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14784
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During the American Civil War, a shipyard on the Cape Fear River turned out many war ships for the Confederate Navy.
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2.Boundary Line Dispute is Settled by a Tree by Moore, Louis T. The State Vol. 12 Issue 50, May 1945
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14852
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The original boundary line between North and South Carolina, established more than two centuries ago, was clearly proved in recent years by a stately pine tree whose age is found to exceed 350 years. And if it weren't for this tree, chances are the states would still be squabbling over the location of the state line.
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The North Carolina Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington gave ships it built historic vessel names. The C2 class cargo ships were very dissimilar to mid-19th-century clipper ships to which were being remembered. C2s represented modern, large steel cargo ships whereas clipper ships embodied the epitome of wooden sailing vessel design.
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Blockade running off the state's coast ran primarily out of Wilmington. Speedy steam engines attempted to pass Union blockading vessels from 1861 to the bitter end of the Civil War in 1865. In 1943, shipwrecks remains found were victims of the elements or enemy ships. A list is presented for wrecks off Hanover County and points south: Phantom, Nutfield, Wild Darrell, Fanny and Jenny, Doe, Venus, Lynx, Hebe, Beauregard, Night Hawk, Modern Greece, Condor, Petrel, Duoro, Raleigh, Arabian, Antonica, Spunky, Georgianna Mccaw, Bendigo, Elizabeth, Ranger, Dare, Vesta, etc.
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The Cornwallis House built around 1770 in Wilmington functioned as a meeting house for military men in three different historic conflicts. During the Revolutionary War, Lord Cornwallis and his British officers established headquarters there after Wilmington's capture. Federal officers frequented the place for entertainment during the Civil War, especially after Wilmington's capture in 1865. Lastly, World War II brought American Army servicemen from Camp Davis, Fort Fisher, and Camp LeJeune as an officers' meeting place.
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Mayflower functioned as a very active vessel in American history. The ship served as Presidential yacht, engaged in the Spanish-American War, and saw service once again in World War II. Mayflower was a familiar sight in Wilmington because it had been moved for repairs in 1933. It wouldn't be refitted until World War II when the Coast Guard renamed it Butte and outfitted it as a man-of-war.
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\"Ecce Homo\" means \"Behold the Man\" and a painting entitled Ecce Homo captured a portrait of Christ and hangs in St. James Episcopal Church in Wilmington. Its arrival in Wilmington involved a classic swashbuckling tale. The portrait was reported to be stolen from a Spanish pirate vessel in 1747 when the pirates attempted an attack on Brunswick along the Cape Fear River but lost and one of their four ships sunk. Colonists retrieved goods, including the portrait, from on of the abandoned vessels for use in Brunswick and Wilmington churches.
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The Holy Ghost Shell, or the Sand Dollar, is found along the beaches and strands of the Atlantic seaboard and in profusion along the beaches of North Carolina. When the shell is broken open, several symbols are revealed that includes the star of Bethlehem, the Easter Lily, and five points symbolic of the five wounds given Christ before crucifixion.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971,
p158-159, il
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16949
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In this third of a series of articles that recount three principal events that occurred during the past year in the development of a particular North Carolina city, Moore discusses the city of Wilmington. One was an increase in the amount of tonnage handled by the city's port facilities.
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Wilmington, county seat of New Hanover County, is featured in The State's series on North Carolina cities. The city is one of the country's outstanding seaports; the country surrounding produces large truck crops, like berries and vegetables; and dozens of manufacturing enterprises contribute to the steady prosperity of the city.
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Anna Matilda McNeill was born in Wilmington in 1804 and spent her early life there. She later married George Washington Whistler, and they were the parents of James McNeill Whistler. Whistler later immortalized his mother with a world-famous painting, \"Whistler's Mother.\" Now Wilmington has plans to erect some kind of appropriate memorial in her honor.
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Gabriel James Boney fought for the Confederacy and spent the major part of his life in Wilmington. He died in 1915, and in his will he left $25,000 to be used for the erection of a Confederate monument in the city. The impressive, forty-foot tall monument stands at the corner of Third and Dock streets.
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Omar ibn Said, called Moreau in this article, was an Arabian prince who was captured by a hostile tribe and cast into slavery. Sold to a slave trader in Africa, he was shipped to Charleston, SC, where he was purchased by a man who treated him cruelly. The Price escaped and made his way to Fayetteville, NC, where he was captured. Through the local sheriff's contact, Governor John Owen of North Carolina became interested in him and bought him from his former owner. Though the Governor offered him his freedom, the Prince chose to remain in his household the rest of his life, rather than return home.
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Moore recounts how Jeff Norment, a slave owned by Michael Cronly, saved and preserved New Hanover County's records from Gen. William T. Sherman's approaching Union army.
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Moore describes how different qualifications for voting were during the days of the Lords Proprietors compared to the present time.
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