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8077
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During the War of 1812, 1,607 British vessels were captured. Of this number, ninety-six were brought to nine North Carolina ports. Wilmington had the most with thirty-six, followed by Portsmouth and Beaufort. Otway Burns, captain of the SNAP DRAGON, brought in forty-two vessels and over 300 English prisoners. These ships and their cargoes were valued at more than $4 million. Blades lists each captured ship, who captured it, and the North Carolina port where it was taken.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 2004,
p3-16, bibl, f
Record #:
8078
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The authors discuss the importance of waterways for transportation in eastern North Carolina during the 17th- and 18th-centuries. At that time it was the only mode of travel to cover any distance in a reasonable amount of time and remained so until railroads replaced them in the early 19th-century. Bridges and ferries were necessities and were sources of income to their operators, and many farmers and manufacturers relied on water travel to get their products to market.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 2004,
p17-25, bibl
Record #:
8111
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The beginnings of the Christian Church “Disciples of Christ†in New Bern dates to the 1840s, when services were conducted in private homes. By 1885, parishioners wanted to have their own building. Barteau recounts the history of the church and the names of the pastors who have served there since 1882. Today over 400 members attend the Broad Street Christian Church, which has an all-female staff. This is a first for churches in the New Bern area.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 17 Issue 2, Nov 2004,
p37-43, il, bibl
Record #:
39453
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Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad’s history included its merger in 1870, joining the Eastern North Carolina Dispatch in 1877, the election of James A. Bryan as company president in 1899, its renaming to the Atlantic and North Carolina Company by Richard S. Howland; and Howland’s consolidation of the Atlantic and North Carolina Company with five other railroad companies. The author coincides the multi-railroad company merger with railroads ceding to ships as a major transporting source by the early twentieth century.
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