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28661
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The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society honors three ladies who enriched the Society and made lasting impressions on its historical collections. Ida Brooks Kellam, Leora Hiatt McEachern, and Elizabeth Francenia McKoy contributed to the Society’s research, publications, and archives.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 28 Issue 3, May 1985,
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28663
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Alexander Calizance Miller’s origin was an intriguing mystery to his contemporaries at the beginning of the nineteenth century as it has been to his descendants ever since. In 1797 he left France with the help of Captain Miller, whose name he bore. He became friends with prominent leaders of Wilmington, North Carolina, and married Mary Brown, a general’s daughter.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 29 Issue 1, Oct 1985,
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28664
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Timothy Bloodworth, New Hanover County revolutionary patriot and United States Senator, was a man of humble origins who helped shape the course of events during momentous times. He fought for independence from Great Britain and favored a democratic government.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Feb 1986,
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28665
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William MacRae of Wilmington, North Carolina was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. MacRae’s most dramatic service was victory at the 1864 Battle of Reams Station.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 29 Issue 3, May 1986,
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28666
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The Confederate States Marine Corps (CSMC) was established in 1861, organizing a Confederate navy. In 1864, the CSMC guarded the Cape Fear area and Wilmington port from the Union navy. This article continues in the next issue.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 30 Issue 1, Oct 1986,
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28667
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This article continues from the previous issue, providing details about the Confederate States Marine Corps in Wilmington and course of the battle at Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Feb 1987,
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28668
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James Francis Post was the premier mid to late-nineteenth century builder-architect of Wilmington, North Carolina. He designed, built and/or supervised some of the most notable buildings in the city. Post also worked on more common, utilitarian urban buildings which tie city together as an architectural unit.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 30 Issue 3, May 1987,
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28670
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W. Walter Lane graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1852, received his doctorate in medicine from New York University, and then went to Paris, France for postgraduate medical study. Letters he received from family and friends during this time provide a glimpse into Wilmington’s antebellum town and plantation life.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Oct 1987,
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28672
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This article covers the definitive history of Wilmington, North Carolina. Settlement of the Lower Cape Fear followed conflict with the Tuscarora Indians and the appearance of trade. Newton, the forerunner of Wilmington, developed into a thriving trading community and encouraged growth of the town.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 31 Issue 2, Feb 1988,
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28675
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As the town of Newton grew, the governor requested formal recognition in 1735. In an ongoing dispute between the governor and the House of Commons, the request was ignored and considered instead legislation to establish the town as Wilmington. Wilmington became the most populous city in North Carolina during the nineteenth century and remains the state’s major port.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 31 Issue 3, May 1988,
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28681
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In 1918 the world-wide epidemic of Spanish influenza reached Wilmington, North Carolina. As the influenza quickly spread, Wilmington went into a state of panic and worked at maximum capacity to combat the epidemic. Described as the greatest disease holocaust of history, the epidemic caused immense loss and suffering.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 36 Issue 1, Oct 1991,
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28682
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In March of 1864, a dispute between Confederate Army and Navy authorities in the Department of the Cape Fear led to an armed confrontation on the Wilmington waterfront. Though the incident ended without bloodshed, the animosity lingered and had a significant negative effect on the Confederate defense of the Lower Cape Fear in 1865.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 37 Issue 2, March 1993,
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28684
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The Howard Loughlin Collection consists of photographs, postcards, letters, and documents describing life in the Lower Cape Fear, North Carolina during the early 1900s. The collection tells stories about Wilmington residents and the steamships Wilmington and City of Southport.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 40 Issue 3, June 1996,
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28685
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During World War II, North Carolina had a strong military and industrial presence. The state also became a major combat zone, with more Allied ships and German submarines sunk off its coast than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. Naval operations at the Coast Artillery in Holly Ridge made a dramatic contribution to national defense.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
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28686
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Laurence Sterne’s eccentric novel, “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman,” was popular during colonial times. One of Sterne’s admirers was a physician, Dr. John Eustace of Wilmington, North Carolina. Letters exchanged between Eustace and Sterne reveal details about early connections between Sterne and Wilmington landmarks.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 45 Issue 1, Nov 2000,
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