Record #:

40912

Author(s):

Moore, Elizabeth V.

Abstract:

An early example of Colonial women's involvement in the fight for independence from Great Britain happened a year after an event renowned in American history textbooks. Just as remembrance-worthy as the Sons of Liberty dumping tea into Boston Harbor is a pledge signed by fifty one women from Edenton. Spearheaded by Penelope Barker, the Edenton Tea Party had put into writing their resolve to drink no more of the product they also saw as justification for rebellion.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Sept 1971, p3-4

Subject(s):

Edenton Tea Party (1774); Edenton--History; Edenton--People; American Revolution; Penelope Barker--Edenton Tea Party ; Edenton--Description and travel; Tea parties--American colonies--North Carolina; Harvey, John, 1724-1775; First Provincial Congress of North Carolina--Edenton Tea Party

Record #:

20946

Author(s):

Smith, Hellen Burr; Moore, Elizabeth V.

Abstract:

This biographical essay of colonial figure John Mare is a collaboration between two different researchers who were united only by coincidence. Their individual work on John Mare's life produced biographical sketches so different that at first glance the two stories seemed unlikely to be about the same man. When united in their research, they were able to link their work and produca complete sketches of Mare, one of his early life as a painter in New York, and the other of a merchant and political figure in Edenton, North Carolina. A chapter is dedicated to both segments of his life, the work of each author, with a third chapter discussing how the two sketches proved to be of the same man.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 1, Jan 1967, p18-52, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mare, John, 1739-?