Mary Jordan White (1859-1909) was a native of Perquimans County, NC, a Quaker, was a renowned teacher in the North Carolina mountains and the Belvidere Academy, Perquimans County, NC, from 1896 till her death.
Letter from John S. Boushell of Elizabeth City, NC to his son, Benjamin F. Boushell, 1861; also small history of the Boushell family in the shipbuilding business.
His narrative is the only known account of maritime life in North Carolina written by a former slave. Moses Grandy, born abt. 1786 in Camden Co., NC, was a ferryman and canal boat operator, trying to buy his freedom.