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21364
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Colonel David Fanning was a partisan loyalist leader in North Carolina during the American Revolution. Among his successes were the capture of North Carolina's Governor in Hillsborough and the capture of Colonel Philip Alston at the House in the Horseshoe. Hairr explains why Fanning is buried under Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Digby, Nova Scotia.
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21765
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This article examines naturalist and explorer John Lawson's observations of animals in colonial North and South Carolina in the early 18th century.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 88 Issue 3, July 2011,
p312-332 , il, f
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28399
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This article is an attempt to correct many of the misconceptions that prevail concerning the early attempts to discover oil in North Carolina by discussing early efforts to locate oil. The author also examines what was learned at a relatively early period about the potential for extracting petroleum from rock formations of the Piedmont region.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 127 Issue 4, Winter 2011,
p264-274, il, map, bibl
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28417
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) were first reported off North Carolina in 1709, and the most recent sighting was in the spring of 2011. Orcas are most frequently reported from the waters off the Outer Banks from Cape Lookout north to the Virginia border.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012,
p39-43, il, bibl
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