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1724
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Spanish captain Francisco de Miranda recorded in his diary his 47-day trip to North Carolina in 1783. His writings give insight into the infant North Carolina communities of the time.
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20826
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Elkanah Watson was a notable noted 19th century author who spent two years in eastern North Carolina as a planter-merchant. During this period, the state was grappling over the issue of ratifying the newly written constitution. The author examines primary documentation from Watson's manuscript collection to argue that the author played a significant role in supporting state Federalists and the eventual ratification of the constitution by state representatives.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Oct 1964,
p448-463, f
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4623
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In 1789, North Carolina gave its western lands, which eventually became the state of Tennessee, to the federal government to settle debts. Starting in April 1799, a survey party struggled through this wilderness area for five weeks to mark the boundary between the two states. The surveyors, John Strother and Robert Henry, left notebooks that give a picture of what this area was like two hundred years ago.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 5, May 2000,
p22-27, il
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20119
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In a 1913 publication, Dr. Charles Beard proposed that the ratification of the United States constitution marked a class division in support of this document with wealthy property owners at the forefront of creating and approving the document while poorer citizens and the working-class were not represented fairly in constitutional debates. To analyze this thesis, the author of this piece compares Beard's findings against the historic data from North Carolina's Hillsboro Convention to look at the economic interests of the state's Federalists.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 27 Issue 2, April 1950,
p119-141, f
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20122
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The second half of an article appearing in issue one of this volume continues the demographic and economic analysis of participants at the Hillsboro Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution. Specific interests and desires of the Federalists were covered in the first article and for the second part of the analysis, the author examines the Anti-Federalist present at the convention.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 27 Issue 3, July 1950,
p289-313, f
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20126
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The final installment of this piece, the first part appeared in the January issue of this volume and the second in July, covering the economic and social disparities between Federalists and Anti-Federalists participating not in the Hillsboro Convention as covered in the first two articles but the Fayetteville Convention of 1789. The author compares the two opposing sides in attendance but also the Fayetteville attendees against the Hillsboro delegation.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 27 Issue 4, Oct 1950,
p437-461, f
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19674
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Benjamin Hawkins was born in Warren County on August 15, 1754 served as George Washington's interpreter during the Revolutionary War before returning to his native state. From 1787-1795 he served as a state legislator before being appointed to Superintendent to all Native American tribes south of the Ohio River. In this role, he was influential in establishing favorable trading practice between American and Native American tribes throughout the south.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Apr 1932,
p138-152, f
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19634
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Despite sparse populations in the colonies, government was modeled on the English political system, including the use of borough representation. Borough representation persisted in the state through the early 19th century. Critics of borough representation presented a resolution to remove this from state politics at the Convention of 1835, defeated by a 73 to 50 vote.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 7 Issue 2, Apr 1930,
p177-191, f
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14998
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Holder describes the invasion of the Moravian territory on the northwest corner of the Wachovian tract, by the British forces who were in pursuit of General Nathanael Greene. British soldiers spent two days in the vicinity of Bethania.
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859
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Discusses the settling of Davidson County and the Cumberland Battalion, a state militia group, which was formed to protect the inhabitants from Indian rebellion.
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16861
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Thomas Harriet and John White were the earliest individuals to document the state's plethora of native flora but a series of other botanist followed to create a record of all varieties of plants. John Lawson, Mark Catesby, Arthur Dobbs, and Andre Michaux were all European visitors to the state who recorded details about plant species and sent specimens back to their native countries.
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19599
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In this installment, documents pertaining to the 1788 Hillsboro Convention are reprinted. The convention met to discuss the Federal Constitution which the state did not ratify until November 21, 1789.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 2, April 1928,
p224-244, f
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22330
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Colonial North Carolina politician Joseph Hewes enjoyed an undeserved reputation for being slow to embrace the cause independence.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 10 Issue 3, January 1911,
p155-166
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19740
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This article looks at the limited means for communication in North Carolina during the revolutionary period. The piece focuses on challenges to timely communication centered on the slow development of a proper postal system in the state, including an examination of messenger services, poor facilities and roads, and prohibitive costs as well as the consequences of unreliable communication methods.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Oct 1931,
p373-383, f
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22409
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In 1784 after the end of the Revolutionary War, attempts to establish normalcy were plagued by civil unrest and violence. Western settlers attempted to secede from North Carolina and form the state of Franklin. This movement was marked by violence from both sides before being resolved in 1787.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 12 Issue 4, April 1913,
p216-223
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