Record #:

22440

Author(s):

Baldwin, Simeon E.

Abstract:

Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut, presented the commencement address at Wake Forest College on May 21, 1914. His speech surveyed the influence of North Carolina on the development of the Declaration of Independence, the the United States Constitution, and the election process.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 3, January 1915, p141-154 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--1775-1865

Record #:

22441

Author(s):

Covington, Nina Holland

Abstract:

In addition to his encouragement of exploration, Sir Walter Raleigh supported the literature of his age as both a poet and a patron of literature. Several of his poems were addressed to Queen Elizabeth.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 3, January 1915, p155-162 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 1552-1618

Record #:

22442

Author(s):

Moffitt, Mrs. E.E.

Abstract:

This biographical sketch of North Carolina Booklet contributor Dr. Archibald Henderson highlights his literary criticism as well as his service towards the preservation of North Carolina history.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 3, January 1915, p163-167 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Henderson, Archibald (1877-1963)

Record #:

22450

Author(s):

Leary, William J., Jr.

Abstract:

From the colonial periods to the early twentieth century, fishing constituted a major economic activity in North Carolina. There is early evidence of commercial fisheries and distinct traditions of fishing shad, herring, rock, bass and sturgeon.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 4, April 1915, p173-194 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fisheries--North Carolina; Fishing--North Carolina

Record #:

22451

Author(s):

Boyd, William K.

Abstract:

This article explores the fiscal and economic conditions throughout the state of North Carolina during the American Civil War. It highlights the negative affect the war and subsequent blockade had upon South's state finances, revenue, expenditures, and general economic conditions.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 4, April 1915, p195-219 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects

Record #:

22452

Author(s):

Connor, R.D.W.

Abstract:

According to Seawell Jones, Esther Wake was supposedly a sister-in-law to Governor Tryon for whom Wake County was named. She is also said to have influenced the decision to build a Governor's Palace in New Bern in 1766. More modern historians have disputed her existence. However, letters of several contemporaries provide firm evidence of her influence on colonial affairs.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 4, April 1915, p220-224 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

22453

Author(s):

Hinton, Mary Hillard

Abstract:

Colonel John Hinton was a resident of Wake County during the colonial and revolutionary eras.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 14 Issue 4, April 1915, p225-236, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

22460

Author(s):

Royster, Hubert A.

Abstract:

Edmund Strudwick of Orange County, North Carolina was born in 1802, Strudwick studied medicine under Dr. James Webb and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1824. Strudwick spent the rest of his life, until 1879, practicing medicine in North Carolina as an expert on lithology and general surgery. His most renowned cases involved the removal from a woman of an abdominal tumor which weighed 36 pounds.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 1, July 1915, p2-11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Medical History; Strudwick, Edmund (1802-1879)

Record #:

22461

Author(s):

Ervin, William Carson

Abstract:

Grace Greenlee was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia around 1750. With her newly wed husband Captain John Bowan and other family members, she became one of the early settlers of what is now Burke County North Carolina at the beginning of the Revolution. Numerous stories surround her experiences during the Revolutionary War, including the death of her husband, escapes from Tories, and her eventual marriage to war hero General Charles McDowell.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 1, July 1915, p12-27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; Women--History

Record #:

22462

Author(s):

Haywood, Marshall Delancey

Abstract:

An accurate count of number of North Carolinians involved in the Revolutionary War is difficult to reconstruct. Patriot enlistments were of three types: service in the Continental Army, the North Carolina Militia and the Nine Months Drafts. There is evidence for as many as 6,00 North Carolinians serving in the Continental Army and over 26,000 in the militia. Another 2,500 may have served in nine-month drafts. This article also provides totals for each North Carolina county.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 1, July 1915, p28-32 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Record #:

22463

Author(s):

Ashe, S.A.

Abstract:

This article explores the possibility that 17th century German explorer John Lederer, reached Bertie County, North Carolina during his 1670 expedition into the Piedmont of North Carolina. Using prior analysis of Lederer's expedition as well as historical documentation, the author approximates the route and extent of the expedition.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 1, July 1915, p33-38 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bertie County--History; Explorers

Record #:

22465

Author(s):

Weeks, Stephen B.

Abstract:

The three earliest printers in North Carolina were James Davis, Andrew Steuart, and Adam Boyd. All of the men were active before the American Revolution.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 2, October 1915, p104-121 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Printing industry--North Carolina; Printing--North Carolina--History

Record #:

22466

Author(s):

Haywood, Marshall Delancey

Abstract:

This article discusses the life and accomplishments of North Carolinian John Branch, who acted in the capacity of Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson. It highlights Branch's distinguished service to both North Carolina and the United States during the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant-Colonel, and in several government positions including Secretary of the Navy, Speaker of the Senate in North Carolina, and a member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 2, October 1915, p48-103 , por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Branch, John, 1782-1863; Politicians--Halifax County; Politicians

Record #:

22467

Author(s):

Wilson, Peter M.

Abstract:

This article provides biographical information and anecdotal stories about George Edmund Badger, the thirteenth Secretary of the US Navy and a North Carolina native. It also touches upon his ten years of service in the US Senate, where his knowledge of naval matters was highly sought and listened to.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 3, January 1916, p136-151 , por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866; Politicians

Record #:

22468

Author(s):

Alexander, Violet G.

Abstract:

The Spratt burying-ground in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is one of the oldest burying places in the state. Many of the inscriptions on tombstones found in the graveyard pre-date the American Revolution.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 15 Issue 3, January 1916, p152-157 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gravestones; Mecklenburg County--History; Cemeteries