vl Preface

Mary, in Virginia, chartered in 1693, unanimously elected him
a member, causa honoris, of the Alpha Chapter of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society of that college. This is the honor literary
society of America, organized at William and Mary in 1776,
and in the selection of those invited to become members the
greatest care is exercised, membership being equivalent to an
honorary degree conferred by any of our colleges and giving
the recipient special distinction.

November 10, 1916.

S. A. Ase.

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Contents

FOREWORD

EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT: Origin of the Name Cape Fear—
The Cape Fear River and Its Tributaries—The Cape Fear
Indians—Notes on the Archeology of New Hanover County—
Indian Mounds on the Cape Fear—Indians of the Lower
Cape Fear—Report of the Commissioners sent in 1663 to
Explore the Coast—Charlestown, the First Attempted Set-
tlement on the Cape Fear—Sandford’s Account of Conditions
on Charles River—End of the Settlement on Charles River,
the First Charlestown—Cape Fear Pirates of 1719.......... 1

PERMANENT SETTLEMENT: The Town of Brunswick—A Visit to the
Cape Fear in 1734—Erection of Wilmington, Decay of Bruns-

wick—The Spanish Invasion, 1747—The War of Jenkins’ Ear
—The Site of Fort Johnston—Colonial Plantations on the
Cape Fear—Colonial Orton—Crane Neck Heron Colony on

Orton Plantation—Plantations on the Northeast—Social Con-
ditions—Libraries on the Cape Fear—Colonial Governors of
North Carolina—Colonial Members of the General Assembly.. 38

RESISTANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION: The Stamp Act on the Cape

Fear—William Houston, the Stamp Master: Another View-
point—Russellborough, Scene of the First Armed Resistance
—The Sons of Liberty in North Carolina................ee6. 91

THE REvoLuTion: Institution of Revolutionary Government—Pro-
ceedings of the Committee of Safety—Whigs and Tories—
The Battle of Elizabethtown—Old-Time Cape Fear Heroes—
Cornelius Harnett’s Will—Flora Macdonald................. 110

EARLY YEARS: Alyre Raffeneau Delile—Beginning of Federal For-
tifications on the Cape Fear—The First Steamboat on the
Cape Fear River—The Disastrous Year of 1819—Other Early
Fires—First Cape Fear Improvements—Railroads, the First
Project—The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad—The Com-
merce of Wilmington—Wilmington in the Forties—The Pub-
lic Spirit of Wilmington—Activities on the River, 1850-1860
—Forgotten Aids to the Navigation of the Cape Fear—Cape
Fear Coal—Fayetteville on the Cape Fear..............eeee- 130

Notaste Incwents: Visits of Presidents of the United States to
Wilmington before the War—The Visit of Henry Clay—The
Visit of Daniel Webster—The Visit of Edward Everett—Re-
ception of the Remains of John C. Calhoun—The Death of

General James Ivor McKay—Governor Edward B. Dudley—
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