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