Record #:

19878

Author(s):

Parks, Edd Winfield

Abstract:

This article is a biography of educator Sawney Webb, grandson of North Carolina Congressman Richard Stanford (1797-1816.)

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 12 Issue 3, July 1935, p233-251, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Webb, Sawney, 1842-1884

Record #:

19879

Author(s):

McPherson, Elizabeth Gregory

Abstract:

This article is the first installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to Thomas Jefferson written between June, 1786 and February 1805. The brief introduction details the source of the letters, the Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts in the Library of Congress, and how the collection was established. The letters presented in this installment are from Benjamin Hawkins, Nathaniel Macon, Barry Grove, John Steele, Samuel Johnston, Alexander Martin, William Falkener, David Turner, James Hall, William Richardson Davie, John Minor, Timothy Bloodworth, James Turner, Bentinck Hastings, Jesse Franklin and David Stone.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 12 Issue 3, July 1935, p252-283, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Letters

Record #:

19880

Author(s):

Lemert, Ben Franklin

Abstract:

This article looks at the impact of North Carolina's geography on the settlement, industry, and agricultural development of the state. The article is divided into sections that look at settlement, human activities, environmental influenced and the revolution, conflicting environmental influences between 1790 and 1860, the civil war, and the results of better adaptation to environmental influences.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 12 Issue 4, Oct 1935, p297-319, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Geographic Influences; North Carolina--History--Environmental Influences; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Geographic Influences

Record #:

19881

Author(s):

Spruill, Julia Cherry

Abstract:

This article provides details on the arrangement, form, style and diagnostic features of domestic architecture in Virginia and North Carolina in the pre-revolutionary period.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 12 Issue 4, Oct 1935, p320-340, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Architecture, Domestic; North Carolina--Dwellings

Record #:

19886

Author(s):

Pound, Merritt Bloodworth

Abstract:

Benjamin Hawkins was born on August 15, 1754 in Bute County. He was a prominent public servant, representing the state both in the Continental Congress and United States Senate. This article covers but his time as a United States Indian Agent amongst the Creek Tribe throughout the Southeast. In part one of two, the author looks at Hawkins' life including childhood, family details, early Congressional career, and his appointments to numerous boards concerning Native American relations.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1942, p1-21, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Indians of North America--Politics and government

Record #:

19887

Author(s):

Folk, Edgar Estes

Abstract:

William W. Holden was an influential man of the state whose career has not been covered completely by historians. The author covers Holden's five-year career as the newspaper editor of the North Carolina Standard. During his time as editor, the paper experienced its greatest distribution in antebellum North Carolina and the author examines Holden's influence over the paper and its readership.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1942, p22-47, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Newspaper editors

Record #:

19888

Author(s):

Marley, Branson

Abstract:

The General Court of Albemarle was a primary colonial court responsible for the hearings of all common law cases in the colony. Functioning between 1670 and 1689, all court matters were overseen by the Governor. The General Court heard both criminal cases and non-judicial matters; examples of both are reproduced here in the 1684 Minutes of this colonial court.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1942, p48-58, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Courts--North Carolina; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Representation

Record #:

19889

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

Letters to William E. Chandler during Reconstruction are reprinted here because of these highlight the state's political climate during this era. Chandler functioned as the Secretary of the National Republican Committee for the campaigns of 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880. In this capacity, he received many letters from North Carolina Republicans stating their views on Reconstruction and politics both within the state and nationally. Reprinted here are letters from January 1868 through January 1878.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1942, p59-94, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950

Record #:

19890

Author(s):

Pound, Merritt Bloodworth

Abstract:

Continuation of the article printed in the January 1942 edition which elaborates on the career of Colonel Benjamin Hawkins. In part II, the Colonel's actions and responsibilities as an agent to the Cherokees, Choctaws, Creeks, and Chickasaws of western North Carolina and northwestern Georgia is further explained and the degree of his success in executing these duties.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 2, April 1942, p168-186, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Indians of North America--Politics and government

Record #:

19891

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

Congressman Edward McPherson was Clerk of the House of Representatives between 1863 and 1875. Correspondences to him from North Carolinians pertain to the contentious topic of Reconstruction. Letters reproduced here cover a time period between March 1865 and February 1875.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 2, April 1942, p187-208, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government

Record #:

19892

Author(s):

Franklin, John Hope

Abstract:

The author explores changes in legislation which opened up new apprenticeship opportunities for free African American children. An apprenticeship system offered the primary route for skilled African American males, though little information regarding young women is available. Statistical information concerning wages and occupations of free African Americans is provided, especially from the 1850 and 1860 periods when Federal Census Records broadened to include this information.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 3, July 1942, p239-259, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African Americans--History

Record #:

19893

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

This article is another installment in a series focusing on correspondence between North Carolinians and national politicians during the tumultuous time of Reconstruction. These letters were sent to Carl Schurz, head of the Liberal Republican movement. Letters cover a period from April 1865 to October 1878.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 3, July 1942, p280-302, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

Record #:

19894

Author(s):

Franklin, John Hope

Abstract:

The second part of this article focuses more on the economic and social life of free African Americans in rural North Carolina. Here the author focuses more on property, the rights of free African Americans to transfer such personal holdings, and the general value of such properties. The author also explores the issue of free African Americans owning their own slaves, not a common occurrence but one with some historical documentation.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Oct 1942, p358-374, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964

Record #:

19895

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

This article is another installment in a series focusing on correspondence between North Carolinians and national politicians during the tumultuous time of Reconstruction. These letters were sent to Carl Benjamin Franklin Butler, a member of the United States house of Representatives. The distinction of these papers is typical correspondence are not from the State's political leaders but rather the common citizen. Letters cover a period from January 1865 to April 1866. Â

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Oct 1942, p380-403, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Politics--North Carolina; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

Record #:

19896

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

This article is the continuation in a series focusing on correspondence between North Carolinians and national politicians during the tumultuous time of Reconstruction. These letters were sent to Carl Benjamin Franklin Butler, a member of the United States House of Representatives. The distinction of these papers is typical correspondence are not from the State's political leaders but rather the common citizen. Letters cover a period from March 1874 to November 1877.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Jan 1944, p46-71, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Politics--North Carolina; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893