Record #:

20080

Author(s):

Dill, Alonzo Thomas, Jr.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Oct 1943, p301-326, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Craven County--Historic buildings

Record #:

20081

Author(s):

Wiley, Bell Irwin

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Oct 1943, p327-335, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Newspapers

Record #:

20082

Author(s):

Stewart, Joseph

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Oct 1943, p336-340, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Letters; Storch, Karl August Gottlieb, 1764-1831; Helmstaedt Mission Society

Record #:

20083

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Oct 1943, p341-370, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Letters