Record #:

19742

Author(s):

London, Lawrence Foushee

Abstract:

George Edmund Badger became a US Senator in 1846 when he was elected to fill William Henry Haywood Jr.'s open seat. The article contains a brief biographical sketch about Badger and his continued education and early endeavors in public service. Focus is largely on his Senate years between 1846 and 1849. Badger made several important speeches in the Senate concerning the Mexican American War and slavery in the territories and which are analyzed in this article.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1938, p1-22, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

Record #:

19743

Author(s):

Browning, James Blackwell

Abstract:

The term \"free Negro\" for the purposes of this article refers to \"all free mulattoes, descended from Negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person\" in the state before 1861. The author describes the state's population of free African Americans before the Civil War attempting to understand occupations, geographical concentrations across the state, and to quantify this group.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1938, p23-33, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Slavery--History

Record #:

19744

Author(s):

McCain, William David

Abstract:

The Food Administration was an organization during World War I in charge of rationing and distributing food to the domestic population enacted by the Food Control Act of 1917. Henry A. Page was appointed by the General Assembly to be the Federal Food Administrator for the state. Papers and correspondence from Page and his assistants are housed in the National Archives under the umbrella collection of the Unite States Food Administration and the author describes the nature of these records.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1938, p34-40, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Food Administration; Food Control Act

Record #:

19745

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

Part of Martin Van Buren's records at the Library of Congress includes 61 volumes of various correspondence and personal papers. Within these are letters between Van Buren and several of the state's Democrats of the period. The relevant letters are reprinted here to demonstrate North Carolinian's opinions on national issues of the period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1938, p53-81, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Presidents--United States

Record #:

19746

Author(s):

London, Lawrence Foushee

Abstract:

A continuation of an article in the January 1938 issue, this piece continues to follow Badger's Senatorial career looking specifically at the Compromise of 1850. This legislation dealt with newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War. The Compromise was filled with tension between northern and southern states regarding topics such as state succession and slavery, Badger's remarks on both are analyzed here from the personal speeches made by the Senator.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 2, April 1938, p99-118, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

Record #:

19747

Author(s):

Rights, Douglas L.

Abstract:

This article looks at the colonial roots of the Trading Path, an extremely popular travel and trade route through North Carolina that would later become the route for a system of 20th century highways. The article utilizes period accounts of exploration and travel along the path as well as descriptions of encounters with various Indian tribes with a particular focus on the travels of surveyor John Lawson, traders James Needham and Gabriel Arthur, and explorer John Lederer.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Oct 1931, p403-426, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lawson, John, 1674-1712

Record #:

19748

Author(s):

Robert, Joseph Clarke

Abstract:

Tobacco production in the state before the Civil War was a modest industry still largely more successful in southern Virginia. The author argues that even though tobacco production was limited before the war, what was in place led to the tobacco boom post-war. The article includes statistical data concerning the distribution of tobacco factories and projected output values between 1850 and 1860.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 2, April 1938, p119-130, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tobacco industry--History

Record #:

19749

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

Part of Martin Van Buren's records at the Library of Congress includes 61 volumes of various correspondence and personal papers. Within these are letters between Van Buren and several of the state's Democrats of the period. The relevant letters are reprinted here to demonstrate North Carolinian's opinions on national issues of the period. This is a continuation from the January 1938 volume and contains letters from March 1840 to August 1852.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 2, April 1938, p131-155, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Presidents--United States

Record #:

19751

Author(s):

London, Lawrence Foushee

Abstract:

The third and final installment of a series of article dedicated to George Edmund Badger's career in the United State Senate concludes by examining his final four years in the Senate from 1851 to 1855. During this period his speeches continued to focus on slavery, specifically denouncing abolitionists, and questions of the balance of power in the federal government.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 3, July 1938, p231-250, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

Record #:

19752

Author(s):

Avery, Myron H.; Boardman, Kenneth S.

Abstract:

Arnold Guyot was a Swiss trained geographer who came to America in 1848. He studied the southern Appalachian Mountains for a little over ten years between 1849 and 1860, trying to understand the complexities of these mountain ranges. A map and copy of Guyot's work in the western portion of the state during the summers of 1856, '58, '59, and '60 are reprinted in this article with a brief introduction to Guyot and his project to record the southern Appalachians.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 3, July 1938, p251-318, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mountains--North Carolina

Record #:

19753

Author(s):

Skaggs, Marvin Lucian

Abstract:

North and South Carolina's border dispute began in 1735 when survey work on the northwestern portion of the line was pushed forward by Governor Johnston in spite of South Carolina dissension. The article looks at the history of this dispute between colonies and the various proposals for boundary lines through a period between 1735 and the start of the Seven Years War. At the time of war, the line remained incomplete and further work was halted until conflicts end.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 4, Oct 1938, p341-353, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Boundary disputes

Record #:

19754

Author(s):

Keith, Alice Barnwell

Abstract:

William Maclean Sr. was a surgeon mate during the Revolutionary War and became a public servant in Lincoln County after the war, serving in the House of Commons and Senate. The journal reproduced here concerns his passage between Lincolnton, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee during May 1811. The trip was to resurvey some of his land investments in that area and the journal includes details about his travels, expenses, and people encountered along the way.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 4, Oct 1938, p378-388, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Travel--North Carolina, Western; Mclean, William, 1757-1828

Record #:

19755

Author(s):

Edwards, Mattie Erma

Abstract:

The survey began on February 13, 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and was operated through the North Carolina Historical Commission. Reviewed in this article are details concerning the survey including; agencies from which records were reviewed, recruitment of qualified workers, and the budgetary considerations to complete work. The author also makes recommendations for the organization, management, and preservation of these collected from federal agencies across the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 4, Oct 1938, p389-400, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Works Progress Administration

Record #:

19758

Author(s):

Yates, Richard E.

Abstract:

Governor Vance, elected the state's governor in 1862, faced reelection in 1864 and a difficult political decision; whether to join the growing anti-war movement or to keep North Carolina embroiled in the Confederacy's fight until the South successfully seceded. This two part article reviews the political strategizing amongst state politicians and Vance's own struggle for considering his constituents while also vying for re-election.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1940, p1-25, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

Record #:

19759

Author(s):

Newsome, A.R.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a collection of letters from Romulus M. Saunders (1791-1867), a Crawford leader in the North Carolina delegation in Congress, to Bartlett Yancy (1785-1828) speaker of the state Senate and leader of the Crawford following in the state. The letters span the period between December 30, 1821 and March 21, 1828, five months before Yancy's death. The introduction by Newsome includes Saunders' and Yancy's biographical information as well as some description of 1824 presidential candidate William H. Crawford and his supporting political movement in North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 4, Oct 1931, p427-462, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Yancey, Bartlett Jr., 1785-1828