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13769
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Booming and halting for centuries, New Hanover County, one of North Carolina's oldest counties, sets its sights on a new era of commerce and industry.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 43, Mar 1952, p3-5, 23-26, f
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13771
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For 200 years, there has always been something fascinating happening in New Hanover County.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 43, Mar 1952, p20-21, 27, il, f
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24803
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Prisoner exchanges were a common part of military strategy during the Civil War. In 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant halted prisoner exchanges in an attempt to subdue the South, but in 1865, allowed prisoner transactions to resume. Wilmington, North Carolina was chosen as the site to release Union prisoners. History professor and author, Chris Fonvielle, addresses a number of questions about this exchange, including why Wilmington was chosen site and what the North Carolina public and political response was to the prisoner exchange.
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24873
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Between the end of royal government and the creation of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, local committees of safety assumed roles of provisional governance. When other locals disagreed with or criticized the actions taken by the new committees, serious consequences could occur. One example is provided by the response taken in New Hanover County by the Wilmington Safety Committee to the so-called “Musquetoe,” a scandalous set of hand-drawn and privately circulated caricatures of members of safety committees in the Lower Cape Fear.
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28629
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Since 1740, the New Hanover County Courthouse in Wilmington, North Carolina has been rebuilt four times. The current courthouse was built in 1893 and has had a steady stream of distinguished attorneys and men of historic importance.
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