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19030
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Tryon Palace has recently acquired the small likeness of a Confederate soldier for its growing collection of Civil War artifacts. The portrait has been identified as George Stanley Dewey of Craven County.
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19031
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When the Tryon Palace Commission formed in 1945 it had many allies, one of which was the forerunner of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Farmer recounts the evolution of Tryon Palace's partnership with the DOT.
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19032
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North Carolina has been mapped from the documentation of America to the present. Tryon Palace houses an important collection of maps recording the Carolinas and the Colonial history of the state.
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19033
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The Stanley-Spaight duel that occurred in New Bern in 1802 is an example of the culture of honor, and ultimately dueling, that occurred in the Antebellum south.
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19034
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Richards recounts the 18th-century mapping of North Carolina, detailed in the historic maps housed at Tryon Palace.
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19045
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Born in 1793 and a lifelong resident of Craven County, Moses Griffin left substantial funds for a free school for orphan children that left a legacy for all of New Bern.
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7.The Incomplete Story of John Hawks by Brooks, Tiffany Yecke The Palace Vol. 9 Issue 2, Winter 2009
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19046
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Although there is much information on William Tryon and his family, there is little on Tryon Palace's architect, John Hawks. Researchers at Tryon Palace are attempting to piece together Hawks' history.
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19047
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Reimer discusses the preservation of Tryon Palace's famous gardens, including labor intensive archaeological investigations, historical investigations into garden designs and horticulture.
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19048
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A recent research project at Tryon Palace is exploring the history of African-American artisans in New Bern from the American Revolution to the turn of the 20th-century. Due to the city's tradition of craftsmanship and strong African American heritage, New Bern offers the opportunity to document this unique artistic tradition.
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19049
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As New Bern celebrates its 300th anniversary, it remembers its Swiss and German settlers who agreed to put down roots where the Trent and Neuse rivers converged.
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11.A Southern Belle Gets a Makeover by Norris, Jeannie Faris The Palace Vol. 10 Issue 4, Summer 2010
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19050
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Descendants of the Holland family of New Bern donated a life-sized portrait of a young Craven County woman to Tryon Palace. Efforts to conserve this portrait have been very fruitful.
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19051
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House cleaning takes on new meaning when the house in question is the John Wright Stanly House. Tryon Palace teams tackle the 230 year old home, which is filled with valuable artifacts, in order to bring the home to life.
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19052
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Two years into the Union occupation of New Bern, the city became worse for wear due to influx of yellow fever, causing rapid deterioration of lives.
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23165
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Tryon Palace reopened the New Bern Academy Museum, a place that tells the story of union occupation in New Bern. The building itself is a historic site, for Union troops used it as a hospital during the war.
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23166
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New Bern's Civil War history stretches beyond the Confederacy. The Union invasion of Roanoke, followed by the occupation of New Bern in 1862 promoted the establishment of contraband camps for escaped slaves. Colored troop regiments emerged as a result.
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