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A look at the origins, creation, and ultimate failure of the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, adopted by the Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina in 1669, which attempted to formally establish a representative government in the Colony. Much of the thought behind the work is attributed to English philosopher John Locke.

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 7 Issue 1, July 1907, p13-49 Periodical Website

The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, 1669; Locke, John, 1632-1704

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Davis, Junius W., Jr.

New Bern is the locale of the 1896 science fiction novel, For the Flag or Facing the Flag, written by Jules Verne. The story is about a missile inventor who is kidnapped near New Bern and taken aboard a schooner via submarine in the Neuse River. In the story, Verne writes of New Bern, Pamlico Sound, and other notable areas in eastern North Carolina.

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Nov 1994, p14-17, il, bibl

Novelists; Books