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20064
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This is the third installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to Massachusetts Congressman and Governor Benjamin Franklin Butler between July 19, 1866 and May 15, 1868. The letters included here are from Peter S. Michie, Elias Grout, John F. Alexander, Elijah A. Smith, Hardie H. Helper, William Woods Holden, Clinton A. Alley, Charles Fred Browne, Jonathan Havens, A.H. Galloway, and W.L. Van Derwater. Some biographical information on the authors of the letters is included in the footnotes and responses from Butler are included where available.
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20067
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This is the last installment of a two-part article examining the life of civilian and non-combatant refugees east of the Mississippi river during the Civil War. Attention is given to the difference in circumstances between persons of differing class, gender, and state.
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20068
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This is the fourth installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to Massachusetts Congressman and Governor Benjamin Franklin Butler between July 11, 1868 and June 19, 1869. The letters included here are from John F. Alexander, James Roberts, William M. Coleman, Edward W. Hinks, Edmund Rice, A.H. Galloway, Willis Bagley, Elijah J. Smith, C.L. Cobb, and W.H. Clemence. Some biographical information on the authors of the letters is included in the footnotes and responses from Butler are included where available.
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20069
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This is the second and final installment of an essay on farmer and merchant Leonidas Lafayette Polk and his role in establishing the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. This installment focuses on Polk's service as Commissioner of Agriculture.
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20077
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This article looks at the manifestation of severance and the nuances of the relationship between the Northern and Southern bodies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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20078
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This article is a reprint of William Lenoir's \"Memorandum Book from March 1, 1802 to March 15th, 1804,\" documenting the election in August of 1802. The author's introduction provides context to Lenoir's writing offering biographical information on Lenoir as well as information on the circumstances of this election.
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20079
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This is the fifth installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to Massachusetts Congressman and Governor Benjamin Franklin Butler between June 30 1869 and November 21, 1870. The letters included here are from D.F. Caldwell, William R. Burwell, John F. Alexander, B.B. Babington, C.L. Cobb, and S.E. Lane. Some biographical information on the authors of the letters is included in the footnotes and responses from Butler are included where available.
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20080
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This article examines the importance of public buildings in the early life of North Carolina, with a focus on buildings in Craven County. Particular attention is given to courthouses, jails, to city centralization and town lot legislation, the effect of the revolutionary war on public buildings, taxes and legislation for public buildings.
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20081
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Confederacy camp newspapers are examined in the context of diversions for soldiers as well as reflections of soldiers' various interest and concerns. Histories and profiles of specific camp papers are provided.
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20082
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This is a translation and reprint of a letter from German Assistant Minister of the Helmstaedt Mission Society, Pastor Karl August Gottlieb Storch. The letter was written by Storch to Professor Velthusen, director of the Helmstaedt Mission Society and is reprinted here to provide insight into the lives of Germans in North Carolina during this period. Biographical information on Storch is provided in the introduction.
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20083
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This is the sixth installment of a reprint of letters from North Carolinians to Massachusetts Congressman and Governor Benjamin Franklin Butler between December 5, 1870 and March 28, 1874. The letters included here are from John F. Alexander, W.F. Henderson, S.W. Bright, G.M. Arnold, Minerva Tilley, William S. Ball, E.A. Smith, Henry Covert, R.W. Lassiter, Vernon Asbury, Mary Sinclair, Joseph C. Abbott, B.G. Credle, W.F. Davidson, W.W. Holden, John M. Morris, Thomas B. Keogh, A.Q. Moore, Charles Carrol, William Sohier, St. Clair Dearing, A.F. Rockefeller, Ed R. Brink, and E.M. Rosafy. Some biographical information on the authors of the letters is included in the footnotes and responses from Butler are included where available.
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20084
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This article looks at the history of New Bern and Craven County between 1700 and 1800, focusing on the colonization of this area.
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20085
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This is an historical profile of the Pembroke State College for Indians as well as the history of Indians and Indian tribes in Roberson County.
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20091
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This article examines the history of the name \"Carolina\" through an historical study of nomenclature as well as a study of the colonization of the land south of Virginia and east of the Mississippi.
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20093
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This is a reprint of the personal memoranda written between April 28 and May 15, 1879 by US Army engineer and arsenal commander Alfred Mordecai. The memoranda is dedicated by Mordecai to his children and noted to be written from memory. The introduction provides some history of the name Mordecai, a biography of Alfred Mordecai, and a description of the holdings of his papers in the Library of Congress.
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