Record #:

19940

Author(s):

Starling, Robert B.

Abstract:

This article is the first of a two-part examination of the development of the plank road system in antebellum North Carolina. This installment provides information on transportation challenges and shortcomings in the early 19th century and the origins of the movement to install plank roads in the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 1, Jan 1939, p1-22, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Plank roads--North Carolina

Record #:

19942

Author(s):

Boyd, Julian Parks

Abstract:

This is a reprint of an unsigned, undated manuscript essay on the Federal Constitution. The essay is written in the form of a letter to a friend, and was most likely intended for newspaper publication. The introduction provides background information on, context for, and some level of analysis of the manuscript.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 1, Jan 1939, p36-53, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Federal Constitution--Public Opinion

Record #:

19943

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

This article is the first installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to James K. Polk written between February 17, 1821 and December 21, 1833. The author's introduction addresses the source of the letters in the Library of Congress. The letters presented here are from William Polk, William Davidson, Sidney I. Harris, William D. Moseley, Marshall T. Polk, James A. Craig, William H. Haywood, Jr., William J. Bingham, Owen Holmes, J. N. Johnson, Samuel C. Mabson, William J. Alexander, and Spivey McKissick.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 1, Jan 1939, p54-79, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849