Record #:

20143

Author(s):

Hilldrup, R.L.

Abstract:

This article is about the necessity of salt to civilian and military life during the American Revolution. Uses of salt as a food preservative, curing of hides, in horse feed, and as seasoning is detailed here along with the history of salt trade during this period as well as colonial management of salt shortages due to the war.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Oct 1945, p393-417, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Salt--North Carolina--History

Record #:

20145

Author(s):

Monaghan, Jay

Abstract:

This article looks at the links between North Carolina and Illinois with particular attention to notable citizens of Illinois who originally came from North Carolina including Henry Atkinson, Alfred W. Arrington, as well as Joseph Gurney Cannon and his family.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Oct 1945, p418-459, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926; Atkinson, Henry, 1782-1842; Arrington, Alfred W., 1810-1867

Record #:

20146

Author(s):

Dill, Alonzo Thomas, Jr.

Abstract:

This article looks at the history of New Bern and Craven County between 1700 and 1800, focusing on Swiss and German colonists, the Palatines, the settlement of New Bern, and the development of infrastructure such as roads and ferries in the county.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Oct 1945, p460-489, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

New Bern--History

Record #:

20148

Author(s):

Padgett, James A.

Abstract:

This is the third installment of a reprint of letters written between November 8, 1865 and January 9, 1866 by US Army engineer and arsenal commander Alfred Mordecai while employed in Mexico as an engineer for the Imperial Mexican Railway.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Oct 1945, p350-377, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mordecai, Alfred, 1804-1887