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PUBLICATIONS CAROL -OM
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
BULLETIN No. 34
TWELFTH BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
1926-1928
TWELFTH BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
December 1, 1926,
TO June 30, 1928
RALEIGH
North Carolina Historical Commission
1928
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Thomas M. Pittman, Chairman, Henderson
M. C. S. Noble, Chapel Hill
Heriot Clarkson, Raleigh
Ben Dixon MacNeill, Raleigh
Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, Goldsboro
A. R. Newsome, Secretary, Raleigh
Owen G. Dunn
State Printer
New Bern, N. C.
LETTER OF TRANSMISSION
To His Excellency,
Angus W. McLean,
Governor of North Carolina.
Sir:—In compliance with Chapter 714 of the Pubhc Laws of
1907, I have the honor to submit herewith for your Excellency's
consideration the Biennial Report of the North Carolina His-torical
Commission for December 1, 1926-June 30, 1928.
Respectfully,
Thomas M. Pittman,
Chairman.
Raleigh, N. C, July 1, 1928.
BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission
DECEMBER 1, 1926, TO JUNE 30, 1928.
To Thomas M. Pittman, Chairynan, M. C. S. Noble, Heriot
Clarkson, Ben Dixon MacNeill, and Mrs. Thomas O'Berry,
Commissioners.
Gentlemen :—I have the honor to submit the following report
of the work of the North Carolina Historical Commission for
the period, December 1, 1926-June 30, 1928. At its meeting on
February 10, 1928, the Historical Commission directed that the
operating year be changed to coincide with the fiscal year, which
ends June 30. In making this change, it is necessary that the
present report cover a period of nineteen months instead of the
usual two years.
ORGANIZATION
I. The Historical Commission.
Mr. W. N. Everett, whose term as Commissioner expired
March 31, 1927, was reappointed by the Governor for the term,
April 1, 1927-March 31, 1933.
At a meeting of the Historical Commission, April 8, 1927, the
following reelections were made for the term ending March 31,
1929: Chairman, Thomas M. Pittman; Vice Chairman, W. N.
Everett; Executive Committee, Thomas M. Pittman, W. N.
Everett, and M. C. S. Noble ; and Secretary, A. R. Newsome.
Mr. W. N. Everett, Secretary of State and a member and vice
chairman of the Historical Commission since 1923, died in
Raleigh on February 7, 1928. He was born in Richmond
County, December 29, 1864. For many years he was mayor of
the town of Rockingham, chairman of the Richmond County
Board of Education, and trustee of the University of North
Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate in the General
Assembly of 1917 and of the House of Representatives in the
General Assemblies of 1919, 1921, and 1923. On January 16,
1923, he was appointed Secretary of State and a member of the
Historical Commission to fill the vacancies created by the death
of J. Bryan Grimes. From 1923 until his death, Mr. Everett
was vice chairman and member of the Historical Commission.
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Possessed of rare public spirit, fine discrimination, sound judg-ment
and alert interest, he cast his influence in the councils of
the Commission on the side of progress and achievement. He
was thoroughly appreciative of the value of manuscript records
and authorized the transfer to the archives of the Commission
of the manuscript records remaining in the office of the Secre-tary
of State.
On April 20, 1928, the Governor appointed Mrs. Thomas
O'Berry to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Everett as a member
of the Historical Commission. On February 10, 1928, the Com-mission
selected M. C. S. Noble and Heriot Clarkson to fill the
vacancies created by the death of Mr. Everett in the vice chair-manship
and executive committee, respectively.
II. Office Force.
The regular office force of the Historical Commission for the
period covered by this report was as follows:
Secretary—A. R. Newsome.
Legislative Reference Librarian—H. M. London.
Chief Library Assistant—D. L. Corbitt.
Collector, Hall of History—Fred A. Olds.
Restorer of Manuscripts—Mrs. J. M. Winfree.
Senior Stenographer Clerk—Miss Sophie D. Busbee.
Senior Library Assistant—Mrs. W. S. West.
Legislative Reference Assistant—Mrs. W. J. Peele.
Manuscript Copyist—Mrs. Julia C. Meconnahey.
Janitor-Messenger^William Birdsall.
Editorial Board, The North Carolina Historical Revieio—-R. D. W.
Connor, W. C. Jackson, Charles L. Coon (December 1, 1926-Decem-ber
23, 1927), Miss Adelaide L. Fries (April 1, 1928- ^—).
