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Poem "Homeward Bound" Written by Marine officer aboard the U.S. Ship Merrimac (1859)

Map of Washington, NC Surveyed and drawn by J. W. Johnson, of Raleigh, NC, July 15, 1851. (Encapsulated)

This collection includes printed materials and publications (undated) pertaining to Navy computer technology developments by members of USNA class of 1941.

Papers (1942–1944) consisting of personal correspondence, photographs, officer data card, typescript history of the USS North Carolina, benefits from insurance.

Papers (1904-1934, 1945) consisting of copies of letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, programs, decorating house, fashion, letters, strikes by workers, exchange rates.

Papers (1889) including framed letter and copy.

This collection (1850-1969; bulk 1860-1889) of papers belonging to Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC, attorneys, who were father and son and both named Marsden Bellamy, includes wills, deeds, estate and mortgage records, legal briefs, correspondence, insurance policies, account books, loan records, receipts of payment, agreements and other legal records.

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Shows area from Bay Matancas, near St. Augustine, to C. Charles. From Speed, J. Prospect of the most famous parts of the world, London, 1676. Text on verso: The description of Carolina. The description of Florida. Leaf signed: Bb. Includes a seal and a cartouche showing a cherub holding a fishing pole. Contains a watermark of a fleur on the right and a countermark of letters between lines on the left.

The Hambleton Story: A History of the USS Hambleton DD-455/DMS-20 by Walter E. Hoffman. (undated)

La Caroline dans l'Amerique Septentrionale Suivant les Cartes Angloises drawn by Nicolas Bellin of Paris in 1764. This map is hand-colored and measures 14" x 9". Covering the area that is now North Carolina, South Carolina and the northern part of Georgia, this map was issued in Bellin's La Petit Atlas Maritime.

This collection contains photocopies of birth and death records for Mills, Buck, Corbett, and Dixon families of Pitt County, North Carolina. Special Collections does not own the originals.

Letter (1865) from a pro-Union Southern woman in Georgia to her sister living in the North.

Papers (1912-1969) correspondence, clippings, organization, records, printed materials, photographs and miscellaneous.

Papers (1939-1949) of a U. S. Marine Corps aviator in the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, and later rose to Lt. General in command of the Pacific Fleet Marine Force, 1962, consisting of course notes, handouts, maps, overlays, manuals, logistical data, exercises, military events.