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19760
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Doctor Hugh Williamson was the first state representative in Congress after the State ratified the constitution and served two terms before retirement in 1793. Williamson also notably served at the Annapolis convention (1786), the Federal Convention (1787), and the Fayetteville Convention (1789) during his 11 year political career. The author reviews these important events in Williamson's political career and also his post and pre-political life.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1940,
p26-36, f
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19761
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This article is the fifth in this series of reprinted letters between North Carolinians and James K. Polk. Material was edited from the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress which in 135 bound volumes of Polk's papers. These documents are reprinted here to demonstrate important themes and issues of the era for the state's citizens.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 1, Jan 1940,
p37-66, f
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19769
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The second and final piece in this series, the article continues the discussion concerning political maneuvering of Governor Vance during his re-election in 1864. The article picks up with Governor Vance's determination to break with William Holden and the peace movement in 1863 and follows the heated political environment through to Vance's reelection in 1864.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 2, April 1940,
p89-113, f
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19770
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This article looks at the history of the public debt in North Carolina that originated during the period of Reconstruction. The article is broken into sections that look at how the debt was incurred, the political background that influenced financial legislation, the interest on the Special Tax Bonds, the Construction Bonds, public sentiment and debt proposals, changes in the debt, and finances current to 1878.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933,
p1-20, f
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19771
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George V. Strong became the Confederate States attorney for the District of North Carolina on June 17, 1861. His first task was to go to New Bern and deal with three admiralty cases. Admiralty cases were not Strong's specialty and, in general, presented a convoluted area of the law for any practicing lawyer of the time. The article reviews how Strong called upon those more experienced to deal with specific admiralty cases in the state at the opening of the Civil War.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 2, April 1940,
p132-138, f
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19772
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This article is the sixth in this series of reprinted letters between North Carolinians and James K. Polk. Material was edited from the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress which in 135 bound volumes of Polk's papers. These documents are reprinted here to demonstrate important themes and issues of the era for the state's citizens. Letters date from February 1847 through July 1847.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 2, April 1940,
p139-166, f
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19774
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians refers to an 1889 act passed by the general assembly to recognize a group of Cherokees living in the state's western mountains. The article offers a brief historical account for the dissolution of the Cherokee nation and to the official organization of the eastern band and also discusses the federal census records kept for this group. These records include; Henderson Roll of 1835, Mullay Roll of 1848, Siler Roll of 1851, Chapman Roll of 1851, Swetland Roll of 1868-1869, Hester Roll of 1884, Churchill Roll of 1907, Guion Miller and Later Rolls from the early 20th century.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 3, July 1940,
p199-231, f
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19775
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This article is the seventh in this series of reprinted letters between North Carolinians and James K. Polk. Material was edited from the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress which in 135 bound volumes of Polk's papers. These documents are reprinted here to demonstrate important themes and issues of the era for the state's citizens. Letters date from December 1836 through September 1847.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 3, July 1940,
p249-266
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19776
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This article looks at the popularity of the religious revival movement in antebellum North Carolina also known as the Great Revival. The article is divided into sections looking at antecedents of the Great Revival, the coming of the Great Revival, the great Revival among the Methodists, the Baptists and the Great Revival, religious cycles, and the psychology of the revival.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933,
p21-43, f
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19777
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North Carolina was the twelfth state to ratify the Federal Constitution on November 21, 1789. Ratification was a contentious issue in the state due to a well-organized Anti-Federalist movement which blocked ratification at the Hillsboro Convention on July 21, 1788. The article reviews the politics of the era and the mollification of Anti-Federalists between conventions.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Oct 1940,
p287-301, f
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19778
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Reprinted here are a number of letters between Thomas Oliver Larkin and North Carolinians from New Hanover County. Correspondence between Larkin and North Carolinians concern the ten years he spent in the state as a businessman and his desire to settle old debts and renew friendship among those he met in the state. The letters are part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Library at the University of California. Larkin is a notable figure in United States history for his role in helping the nation purchase California.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Oct 1940,
p332-346, f
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19779
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Reprint of letters written by Congressman Lawrence O'Bryan Branch mostly to his wife Nancy Hayward Branch (nee Blount) shed light on his personality, family relations, congressional career, and accounts of social life in Washington, DC. An account of President Buchanan's visit to North Carolina in 1859 and on sectionalist political issues being faced by the Union are also included. Newsome's introduction includes biographical information and details of Branch's death at Antietam as well as background information on the state of political issues leading up to the time of Branch's writing.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1933,
p44-79, f
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19780
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The Horse Society was a combination protective agency, insurance company, and fraternal order founded on November 10, 1798 in the Winston-Salem area. Members could pay the group to protect personal items from everyday thieves, a flourishing business model until 1874 when expenditures exceeded revenue and the society disbanded. Documents belonging to the society are now stored at the Wachovia Historical Society and some of which are reprinted in this article.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Oct 1940,
p347-355, f
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19781
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This article looks at religious camp meetings held in North Carolina as part of the Great Revival, the religious revival movement that was extremely popular from the beginning of the 19th century until the Civil War. The article is divided into sections that look at the history of camp meetings in general and within the state, camp meeting methods, the phenomenon known as \"the exercises, and camp meeting disorders.\"
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 2, April 1933,
p95-110, f
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19782
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This is a reprint of correspondence between the Ritter Company, Franz (or Frantz) Ludwig Michel, and others in the projected Swiss and Palatine colonies. The letters date between 1703 and 1708 which predate Christoph Baron von Graffenried's expedition to North Carolina by about 10 years. According to Schutz's introduction, the letters address the period in which Michel was sent to North Carolina by the Canton of Bern to find a tract of land for Swiss settlement and later negotiated for the Canton of Bern and the Ritter Company, a silver mining and Swiss Anabaptist settlement venture, to acquire land in North Carolina and Virginia.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 10 Issue 2, April 1933,
p133-141
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