The following were employed for temporary special service:
Assistant Legislative Reference Librarian—R. Roy Carter (January 5-
March 9, 1927).
Janitor-Messenger^Sam Haywood (August 8-20, 1927).
ACCESSIONS
I. Additions to Former Collections.
1. Personal Papers:
7..''B. Vance Papers. 6 pieces—three letters of Vance and two letters
and photograph of Mrs. Harriet Espy Vance. Presented by Miss
Anna L. Espy, Columbus, O.
William R. Davie Papers.
Photostat of Brigadier-General's Commission from John Adams.
Presented by the Library of the University of North Carolina.
Commission from John Adams as Minister to France, June, 1799.
Commission from Thomas Jefferson as Commissioner to Tuscarora
Indians, 1801.
T. D. Hogg Papers. One volume of express receipts, 1862-64.
Samuel A'Court Ashe Papers. 9 pieces—military appointments and
orders in the Civil War.
N". C. Historical Commission
1 vol.
1 vol.
1757-62
1791-95
1810-13
1830-33
1850-51
1860-67
Fred A. Olds Papers. 10 pieces.
William Hill Papers, 1818-20. 158 pieces.
War of the Regulation. Copy of unsigned and undated letter. Pre-sented
by Mary Pruden, Edenton.
2. County Records:
Alamance County Court Minutes, 1849-57; 1857-60; 1866-68. 3
vols.
Marriage Records, 1866-68. 1 vol.
164 Marriage Bonds.
227 Marriage Licenses.
180 Registration records under amendment of 1900.
Anson Tax List, 1815. 1 vol.
Brunswick Tax List, 1815. 2 pieces.
Chatham County Court Minutes, 1805-11.
County Court Docket, 1774-79.
Land grants. 3 pieces.
Circular Letter from Bureau of Refugees, Preedmen
and Abandoned Lands, 1868.
Inventory of Estate of John Alston, 1841.
Indenture of Apprenticeship, 1865.
Court Paper, 1774.
Craven County Court Minutes, 1730-46; 1747-56;
1762-66; 1767-72; 1772-84; 1784-87; 1787-91;
1795-1801; 1801-07; 1807-08; 1808-10;
1814-16; 1816-19; 1819-22; 1822-28; 1828-30;
1833-37; 1837-40; 1841-44; 1844-47; 1847-49;
1851-57; 1856-57; 1857-59; 1859-60; 1860-62;
32 vols.
Appearance Docket. 1778-82; 1783-91; 1791-1808;
1808-14; 1814-23; 1823-30; 1831-42; 1842-49; 1843-67;
1850-54; 1850-55; 1855-59; 1859-68. 13 vols.
Execution Docket, 1754-89; 1790-1807; 1807-08; 1809-
10; 1810-1812; 1812-14; 1814-15; 1816-18; 1818-20
1820-22; 1923-25; 1825-28; 1829-30; 1830-31; 1832-37
1837-42; 1842-44; 1844-48; 1848-52; 1852-54; 1854-56
1856-57; 1857-58; 1858-60; 1860-67. 25 vols.
State Dockets, 1786-1813; 1813-29; 1815-29; 1830-47;
1840-55; 1847-59. 6 vols.
Trial and Reference Dockets, 1789-95; 1795-1800. 2
vols.
Trial Dockets, 1800-07; 1859-68. 2 vols.
Trial and Argument Dockets, 1807-10; 1810-13; 1813-
16; 1814-32. 4 vols.
Trial and Petition Dockets, 1816-20; 1820-26;
1830-37; 1837-42; 1842-48; 1849-56; 1857-59;
9 vols.
Administrators' Papers, 1856. 1 box.
Commissioners of Affidavits, 1851-84. 1 vol.
Apprenticeship Papers, 1748-79; 1781-99;
1805-10; 1810-15; 1815-19; 1820-24; 1823-29; 1830-39;
1836-39; 1840-45; 1846-49; 1848-66. 13 boxes.
Auctioneers' and Ferry Keepers' Bonds, 1859-67. 1
box.
Certificates of Claims, 1816-35; 1829-46. 2 vols.
Minutes of Superintendents of Common Schools,
1841-59. 1 vol.
Superintendent of Common Schools' papers, 1853-61.
1 box.
