Record #:

19570

Author(s):

Jackson, W.C.

Abstract:

In this re-printing of his December 4, 1924 address before the State Literary and Historical Association, Jackson discusses a criticism of the post-confederate American south by essayist H.L. Mencken in which the region is described as completely lacking in culture and civilization.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jan 1925, p3-18 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cultural development--North Carolina, Western; Culture--North Carolina; Culture--Southern; Cultural standard--North Carolina; Cultural criticism--North Carolina; Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

Record #:

19571

Author(s):

Boyd, William K.

Abstract:

The first article in the series, \"Some North Carolina Tracts of the Eighteenth Century,\" includes a re-printing of the ca. 1740 pamphlet, \"A True and Faithful Narrative of the Proceedings of the House of Burgesses of North Carolina,\" describing an attempt to impeach the colony's Chief Justice William Smith in 1739.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jan 1925, p30-82, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina. House of Burgesses; Smith, William, 1728-1793; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Judiciary

Record #:

19572

Author(s):

Corbitt, D.L

Abstract:

The North Carolina Gazette was the first newspaper published in North Carolina. The oldest found edition was published on November 15, 1751 by James Davis and was number 15.The paper was printed in New Bern, and included information on a range of topics including period laws for tavern and ordinary keepers.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jan 1925, p83-89, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Davis, James, 1721-1785; THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTE

Record #:

19573

Author(s):

Pratt, Joseph Hyde

Abstract:

Continued from October 1924, Vol.1(4) pp.475-540, Part V of Colonel Pratt's war diary reprinted here. This section includes entries dated from September 30, 1918 - October 17, 1918.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jan 1925, p117-144 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918