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6 results for The North Carolina Booklet Vol. 6 Issue 4, April 1907
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This article discusses the cultural and political climate of North Carolina just before and during the American Revolution. The article highlights the effects of the War of Regulation before 1775, the opposition of the Cumberland district during the Revolutionary War, and the opposition of some political leaders to independence.
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22168
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This article highlights the discoveries and travels of naturalist John Lawson experienced in North Carolina during the early 18th century.
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22169
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This article discusses North Carolina history relating to the Revolutionary War that the author feels has been overlooked by historians, including Governor Burke's orders to mobilize the North Carolina militia to preemptively cut off the escape route of General Cornwallis from Yorktown and the efforts and deeds of the North Carolina militia in military engagements throughout the North Carolina and South Carolina.
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22182
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This article discusses the paintings of Roanoke Island, created by artist John White on his voyage to the New World in 1585. It also details the copies of those paintings created for publication in a book published in 1588 and White's return to the New World as governor of the Roanoke Colony in 1587.
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22183
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This article provides a family and personal history of North Carolina Booklet contributor Richard Benbury Creecy. The accounting highlights his family's service during the American Revolution and early years of the republic as well as Creecy's own education and contributions to North Carolina historical study.
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22184
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This biography provides a personal history of North Carolina Booklet contributor William Joseph Peele. The article highlights his service as chairman of the executive committee of the State Literary and Historical Association and his historical study on the settlement of Roanoke Island.
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