Appointments of Constables, 1786-1804; 1807-57. 2
vols.
1826-29;
1866-68.
1800-04;
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Edgecombe
Guilford
Iredell
Jackson
Constables' Bonds, 1850-59. 1 vol.
Letters to Clerk of County Court, 1827-87. 1 box.
Miscellaneous Court Papers, 1698-1879. 1 box.
Deeds acknowledged and Powers of Attorney, 1786-99.
1 vol.
Deeds, 1744-46. 1 vol.
List of dentists in the county, 1887. 1 vol.
Election Returns, 1830-38; 1840-44; 1848-60; 1865-66;
1880-90. 12 boxes.
Guardians' Accounts, 1859-91. 1 box.
Guardians' Bonds, 1766-1856. 1 box.
Guardian Books, 1808-46; 1845-69. 2 vols.
Guardians' and Administrators' Accounts, 1829-35;
1832-40; 1838-51; 1839-45; 1850-56; 1854-66. 6 vols.
Guardians' Docket, 1808-46. 1 vol.
Inventories and Sales of Estates, 1781-89; 1807;
1830-33; 1833-38; 1838-42; 1842-45; 1844-50; 1850-55;
1855-57; 1858-61; 1861-67. 11 vols.
Inventory of estate of Thomas Hall, 1801. 1 box.
Inventory of estate of Major Willis, 1844. 1 vol.
List of Justices of the Peace, 1860, 1877. 2 vols.
Miscellaneous, 1848-62. 1 vol.
Oath Book, 1811-72. 1 vol.
Public Tax Account, 1829-B6. 1 box.
Accounts of Treasurer of Public Buildings, 1817^;
1830-41. 2 vols.
Appointment of Road Overseers, 1784-1804; 1807-42.
2 vols.
Sheriffs' Bonds, 1765-84, 1832. 1 box.
Sheriffs' Receipt Book, 1836-45. 1 vol.
Bonds for Emancipated Slaves, 1782-1831. 1 box.
Account book of State Alliance organization, 1888-94.
1 vol.
Tax Book, 1829-56. 1 vol.
Treasurers' Accounts, 1881-86. 1 vol.
County Trustee Settlements, 1817-36; 1836-58; 1844-57.
3 vols.
Wardens of the Poor Accounts, 1841-47. 2 boxes.
Wills, 1859-1891. 3 boxes.
Will Book, 1796-1809; 1810-39. 2 vols.
Records of Accounts, 1881-86. 1 vol.
Deed Books, 1755-58; 1761-64; 1765-67; 1771-72. 4
vols.
Wills and Deeds, No. 8, 1755-64. 1 vol.
Wardens of the Poor, 1837-71. 1 vol.
Auditor-Generals Entry of Patents granted in His
Majesty's Province of North Carolina, 1772-74. 1
vol.
Index to Grantor, No. 1, 1744-1846. 1 vol.
Index to Grantee, No. 1, 1750-1846. 1 vol.
Land Entry Book, 1834-1903, and Stock Marks, 1867.
1 vol.
Orders of Probate Judges, 1877-85. 1 vol.
County Trustees, 1837-68. 1 vol.
Deeds, Wills, etc. 23 boxes (mutilated).
Bond of Tobacco Inspector, 1789. Presented by Mrs.
H. V. Tyser.
Tax List, 1815. 17 pieces.
Bond of John McGee for Ordinary, 1771.
Entry Takers' Returns, 1840-82. 11 pieces.
Entry Takers' Returns, 1854-81. 11 pieces.
N. C. Historical Commission
1839-44;
22 vols.
1 vol.
1 box.
1 vol.
1 vol.
1811-15;
Johnston County Court Minutes, 1784-93; 1793-97; 1801-06;
1807-13; 1813-19; 1819-29; 1829-39; 1840-47; 1848-56;
1864-68. 10 vols.
Appearance Docket, 1820-40; 1840-54; 1852-69; 1855-68.
4 vols.
Execution Docket, 1790-1803; 1803-18; 1818-24; 1824-42-
1842-54. 5 vols.
State Docket, 1793-1802; 1810-19; 1819-39; 1839-50;
1851-68; 1861-68. 6 vols.
Trial Docket, 1786-93; 1793-97; 1803-10; 1804-10;
1811-16; 1817-20; 1820-27; 1827-38; 1838-45; 1846-55;
1852-68; 1856-60. 12 vols.
