Record #:

21147

Author(s):

Miller, Randall M

Abstract:

This is a reprint of letters written by Washington Wills, a slave to the Wills family of Brinkleyville, North Carolina. The letters were written to Richard Wills in 1864 informing him of the death of his younger brother George Whitaker Wills. The two letters are noted for their emotional and heartfelt content. Biographical information on George, Washington, and the Wills family is also provided.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1977, p66-71, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Personal narratives; Wills, George Whitaker, 1842-1864; Wills, Washington

Record #:

21148

Author(s):

Watson, Harry L.

Abstract:

This article looks at political and social opposition to development and industrial and technological advances within the infrastructure of antebellum North Carolina. Comparisons are made between political and social players in the period debate, and a satirical work of fiction is published in a Raleigh newspaper featuring \"Squire Oldway,\" the characterized embodiment of the opposition, along with his fictional peers, such as \"Jack Steamer\", the characterized railroad enthusiast.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 2, April 1977, p105-119, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865--Infrastructure

Record #:

21149

Author(s):

Humelsine, Carlisle H.

Abstract:

The president of Colonial Williamsburg, Carlisle H. Humelsine, answers critics who claim that historic preservation has gone too far. Humelsine states that making history more popular through the use of historical restoration appeals to the tourism industry, which provides economic boost to the entire community at large.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Apr 1968, p165-177 , il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tourism

Record #:

21150

Author(s):

Ingle, H. Larry

Abstract:

William Hodge Kitchin was a former Civil War veteran and a member of the Democratic Party who pushed for radical changes within North Carolina's social structure during Reconstruction. By the late 1880s, he broke with the Democrats and joined the Populist Party movement where he had a better opportunity for leadership and influence. While with the Populist Part, Kitchin advocated to preserve conservative principles, a mixture of white conservatism and opportunism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 2, 1968, p178-194, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government

Record #:

21151

Author(s):

O'Brien, Gail W.

Abstract:

This social history uses an analysis of social structures, social groupings, social interactions, and power configurations to examine the exercise of power in the antebellum South. Focusing on the attributes of power-holders and their importance in shaping any society via the role of the planter/slaveholder, the author uses Mecklenburg County as a case study because of its representative antebellum attributes and the postwar changes that occurred there.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 2, April 1977, p120-144, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mecklenburg County--History

Record #:

21152

Author(s):

Urofsky, Melvin I.

Abstract:

North Carolina native Josephus Daniels became Secretary of the Navy in 1913 under Woodrow Wilson's administration. While Secretary, Daniels took on the steel industry which provided steel to armor Navy battleships at high prices. To encourage competitive prices, Daniels backed a government-owned armor plant which was authorized by Congress but never constructed. Though his threat lowered prices, Daniels never grasped the situation the companies were in where the government was virtually the only market and competition was meaningless.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 3, July 1968, p237-263, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

Record #:

21153

Author(s):

Jones, H.G.

Abstract:

This article traces a decline in the professionalism of the study of history in the 1960s and 1970s in both North Carolina and the field at large.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 2, April 1977, p158-168, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

History--North Carolina

Record #:

21154

Author(s):

Current, Richard N.

Abstract:

This article examines research into the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration, the purported first American official document declaring a desire to be independent from Great Britain. A history of how the story of the document surfaced, as well as how it was used, celebrated, and remembered throughout history both in and outside of North Carolina is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 2, April 1977, p169-191, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

Record #:

21155

Author(s):

Sheridan, Richard B.

Abstract:

This is a biographical essay on the ancestors of Josiah Martin, North Carolina's last royal governor. Some information Josiah Martin's gubernatorial career is provided, but the predominant focus are the Martin family members who immigrated to Antigua in the 17th century, and Josiah's childhood years spent there.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 3, July 1977, p253-270, il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Martin, Josiah, 1737-1786

Record #:

21163

Author(s):

Africa, Philip

Abstract:

Between the founding of Salem in 1771 as a Moravian community and the outbreak of Civil War, community attitudes went through a transition. The communal sense of 'gemeinschaft' slowly changed during the 19th century to a more business-like attitude of 'gesellschaft.' Secular pressures eroded opposition to slavery on religious and moral grounds, and by the 1850s Moravians came to regard slaves not as persons but as property.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 3, July 1977, p271-307, il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moravians--Slavery

Record #:

21164

Author(s):

Morgan, David T.

Abstract:

During the Great Awakening in Britain and its colonies, George Whitefield had little success in North Carolina in spreading his doctrine. While Whitefield failed, the Separate Baptists from New England had greater success after 1755 led by Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall. Numerous Baptists joined the Separates who founded many churches before the American Revolution.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 3, 1968, p264-283, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Religion; North Carolina--Great Awakening

Record #:

21165

Author(s):

Grant, C.L.; Davis, Gerald H.

Abstract:

This article looks at the deathbed preparations undertaken in January of 1812 by Benjamin Hawkins, principal agent to the Indians south of Ohio, as he suffered from \"a severe fit of pleurisy,\" with no expectation of recovery. One of those last actions was to legally marry his common-law wife of more than a decade, Lavinia Downs. The episode passed, however, and Hawkins' health was much improved four days later. Shortly after, a letter was written by the Moravian missionary who performed the marriage, Karsten Petersen, detailing the events that had transpired. A reprint of the letter is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 3, July 1977, p308-314, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

Record #:

21166

Author(s):

Hendricks, J. Edwin

Abstract:

North Carolina native Joseph Winston, for whom Winston-Salem is named, was an important leader of the Revolutionary war and politician of early America. Thrice elected to Congress, Winston was a liberal humanitarian and a well-respected Jeffersonian who was against a standing military and for a limited government.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 3, July 1968, p284-297, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Winston-Salem--History

Record #:

21167

Author(s):

Patton, James W.

Abstract:

Prior to the American Civil War, many travelers who toured the United States would pass through North Carolina at some point. The travelers were mostly either upper-class Europeans visiting the New World or Northerners wishing to see the rest of their country. Many of both group had negative perceptions of North Carolina because of the use of slavery and the lack of infrastructure and development in many regions of the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 3, July 1968, p298-323, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Travel writing

Record #:

21168

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

This article looks at relief for the poor in North Carolina, a continuous function of the Anglican parishes, county courts, and provincial assembly. Relief to the poor was seen not only as desirable but virtually mandatory, and important precedents were established in theory and practice during this period that would govern society's attitudes toward the poor and poor relief after the Revolution.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Oct 1977, p347-366, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poverty--North Carolina; Poor relief