Record #:

21654

Author(s):

Blair, Dan

Abstract:

The Union control of Beaufort during the Civil War was paramount to the navy's blockade of the port of Wilmington. Beaufort served as a supply and repair center for the Union blockade as well as a launch point for offensive operations against Fort Fisher, which defended the harbor into Wilmington.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 79 Issue 3, July 2002, p301-326 , il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

21655

Author(s):

Ewen, Charles R.

Abstract:

Colonial mapmaker Claude Sauthier made two maps of Tryon Palace for the British crown in 1769. These maps have been used to accurately locate missing features prior, but there are questions with regards to the formal gardens. The maps were made more than a year before Tryon Palace's completion in 1770 and shows plans for the gardens moved during construction.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 79 Issue 3, July 2002, p327-346 , il, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tryon Palace (New Bern)

Record #:

21656

Author(s):

Beaman, Thomas E., Jr.

Abstract:

This article examines the work of landscape archaeologist Morley Jeffers Williams in preparing the research needed for the restoration of Stratford Hall, Mount Vernon, and Tryon Palace, in the 1930s and 1950s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 79 Issue 3, July 2002, p347-372, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tryon Palace (New Bern)