

Author(s):

Cameron, Rebecca

Abstract:

Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Webster was a regimental commander in the English Army of Lord Cornwallis. Webster was wounded at the Battle of Guilford Court House and was evacuated toward Wilmington. Taking ill on route he spent his last days at the Bellefort plantation in Bladen County belonging to the patriot leader Hugh Waddell. The disposition of his remains is the subject of some dispute.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 3, January 1913, p195-202 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Bladen County--History

Record #:

22152

Author(s):

Connor, R.D.W.

Abstract:

This article consists of an assessment of the current condition of historical records in North Carolina in general and a call to action for every resident of the state to assist in the collection, preservation, storage, and utilization of these records about the history of North Carolina for the betterment of the state.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 6 Issue 3, January 1907, p159-176, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Archives--North Carolina; North Carolina--Public records statutes

Record #:

22314

Author(s):

Winston, F.D.

Abstract:

F.D. Winston, former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, spoke at the unveiling of a memorial tablet at Nixonton, North Carolina, commemorating the First Albemarle Assemble which took place on February 6, 1665.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 10 Issue 1, July 1910, p26-39 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--First Albemarle Assembly

Record #:

22259

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This article provides a short biographical accounting of the life of North Carolina Booklet contributor Alexander Samuel Salley Jr. It highlights his education in law and his editing of several collections of colonial records.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 8 Issue 3, January 1909, p257-258 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Salley, Alexander Samuel, Jr., 1871-1960

Record #:

22486

Author(s):

Haywood, Marshall Delancey

Abstract:

The Raleigh Peace Society, established in 1819 was among the first organized peace movements in America. Historian Marshall De Lancy Haywood outlined the society's history in this address before a conference on arbitration and armament in the Hall of Representatives at Raleigh on March 23, 1908.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 4, April 1908, p290-300 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Peace movements; Haywood, Marshall De Lancey, 1871-1933; Raleigh Peace Society

Record #:

22477

Author(s):

Knight, Edgar W.

Abstract:

Although North Carolina developed long before 1860, the educational growth of the region grew slowly during the colonial period due to the slow growth of populations. However, there is evidence of efforts to foster education through the poor law and apprenticeship system which granted guardianship and tuition to many poor and orphaned children.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 16 Issue 1, July 1916, p39-51 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

34604

Author(s):

Cameron, Anna Alexander

Abstract:

The site of the first Hillsboro church was repurposed as a Presbyterian church following the Revolutionary War. As the church yard was used to bury members of the first congregation, work in the yard often uncovers Revolution-era burials. The author recounts information gained from study of these historic graves.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 13 Issue 1, July 1913, p40-44 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hillsborough--History; Graves

Record #:

22442

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This biographical sketch of North Carolina Booklet contributor Dr. Archibald Henderson highlights his literary criticism as well as his service towards the preservation of North Carolina history.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 3, January 1915, p163-167 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Henderson, Archibald (1877-1963)