Record #:

24487

Author(s):

Faust, Richard A.

Abstract:

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802-1887) worked to help the mentally ill and helped create the first mental asylums in America. She went to North Carolina in 1848 to change attitudes concerning mental illness and found mental institutions there.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 9, February 1978, p25-27, il, por

Subject(s):

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887; Mental illness; Mental hospitals; Mentally ill--Care of

Record #:

12263

Author(s):

Faust, Richard A.

Abstract:

The United States Postal Service honored Revolutionary War hero, Peter Francisco, with a stamp depicting the hulking man with a British thousand-pound cannon slung over his shoulder. Francisco was wounded six times during the war. So great was his prowess, that General Washington ordered a five-foot broadsword fashioned for him. Francisco wielded it in many battles including the battle of Guilford Court House, where he killed eleven British soldiers.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 12, May 1975, p9-11, il, por

Subject(s):

Francisco, Peter, 1760-1831; North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783--Soldiers