Record #:

19770

Author(s):

Ratchford, B.U.

Abstract:

This article looks at the history of the public debt in North Carolina that originated during the period of Reconstruction. The article is broken into sections that look at how the debt was incurred, the political background that influenced financial legislation, the interest on the Special Tax Bonds, the Construction Bonds, public sentiment and debt proposals, changes in the debt, and finances current to 1878.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933, p1-20, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Public debt; Special tax bonds; Construction bonds; North Carolina--History--State finances

Record #:

19776

Author(s):

Johnson, Guion Griffis

Abstract:

This article looks at the popularity of the religious revival movement in antebellum North Carolina also known as the Great Revival. The article is divided into sections looking at antecedents of the Great Revival, the coming of the Great Revival, the great Revival among the Methodists, the Baptists and the Great Revival, religious cycles, and the psychology of the revival.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933, p21-43, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

19779

Author(s):

Newsome, A.R.

Abstract:

Reprint of letters written by Congressman Lawrence O'Bryan Branch mostly to his wife Nancy Hayward Branch (nee Blount) shed light on his personality, family relations, congressional career, and accounts of social life in Washington, DC. An account of President Buchanan's visit to North Carolina in 1859 and on sectionalist political issues being faced by the Union are also included. Newsome's introduction includes biographical information and details of Branch's death at Antietam as well as background information on the state of political issues leading up to the time of Branch's writing.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933, p44-79, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Branch, Lawrence O'Bryan, 1820-1862