Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
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for "Watson, Alan D"
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28631
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John Rutherfurd, royal placeman in colonial North Carolina, exemplified the passive loyalist in the Revolutionary conflict who finally declared openly his allegiance to the crown only to lose his fortune and his life as a result of his decision.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Feb 1978,
p1-6, f
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21248
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A look at the origins and functionality of the slave courts in North Carolina between 1715 and 1785, an institution that reflected the desired slave behaviors as set by white slave owners, provides evidence of white society's fears of a disobedient slave population, and reveals the fears of the slaves themselves. Like in other British colonies, these courts were created to handle slave criminality beyond the scope of ordinary police regulations. They were designed to assure slaves a judicial hearing, to curtail the cost of a regular trial, and to expedite justice and reduce the loss of slave labor time.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 1, Jan 1983,
p24-36
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21520
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This article concentrates on the efforts made to improve the navigability of watercourses - rivers and streams - within the state in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Additional attention is given to the role of government, particularly that of the state of North Carolina, as a political force that energized improvements for the benefit of the people first through the \"quasi-public corporation\" system of encouraging private corporations to undertake navigation improvements, and then eventually moving to direct investment in corporate enterprises while assuming responsibility for supervising the more important navigation projects.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 74 Issue 1, Jan 1997,
p37-73, il, por, map, f
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21098
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This article investigates the nature of orphanages in colonial North Carolina using Edgecombe County as a case study. A prominent issue was the lack of close supervision of guardians who often embezzled from orphans' estates or neglected orphans' educations. In other cases, orphans had no estates and were apprenticed to masters to learn a trade. While there were advantages to those orphans who had estates, treatment of the children varied with the guardian or master.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 52 Issue 2, April 1975,
p105-119, il
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17737
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Pilots directed ships through the often tricky inlet system separating state rivers from ocean-going commerce. Specifically, the history of Ocracoke pilots and legislation governing them is presented.
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21168
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This article looks at relief for the poor in North Carolina, a continuous function of the Anglican parishes, county courts, and provincial assembly. Relief to the poor was seen not only as desirable but virtually mandatory, and important precedents were established in theory and practice during this period that would govern society's attitudes toward the poor and poor relief after the Revolution.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Oct 1977,
p347-366, il, f
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21178
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During the colonial period, eastern North Carolina possessed an inadequate and underdeveloped system of roads. To better road conditions, the colony tried appointing road commissioners, building bridges at public expense and putting up signposts and mile markers. Though they tried to improve the road network, the failure to enforce laws, the physical obstacles of the state's geography and shortages in the labor pool kept road conditions poor.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 4, Oct 1968,
p399-417, map, f
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21869
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This article examines the growth of steam navigation on North Carolina's water ways from the first monopoly granted in 1812 up to the Civil War. While competition from railroads were often the result of a failed venture, in the Cape Fear region steam lines thrived. This called for a series of improvements to the rivers of the state, as well as the construction of canals to further expedite commerce through river navigation.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 75 Issue 1, Jan 1998,
p29-68, il, por, map, f
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17743
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The author disputes Martin Rozear's claim that the first established hospital was in Portsmouth 1846-1847, an article that appeared in the previous issue of this journal. Watson pulls from fragmentary evidence to argue the first designed hospital was privately funded and built in Wilmington during the mid-1830s. This facility closed sometime in the late 1830s.
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21079
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A study of the society and economy in colonial Edgecombe County from 1730 to 1775 brought about by a then current interest in historical demography, developments in historical geography in Colonial North Carolina launched by H. Roy Merrens, and the large repository of county records which, at the time of the article's writing, had not been mined of their potential. The article relies heavily on inventories of estates in conjunction with other county data.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 50 Issue 3, July 1973,
p231-255, por
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21170
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This article looks at the history, construction, and character of the mile-long row of oceanfront beach cottages built in Nags Head in the years between the Civil War and World War II.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Oct 1977,
p367-392, il, por, map
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21320
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This article challenges and reevaluates several of historian Julian Boyd's interpretations regarding the appointments of sheriffs in colonial North Carolina. The author uses quantitative evidence from 14 counties, the number of sheriffs who were justices of the peace, the frequency of self-recommendation, the frequency of county court recommendations and the governor's use of independent judgment in the appointment of sheriffs.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 53 Issue 4, Oct 1976,
p385-398 , f
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21615
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Created in 1774 at the urging of the Continental Congress, Committees of Safety were local organizations that were instrumental in the independence movement. While not completely legal when created, the committees eventually replaced local governments put in place by the Crown and assumed their duties. This included regulating the economy, politics, morality, and the militia within their communities. In December 1776, this authority was given to the Council of Safety, a more powerful central authority.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 73 Issue 2, Apr 1996,
p131-155 , il, por, map, f
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21392
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An examination of the role of the constable, the lowest position on the peace keeping hierarchy in the colony, along with the establishment, organization, and duties of the constabulary office in Colonial North Carolina.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 68 Issue 1, Jan 1991,
p1-16, il, f
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21700
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This article examines the role of the county clerk in colonial North Carolina. The clerk's duties included maintaining court records, processing documents, and offering legal advice, making it a very influential position. The abuse of power by clerks was a factor in the violent actions of the Regulator movement between 1766 and 1781.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 85 Issue 1, Jan 2008,
p133-162 , il, por, map, f
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