Deeds, 1763-64; 1763-65; 1779-82. 3 vols.
Indentures for Apprentices, 1850-68. 1 vol.
Election Returns, 1817. 1 box.
Guardians' Accounts, 1799-1810; 1855-61. 2 boxes.
Guardians' Records, 1803-21; 1817-51; 1821-23; 1842;
1847-59; 1855-65; 1859-68. 7 vols.
Guardians' Accounts, Records of Estates, and Wills,
1781-91; 1790-1800; 1791-95; 1800-05; 1805-08; 1811-
15; 1814-16; 1816-18; 1818-21; 1821-23; 1823-25;
1825-29; 1827-29; 1829-31; 1829-34; 1835-38;
1844-47; 1847-49; 1849-51; 1851-55; 1854-63.
Inventories and Accounts of Sales, 1791-1818.
Commissions of Justices of the Peace, 1837-65.
Land Entries, 1787-96; 1803-06. 2 vols.
Dowers and Partitions of Land, 1793-1817.
Land Valuations, 1837-63. 1 box.
Clerks' and Sheriffs' Settlements, 1825-37.
Abstract of Taxes, 1822-33. 1 box.
Lists of Taxables, 1799-1803;
1820-23; 1824-29; 1830-36; 1861.
Tax Book, 1860. 1 vol.
Tax Lists, 1809-19; 1883. 2 vols.
Index Book of Wills, 1854-1904. 1
Witness Book, 1818-40. 1 vol.
Entry Takers' Returns, 1797-1882.
Wills. 5 boxes.
Deed Books, 1763-65; 1779-82. 2 vols.
Entry Takers' Returns, 1839-83. 23 pieces.
Tax List, 1814. 1 piece.
Records of Court Martials, 1824-50. 1 vol.
County Court Papers, 1772; 1774-75; 1777-79; 1781-92;
1794-1800; 1802-18; 1820; 1822-57. 29,809 pieces.
Settlements of Estates, Inventories and Accounts of
Sales, 1832. 115 pieces.
Orange County Court Minutes, 1865-66. 1 vol.
Inventories, Sales and Accounts of Estates, 1756-86;
1800-08; 1808-16; 1819-23; 1823-26; 1830-34; 1834-36;
1845-47; 1847-49; 1849-52; 1856-61. 11 vols.
Pitt Land Entries, 1793-95. 1 vol.
Tax List, 1815. 15 pieces.
Richmond List of Taxables, 1779, 1793, 1795, 1806, 1812. Pre-sented
by C. E. D. Edgerton, Rockingham.
Tryon Tryon-Lincoln County Court Minutes, 1768-1782. 1
vol.
Tryon County Charter, 1769.
Wake Tax Fees on Suits, 1807-11. 24 pieces.
Entry Taker's Return, 1883. 1 piece.
Watauga Entry Takers' Returns, 1850-82. 19 pieces.
1804-10;
7 boxes.
vol.
8 pieces.
Jones
Northampton
Onslow
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Wayne Entry Takers' Returns, 1795-1897. 30 pieces.
Wilkes Entry Takers' Returns, 1840-81. 23 pieces.
Yadkin Marriage Bonds. 12 pieces.
3. Executive Papers:
Note to Samuel Cornell, dated May 10, 1769 and signed by William
Tryon, for Money for Governor's residence in New Bern. Pre-sented
by Bruce Gotten, Baltimore.
Photostat of proclamation of Josiah Martin, March 1, 1775.
Photograph of Proclamation of Gov. Alexander Martin, June 18,
1783, declaring the 4th of July a holiday. Received from Adelaide
L. Fries, Winston-Salem.
4. Secretary of States' Papers:
Accounts, 1742-73, 1779, 1781, 1784. 1,361 pieces.
Land Entries, Warrants, and Surveys, 1702-1828. 6 vols., and 8,294
pieces.
Letters to William G. Hill. 5 pieces.
Miscellaneous. 3 pieces.
Land Entry Receipts, 1802, 1803, 1812. 348 pieces.
