Record #:

19599

Author(s):

Corbitt, D.L

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 2, April 1928, p224-244, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

19600

Author(s):

Brown, C.K.

Abstract:

Native North Carolinian George W. Swepson bought the Western Division of the Western North Carolina Railroad Company in 1868. After taking ownership, Swepson was granted more than six million in tax bonds from the state which he invested in a Florida Railroad company. The article reviews Swepson's illegitimate business practices, misappropriation of state funds, and the general corruptness of the state's government during the Reconstruction era.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 3, July 1928, p275-288, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Government

Record #:

19601

Author(s):

Ketcham, Earle H.

Abstract:

Continuation of an article appearing in April 1928, details the highly politicized debate concerning a constitutional amendment to establish voting districts which raged on from the end of the War of 1812 through the 1820s. The historic documentation of the debate concerning this amendment within the state is reprinted in this series of articles.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 3, July 1928, p310-328, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--19th century; Voting--History

Record #:

19602

Author(s):

Corbitt, D.L

Abstract:

In this installment, a variety of documents on multiple subjects are reprinted within. Some topics include: market prices for goods sold in Wilmington in 1796, surveys in Granville, a Thanksgiving sermon, and a Jamaican lawyer establishing his practice in the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 3, July 1928, p329-344, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Miscellanea

Record #:

19603

Author(s):

Johnson, Guion Griffis

Abstract:

Ante-bellum towns in the state tended to be small, with only two of the twenty five towns in the 1860 census boasting a population of more than five thousand. The author reviews the reason for a lack of urban development in the state and examines the make-up of these towns from local politics to common social events.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Oct 1928, p372-389, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Record #:

19604

Author(s):

Ketcham, Earle H.

Abstract:

Thomas Henderson wrote accounts for twelve different counties (Ashe, Caswell, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Greene, Lenoir, Moore, Rockingham, Surry, and Stokes) between 1810-1811 comparing geography, resources, and populations of these particular counties. His manuscript of these detailed county descriptions is reproduced with the counties organized in alphabetical order.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Oct 1928, p413-446, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Record #:

19605

Author(s):

Corbitt, D.L

Abstract:

In this installment, a variety of documents on multiple subjects are reprinted within. Some topics include: a poem about John Jay, personal letters to a brother, John Jameson, serving at the Battle of Kinston, and advertisements for the arts including dancing, singing, and music.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 5 Issue 4, Oct 1928, p447-457, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Miscellanea

Record #:

19606

Author(s):

Pratt, Joseph Hyde

Abstract:

Continued from: January 1925, Vol. 2(1), pp. 117-144, Part VI and the final installment of Colonel Pratt's war diary reprinted here. This section includes entries dated from October 18, 1918 - November 11, 1918.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 2, April 1925, p269-299 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives

Record #:

19607

Author(s):

Hamer, P.M.

Abstract:

In the colonial period, the French and English competed for the favor of several Indian tribes. One of the most powerful of the Southern tribes, the Cherokee were known for selling furs of great value and were strategically located in upper South Carolina and Georgia, the heart of the western North Carolina Mountains, and in southwestern Tennessee. The Cherokee were sought as allies by both the French and the English and the rivalry between the two for the active aid of this tribe was at its height during of the French and Indian War.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 3, July 1925, p302-322, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--History

Record #:

19608

Author(s):

Taylor, R.H.

Abstract:

Slavery in North Carolina was not addressed or recognized legally or by a governing body until it was given legal status by the General Assembly in 1715. From that point and continuing throughout the 18th- and 19th-centuries, laws were passed that gradually shaped the treatment and rights of slaves and an examination of these changes and of other efforts to effect changes in the law illustrate the attitudes of the people of North Carolina towards slaves' rights in this period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 3, July 1925, p323-331, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavery--History

Record #:

19609

Author(s):

De Roulhac Hamilton, J.G.

Abstract:

Continued from April 1925, Vol. 2(2), pp. 147-161. Randolph Shotwell served time at three different Federal prisons during his lifetime and recorded his experiences at each. Captured during the Civil War in 1864 he was first confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, then was moved to Fort Delaware where he remained until the end of the war. In 1871 he was convicted on false evidence in the Ku Klux Conspiracy and sentenced to six years at the Federal Penitentiary in Albany, NY before being pardoned by President Grant after serving two years. An examination of his time at Fort Delaware is presented in this second installment.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 3, July 1925, p332-350, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons

Record #:

19616

Author(s):

Boyd, William K.

Abstract:

The third installment of \"Some North Carolina Tracts of the Eighteenth Century,\" by William K. Boyd. John Rutherfurd (1724-1782) was born in Scotland and migrated to North Carolina sometime prior to 1735, settling in Wilmington. He was twice elected town commissioner of Wilmington, appointed by Governor Johnston as a member of the Council and Receiver General of Quit Rents in 1751, and was appointed Lieutenant General of the expedition against the Regulators by Governor Tryon prior to 1768. He wrote \"The Importance of the Colonies to Great Britain, etc.,\" reproduced here in full, in 1761 while in England. The piece examines themes of traditional mercantilism such as the balance of trade between England and the colonies and the future of that balance.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 3, July 1925, p351-386, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771

Record #:

19618

Author(s):

Hamer, P.M.

Abstract:

Westward transportation became a priority in North Carolina as early as 1762, but roads and canal projects were insufficient in expanding commerce within the states. Early North Carolina Railroads roads were formed into trunk line systems to link new roads with established North-South carriers. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway was a distinct effort to establish an east-west connection across North Carolina extending from the mountains to the State's largest port at the coast. The project was begun in 1879 and was dissolved by the General Assembly during the 1922-23 session.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 4, Oct 1925, p427-441, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Railroads; North Carolina--History--Railroads--Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway; Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad

Record #:

19619

Author(s):

Hamer, P.M.

Abstract:

At the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1754, both the English and French sought the friendship and aid of the Cherokee Indians. To prevent the Cherokee from aiding the French and in response to the Indians' request that a fort be built for protection, the South Carolinians began construction of Fort Loudoun on the Little Tennessee River in 1756 and completed the project in 1757. While the fort was an initial success at peacekeeping, by 1758 conflict sprung up between the Cherokee and the English that would continue until 1761 when the fort fell and the Cherokee were defeated.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 4, Oct 1925, p442-458, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763; South Carolina--History--Cherokee War, 1758-1761; South Carolina--History--Fort Loudoun

Record #:

19620

Author(s):

De Roulhac Hamilton, J.G.

Abstract:

Continued from July 1925, Vol. 2(3), pp. 332-350. Randolph Shotwell served time at three different Federal prisons during his lifetime and recorded his experiences at each. Captured during the Civil War in 1864 he was first confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, then was moved to Fort Delaware where he remained until the end of the war. In 1871 he was convicted on false evidence in the Ku Klux Conspiracy and sentenced to six years at the Federal Penitentiary in Albany, NY before being pardoned by President Grant after serving two years. An examination of his time at Albany is presented in this third and final installment.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 4, Oct 1925, p459-474 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons