Record #:

19687

Author(s):

Newsome, A.R.

Abstract:

Reprinted here is a compilation of records for Scottish emigrants to North Carolina gathered from Public Record Office of Great Britain in the Treasury Department and organized by the North Carolina Historical Commission. These records include names or emigrants, age, occupation, departure dates, port of departure, and reason for visiting the state. Dates of records in this installment are from January 1774 through May 1775.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 1, Jan 1934, p39-54, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Scots--North Carolina--Immigration

Record #:

19688

Author(s):

Whitener, Daniel J.

Abstract:

The move for state-wide prohibition began in 1881, spurred by religious organizations and other zealots to correct society's evils through social and legislative measures to limit access to alcohol. The article summarizes the major parties supporting the 1881 referendum and the organized opposition from the Liquor Dealers' Association. Also examined, is both the political and social consequences of the failure to pass the 1881 referendum banning alcohol.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Apr 1934, p71-93, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Prohibition--History

Record #:

19689

Author(s):

McGuire, Peter S.

Abstract:

The Seaboard Air Line Railway Company formed April 10, 1900 and by 1915 was a consolidation of the Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, formerly the Carolina Atlantic and Western Railway. The article discusses the history of trade between neighboring states of Virginia and South Carolina with North Carolina and the various transportation companies established post-Civil War to meet these demands which would eventually become the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Apr 1934, p94-115, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carrolina--History--Railroads--Seaboard Air Line

Record #:

19690

Author(s):

Newsome, A.R.

Abstract:

Reprinted here is a compilation of records for Scottish emigrants to North Carolina gathered from Public Record Office of Great Britain in the Treasury Department and organized by the North Carolina Historical Commission. These records include names or emigrants, age, occupation, departure dates, port of departure, and reason for visiting the state. Dates of records in this installment are from April 1774 through September 1775.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Apr 1934, p129-143, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Scots--North Carolina--Immigration

Record #:

19692

Author(s):

Holder, Edward M.

Abstract:

Moravian director Count Zinzendorf envisioned a colony \"on a large tract of land on which the Moravians might live undisturbed, having the liberty of excluding all strangers from their settlements.\" This idea of a colony was distinct from other Piedmont settlers like the Scotch-Irish and Germans whom chose to settle on independent and isolated farms. From this colony a number of distinct social and religious behaviors evolved and are reviewed in this article.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 3, July 1934, p167-184, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moravians--Social life and customs

Record #:

19693

Author(s):

Craig, Alberta Ratliffe

Abstract:

The author reminisces about her native Wentworth, Rockingham County seat, where she was born June 27, 1871. She remarks on how she remembers the town she grew up in including such topics as; travel, local customs, the architectural make-up of downtown, church, school, newspaper, and the town's African American population.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 3, July 1934, p185-204 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wentworth--Description and travel

Record #:

19694

Author(s):

Newsome, A.R.

Abstract:

In the early 19th century, connecting the Piedmont and Coast was of utmost concern for state legislators. To solicit investors to the proposed Fayetteville and Western Railroad, Rev. Simeon Colton was enlisted to travel to areas of proposed construction and illicit investors. His efforts failed but his remarks concerning the benefits of such a rail line and notes concerning his attempts to find interested parties in the company are reprinted here from an address Colton gave before the Board of Internal of the General Assembly in 1840.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 3, July 1934, p205-238, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Railroads--North Carolina--History--19th Century

Record #:

19695

Author(s):

Norton, Clarence Clifford

Abstract:

This article looks at newspapers and campaign literature produced by the Democratic Party between 1835 and 1861 focusing on four characteristics: the strength of Democratic newspapers in North Carolina, the leading Democratic newspapers, the relations between different newspapers, and a look at pamphlets and other campaign literature.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 6 Issue 4, Oct 1929, p345-361, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Newspaper; Democratic Party--History; North Carolina--History--Newspapers; Newspapers--Democratic Party

Record #:

19696

Author(s):

Abstract:

Sectionalism became a problem during the early history of the colony, exacerbated by the scope and differing geography of the territory. Conflict began in 1725 with the first permanent settlement in the Cape Fear area and escalated over the issue of political representation. The sheer size of the colony caused disagreements between representatives because legislative measures good for one region were often in conflict with another area of the colony.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 4, Oct 1934, p255-270, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sectionalism

Record #:

19697

Author(s):

Newsome, A.R.

Abstract:

An early account of wild western North Carolina before the 19th century was captured by Pennsylvania native John Brown. He traveled through an area now known as Salisbury, Statesville, Wilkesboro, Morganton, and Asheville for six months in 1795 looking to purchase land in the region. During his travels he commented on social and economic conditions, as well as the general topography of the area in a journal which is reprinted here.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 4, Oct 1934, p284-313, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Description and travel--1775-1865; Brown, John, 1772-1845

Record #:

19698

Author(s):

Russ, William A., Jr.

Abstract:

The article looks at the various attempts by state politicians to enlist the \"disfranchised\" to their political causes, including refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. The author attempts to both quantify and qualify those who considered themselves disfranchised following defeat in the Civil War and this group's influence on government.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 11 Issue 4, Oct 1934, p271-283, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

19699

Author(s):

Rippy, J. Fred

Abstract:

A summary of descriptions and accounts of visits to several towns in North and South Carolina in 1783 culled from the diary of Francisco de Miranda, known best as a leader and proponent of the independence movement in the Spanish-American Colonies. Includes details of the Ocracroke Inlet area, New Bern, Beaufort, and Wilmington.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 6 Issue 4, Oct 1929, p362-370, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History

Record #:

19700

Author(s):

Mabry, William Alexander

Abstract:

With a Democratically controlled government in 1870, voting rights for African Americans were limited and restricted by what became known as the \"white man's\" party, or the Democratic Party, for the next 25 years. During that 25 year span, more African Americans entered the political arena and challenged the Democratic suppression of the suffrage amendment.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 13 Issue 1, Jan 1936, p1-24, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Minorities--Suffrage; African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.; Voting--Law and legislation; Democratic Party--History--19th century

Record #:

19703

Author(s):

Davidson, Elizabeth Huey

Abstract:

The state's growing textile industry in the late 19th century demanded a larger workforce, with many filled by women and children. By 1887, a commissioner from the State Bureau of Labor Statistics began gathering data about child labor first by questionnaires sent to mill officials and later by more invasive investigations. The article covers the labor bureau's efforts to legislate child labor and the general conditions for children, especially those forced to work in the textile industry.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 13 Issue 2, April 1936, p105-121, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Textile industry

Record #:

19705

Author(s):

McCulloch, Margaret Callender

Abstract:

As part of a greater trend across the nation, the state began to increase attention on the mentally disabled in the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries. In 1848, the Senate passed a bill approving of the establishment of a hospital and the means for funding and staffing such an institution. The passing of this bill can be attributed in large part to the efforts of Miss Dorothy Dix, an advocate for the mentally ill. The article reviews the political and social history of establishing an institution to treat the state's mentally handicapped.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 13 Issue 3, July 1936, p185-201, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887; Mental hospitals