5. Legislative Papers:
The large collection of legislative papers has been increased and
extended by the transfer from the third floor of the Capitol of
28,513 pieces of manuscripts in the custody of the Secretary of
State. This material comprises resolutions, election returns, orig-inal
bills, rejected bills, engrossed bills, executive correspondence,
resignations, committee reports, petitions, etc., for the years 1784,
1791-92, 1809-1817, 1820, 1824, 1825, 1828-35, 1838, 1840-52, 1854-57,
1860-61, 1865, 1867, 1869-77, 1879-81, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891,
1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, and 1927.
6. Neivspapers:
The North Carolina Magazine or Universal Intelligencer (Newbern:
James Davis). Photostats of the following issues were purchased
from the Library of Congress:
Year Volume No. Date
1764 I 5
N. C. Historical Commission 11
1765 II 31 December 28-January 4.
32 January 4-11.
33 January 11-18.
Continuation of The No7-th Carolina Gazette (Wilmington). Photo-stat
secured from the British Public Record Office.
1765 58 November 20.
The American (Fayetteville: A. F. Bowell).
1814 II 92 November 17.
North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser (Rutherfordton:
Roswell Elmer, Jr.).
1831 II 14 May 21.
15 May 28.
16 June 4.
17 June 11.
18 June 18.
19 June 25.
North Carolina Presbyterian (Fayetteville: James H. McNeill).
1862 V 47 November 29.
Journal of Freedom (Raleigh: Edward P. Brooks, editor).
1865 I 2 October 7.
Southern Home (Charlotte: D. H. Hill, editor). Presented by Mrs.
D. H. Hill, Charlotte.
1875 VI 266 March 22.
Supplement to the Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg: William
Hunter). Photostat secured from the British Public Record
Office.
1754 No. 200
The South Carolina Gazette (Charles-town: Peter Timothy). Photo-stats
secured from the British Public Record Office.
1754 No. 1053 August 22 and supplement.
1760 Extraordinary June 7-10.
lPen7i'\sylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia).
Photostat secured from the British Public Record Office.
1754 No. 607 July 25. 1 page.
National Intelligencer (Washington: Seaton and Gales), June 1,
1841.
John D. Whitford Papers contain 258 issues of newspapers. See
imst. p. 19.
7. Maps
:
Recently Professor Louis C. Karpinski, of the University of Michi-gan,
assembled and made available to American scholars a great
collection of six hundred unpublished maps of Colonial America
from the French and Spanish archives. The Historical Commis-sion
has secured photographic copies of thirty of these maps
which relate to North Carolina history as follows. The scale as
computed is only approximate.
"Carte de la Caroline du nord et du Sud." No date, but after 1729.
Scale, 1 inch to 60 miles. 8x8 1/4 inches.
[Coast of Virginia and Carolina.] No date. Scale, 1 inch to 60
miles. 8%xl0 inches.
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"Amerique Septentrioniie. Composee, corrigee, et augmetee Sur
les Journaux, Memoires, et observations les plus justes qui en ont
ete ftes en I'annee 1865 & 1866, par plusieurs Particulies. Par J.
Baptiste Louis Franquelin, G. du Roy." Scale, 1 inch to 135 miles.
14x15 inches.
"Carte Generalle de la Nouvelle France dans I'Amerique Septen-trionale
ou est encore compris ]"a Nouvelle Angleterre, la Nouvelle
Yore, La Nouvelle Albanie, la Pensilvanie, La Virginie et la
Floride .... A Monsiegneur le Comte de Pontchartrain, Ministre
et Secretaire d'Etat. Par son tres humble, tres obeissant & tres
fidele Serviteur, Franquelin. 1708." Scale, 1 inch to 235 miles.
11x131/4 inches.
[Eastern Coast of America.] Very early, seventeenth century, crude.
11x15 inches.
"Nouvelle Carte, Reduite, de toute la Coste de Cartagenne, les Isles
du vent, Golfe du Mexique, Coste de la Louisiane, debouquement
de Baham Jusques au Cap Ste Anne a la Nouvelle Angleterre par
le Meridian de I'isle de fer de Canaries. Dedice a Monseigneur
le Comte de Maurepas. Les Terres ombrees en Rouge appartien-nent
a la france. Par Bernard Caussee Pilotte a Rochefort. 1735."
Scale, 1 inch to 130 miles. 13i/^xl9 inches.
"Carte du Mississippi et des ses Embranchemens." No date. Scale,
1 inch to 150 miles. IS^ixlSi^ inches.
