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4 results for North Carolina Historical Review Vol. 6 Issue 4, Oct 1929
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19695
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This article looks at newspapers and campaign literature produced by the Democratic Party between 1835 and 1861 focusing on four characteristics: the strength of Democratic newspapers in North Carolina, the leading Democratic newspapers, the relations between different newspapers, and a look at pamphlets and other campaign literature.
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19699
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A summary of descriptions and accounts of visits to several towns in North and South Carolina in 1783 culled from the diary of Francisco de Miranda, known best as a leader and proponent of the independence movement in the Spanish-American Colonies. Includes details of the Ocracroke Inlet area, New Bern, Beaufort, and Wilmington.
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19706
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A history of the political doctrine of \"King Cotton,\" which was based on the idea that if the southern states were to ever secede from the Union, England and France would intervene on behalf of the South as a large portion of their national wealth was tied to Southern cotton. The article is broken into two sections that look at the embargo, 1861-1862 and the reduction of the cotton supply, 1862-1865.
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19710
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A companion to the series \"Twelve North Carolina Counties in 1810-1811,\" the author provides a reprinting of several manuscripts taken from the Thomas Henderson Letter Book, 1810-1811. Included here is \"The Town of Beaufort,\" written by Jacob Henry in 1810, the unsigned manuscript, \"The Island of Portsmouth,\" \"Chatham County Mines and Quarries,\" written by M. McKenzie in 1811, \"Liberty Hall,\" by Adlai Laurens Osborn, \"Newton Academy,\" written by George Swain in 1810, and \"William Augustus Richards,\" by Archibald Debow Murphy.
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