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720 Index

Price, Capt. Richard W., sketch of,
358.

Price, Susie, 613.

Price, Dr. William J., editor, 178;
252.

Primrose, Rev. J. W., 619.

Primrose, W. S., 24.

Pritchard, Rev. John L., 287, 636.

Prometheus, first steamboat on the
Cape Fear, account of arrival of,
138, 139.

Public buildings, account of, 591-603.

Purdie, Col. Thomas J., 303.

Purviance, Samuel, fortifies Wil-
mington against approach of
British, 113; Revolutionary of-
ficer, 120.

Purviance, Judge William, 78, 92, 186.

Quince, John, member New Hanover
County Committee of Safety,
111.

Quince, Mrs., 208.

Quince, Parker, colonial merchant,
73, 74; goes to relief of Boston,
110.

Quince, Richard, sr., lived at Orton,
57; member N. C. Sons of Lib-
erty, 106.

Quince, Richard, jr., member N. C.
Sons of Liberty, 106, 109.

Quince, Lieut. W. H., 310, 344.

Quincy, Josiah, 53, 579.

Radcliffe, Col. James Dillard, sketch
of, 307; 343, 363.

Radcliffe, Capt. R. S., 644.

Radcliffe, W. C., 141.

Railroads.
Declaration of State policy, 148;

first American built locomotive,

149; first railroad project, 149;

history of different lines: At-

lantic Coast Line, history and

present condition of, 668-671;

Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley,
projection and failure of, 147;
Carolina Central, history of,

Railroads, continued.

671-673; Wilmington subscribes
to, 196, 197; Seaboard Air Line,
history and present condition
of, 671-674; Wilmington, Bruns-
wick and Southport, account of,
546; Wilmington, Charlotte, and
Rutherford, anticipated value of
in cotton transportation, 513;
becomes Carolina Central, 671;
Wilmington and Manchester,
small loss sustained by in fire
of 1864, 535; Wilmington sub-
scribes to, 196, 197; Wilmington
and Weldon (Wilmington and
Raleigh), chartered, 149; con-
necting lines consolidated, 669;
equipment of worn out at end
of war, 668, 670; history of, 150-
156; 194-196; longest railroad in
the world (1840), 153; Internal
Improvement Convention of
1833, 148; origin of railroad
project, 149, 507.

Rake’s Delight, early
schooner, 39. |

Raleigh, Confederate ironclad ram,
attacks blockading squadron,
480-483; 401, 487.

Raleigh Sentinel, service of to
North Carolina, 564.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, spelling of
name of, 2.

Raleigh, U. S. S., two services of
silver presented to by North
Carolina, 532.

Ramousin, Augustus, 252.

Ramsey, Capt. John A., 359.

Rankin, Capt. John T., fire engine
named for, 537; sketch of, 359;
242, 243.

trading

Rankin, Laura (Mrs. Rothwell),

teacher, 164, 170, 191.
Rankin, N. B., 243.
Rankin, Robert, 141.

Rankin, Capt. Robert G., chairman
Citizen’s Committee of Safety

(1861), 277; sketch of, 358, 359;
193, 214, 249, 269, 304.

Index 71

Ransom, Senator M. W., N. C. Com-
missioner to Peace Congress,
268; secures aid for Cape Fear
River improvement, 146.

Ransom, Gen. Robert, 308, 656.

Ransom, Mrs. Robert, teacher, 656.

Reed, Capt. E. C., commands Con-
federate cruiser Sumter, 398;
experiences of in the blockade,
396, 399, 401, 407, 430, 431, 450,
451.

Regulators’ War, 136.

Rehder, Mrs. Henry, 572.

Reid, David, Jr., eminent member
Wilmington Bar, 187.

Reid, Gov. David S., N. C. Commis-
sioner to Peace Congress (1861),
268; 228.

Reilly, Maj. James 1!., commands
Reilly’s battery, 277; defends
land face in attack on Ft.
Fisher, 359, 384-386; in com-
mand at Ft. Caswell, 272; sur-
renders Ft, Johnston, 280.

Renting for a “peppercorn,” 171.

Repiton, A. Paul, jr., military serv-
ice of, 360,

Repiton, Rev. A. Paul, heroic serv-
ice of in yellow fever epidemic,
287; pastor, 635, 636; teacher,
170, 652; 360.

Reston, John R., sketch of, 255, 256;
252.

Reston, Thomas Clayton, 615.
Reston, William, 253.
“Retainers,” 137.

Retribution, Confederate cruiser,
404, 478. 7
Revenue-Cutter Service, account of,

525-526.

Revolution.
Aid sent to Boston, 110; arrival

of the British fleet, 113; Battle
at Big Bridge, 118; Battle of
Elizabethtown, 115, 116-119;
Battle of McKenzie’s mill-dam,
58; Battle of Moore’s Creek, 69,
113, 126; Battle on the New
Bern road, 209; conditions in

Bladen, 115, 116, 119; Cornwal-

46

Revolution, continued.
lis in Wilmington, 114; Craig’s
“bull pen,” 114; Craig con-
structs fort at Rutherford Mills,
114; Craig in Duplin, 115;
Craig takes possession of Wil-
mington, 114; encounter at Rock
Creek, 115; Fanning captures
Governor Burke, 115; first overt
act of violence, 103; General
Rutherford hems Craig in, 115;
Governor Martin flees to Ft.
Johnston, 112; institution of
Revolutionary Government, 110;
Loyalists embody, 113; Loyal-
ists overrun Cape Fear, 114;
military organizations in the
Cape Fear, 113; military
strength of the Cape Fear de-
pleted by fighting at the South,
114; New Hanover Association
adopted, 111, 112; North Caro-
lina engaged in blockade run-
ning, 454; proceedings of the
Committee of Safety, 110-112;
rallying of the Whigs, 115; reso-
lution for independence, 88;
Scotch become Tories, 125, 126;
St. James’s Church made hos-
pital by the British, 608; sur-
render of Cornwallis, 115;
Tories subdued, 117; “Tory
Hole,” 117; Whigs and Tories,
112-116; withdrawal of the
British, 116.
Rexford, Rev. W. L., 632.

Reynolds, Rt. Rev. Dr., bishop of
Charleston, S. C., 642.
Rheinstein, F., 646.

Rhett, Col. William, organizes ex-
pedition against pirates, 37.

Rhodes, Capt. E. H., 310, 344.
Ricaud, A. G., 566.

Ricaud, Rev. T. Page, 631.

Rice, Col. Nathaniel, appointed com-
missioner to assist in erecting
Ft, Johnston, 53; residence of,
57, 142; 678.

Richardson, Dr. J. J., physician to
President Taft, 541.