"Les Costes aux Environs de ia Riviere de Misisipi, decouverte par
Mr. de la Salle in 1683 et reconnues par Mr. de chevallier
d'Ibervelle en 1698 et 1699. Par N. de Fer, geog. de Mons le
Dauphin. 1701." Scale, 1 inch to 85 miles. 91/2x141^ inches.
"Carte de la Coste, et des Environs du Fleuve de Missisipi. 1699.
J. M. F." Scale, 1 inch to 85 miles. 10x15^4 inches.
"Carte d'une partie de la Virginie ou Camps et marches de L'armees
Americaine et Brittanique (Gal Lafayette et Lord Cornwallis,
d'Avril au 4 Septb. 1781 avant la jonction des troupes americaines
a Williamsburg avec I'armee combinee de Washington et de
Rochambeau. Legende ou precis de la Campagne de 1781 en Vir-ginie
pour servir a L'intelligence de la Carte." Scale, 1 inch to
12 miles. 14x20 inches. The original is a printed map w^ith pen
tracings of the routes of march of the armies. There is an inset,
3%x4 inches, "Plan du Camp de Williamsburg, occupe de 4
Septbre 1781 par les troupes americaines " 2 sheets.
"Carte de toutes les Costes de Terre Ferme, des Isles du Vent et
Golphe de Mexique, Ressifs, Sondes, Ances, et Caneaux. Nouvelle-ment
Corrigee de Quelque Erreur par L'Experience de differents
Pilotes Pratique. Par M. F. Gerald a la Mobille le quatorze Juin
MDCCXXXVII." Scale, 1 inch to 125 miles. 17x22 14 inches.
"Carte hidrographique, contenante le vieux Mexique ou la Nouvelle
Espagne, avec les Costes de la floride faisant partie de I'Amerique
Septentrionale: et les Isles Conniies sous le nom d'Antilles; ou
sont les Isles de Cuba, Sainct Domingue et Jamaique; les Lucayes:
les Caribes et celles du vent . . . ." No date. Scale, 1 inch to 110
miles. 151/2x221/4 inches. There is an inset, 2%x2% inches, "Plan
De Cartagenne."
"Carte Des Costes d'une partie de L'amerique Septentrionale.
Tiree en grand sur une Carte Originalle Espagnole, faite par ordre
& par les soins de plusieurs Viseroys & Finie en 1703." Scale, 1
inch to 115 miles. 14%xl9 inches.
"Carte Generale de la Louisiane ou du Miciscipi, dressee sur
plusieurs memoires et dessinee par )e Sr Vermale cy devant
Cornette de Dragons. 1717." Scale, 1 inch to 130 miles. 12x14%
inches.
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"Carte nouvelle de la Louisiane et pais ciconvoisins dress^e sur
les lieux pour etre presentee a S Mre T. C. par f Le Maire pretre
parisien et Missione Apostolique MDCCXVI." Scale, 1 inch to
145 miles. 7%xl0i/^ inches.
"Descripcion Hidrographica Reduzida De las [illegible. Caribbean
area, Louisiana, Florida, Carolina]. Por D. Antonis de Matos."
No date. Scale, 1 inch to 225 miles. 9xl3i/^ inches. Insets of
"Cartagena," "Porto belo," "Neuva Vera Cruz," "Havana,"
"Matansas," "Las Dos Aguadas."
[Map of Mexico, the Mississippi Valley, and the Atlantic Coast of
North America.] No date. Scale, 1 inch to 210 miles. 10%xl4
inches.
"Carte d'Amerique, dressee pour I'usage du Roy en 1722. Par
Guillaume Delisle premier Geographe de Sa Majeste de 1'Academic
Royale des Sciences. Et augmentee des NouvHes Decouvertes en
1763 par Phil Bunche son Gendre. A Paris. Chez I'Auteur Sur
le Quay de I'Horloge avec Privilege." No date. 11x13 14 inches.
"Description del Seno Mexicano Islas de Barlovento sur Portos y
bajos que la ispiriensie ha mostrado anno de 1708 par las
Caiz." Scale varies. 15x19 inches.
"Globe Terrestre, dresse sur les Observons de I'Academie Royale
des Sciences et outres memoires a Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur
le Due de Chartres. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant
Serviteur F. de L'Isle, Geographe. A Paris. Chez I'Auteur sur
le Quai de I'Horloge. Avec Privilege du Roy pour vingt ans.
1700." 81/4x22 inches. 2 sheets.
"Siege de Savannah en Septembre et Octobre 1779." Scale, 1 inch
to 985 yards. 9x14 inches.
"Plan du Siege de Savannah, fait par les Troupes du Roy aux Ordres
de Mr. le Cte D'Estaing Vice-Amiral de France en 7bre et 8bre
1779." Scale, 1 inch to 3,200 feet. 7%xll inches.
"Siege de Savanah. Fait par les Troupes du Roi, aux Ordres de
Monsieur le Comte d'Estaing, Vice-Amiral de France en Septembre
et Octobre 1779." Scale, 1 inch to 2,300 feet. 9x141/2 inches.
"Plan du Siege de Savanah en Amerique." Scale, 1 inch to 2 miles.
101/4x111/4 inches.
[Map of the Siege of Savannah.] Scale, 1 inch to 1,040 yards.
8x10 1^ inches.
"Plan de Charlestown en 1780." Scale, 1 inch to 1,250 feet. 9x11
inches.
"The Town and Harbour of Charles Town in South Carolina." Scale,
1 inch to 440 yards. 4x6 inches.
"Plan de la Ville et du siege de Charlestown, capitale de la Caroline
du sud dans I'Amerique septentrionale defendue par les troupes
frangoises et Americaines, attaquee le 21 fevrier et prise le 12
mai 1780 par les Anglois." Scale, 1 inch to 1400 feet. 1014x13%
inches. 2 sheets.
"Plan du Combat du 16 Aout 1780 pres de Cambden a 90 milles a
rOuest de Charles-town, ou I'armee Brittanique aux Ordres du Lord
Cornwallis a remporte une victorie complette sur I'Armee des
Etats-unis de L'Amerique Commandee par le General Gates.
Relation du Combat pour I'intelligence du plan ci-contre." De-tailed
map, showing names and positions of regiments. 6 1/^ x9 1/4
inches.
"Carte General, des camps et Marches en Amerique de L'Armee de
Mr. le Cte de Rochambau. 9 Juin= 30 Septre 1781." Scale, 1 inch
to 18 miles. 10x37i/^ inches.
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Photostatic copies of the following maps have been secured from
the English archives through the agency of B. F. Stevens and
Brown
:
"A Map of the Division Line between the Province of North and
South Carolina containing Thirty miles along the Sea Coast from
the Mouth of Cape fear River, and from thence continued on a
N W Course for Sixty two miles and one Quarter. Surveyed in
the presence of Robert [Halton], Mathew Rowan & Edward
Mosely Esqrs. Commissioners [appoin]ted on the part of North
Carolina by W Gray, Surveyor." 231/2x9514 inches. No date. It
is probably 1735, though the Colonial Office Library lists it as
1730.
"A PLAN of the Camp at Alamance from the 14th to the 19th of
May 1771. Composed of the Provincials of North Carolina, com-manded
by His Excellency Governor TRYON. On an Expedition
against Rebels who styled themselves Regulators. Surveyed and
Drawn by C. J. Sauthier, geo." ll%xl4i/2 inches.
"A PLAN of the Camp and Battle of Alamance, the 16th May 1771.
Between the Provincials of North Carolina commanded By His
Excellency Governor TRYON and the Rebels who styled them-selves
Regulators. Surveyed and Drawn by C. J. Sauthier." Scale,
1 inch to 1280 feet. 121/2x22 inches. 2 sheets. '
"An Exact Map of the Boundary Line between the Provinces of
North & South Carolina Agreeable to the Royal Instruction.
Certified by Us, June 4th, 1772. Thos. Rutherfurd, Thos. Polk,
Surveyors for North Carolina. Jas. Cook, Ephraim Mitchell, Sur-veyors
for South Carolina. Jno. Rutherfurd, Willm Dry, Com-missrs
for North Carolina. Willm Moultrie, Wm. Thompson, Com-missrs
for South Carolina." Scale, 1 inch to 2.6 miles. Ili/^x33
inches. 2 sheets. Copy of the original.
"A Plan of the Province Line from the Cherokee Line to Salisbury
Road Between North and South Carolina. Certified by Us this
June 4th, 1772. Thos. Rutherfurd, Thos. Polk, Surveyors for
North Carolina. Jas. Cook, Ephraim Mitchell, Surveyors for
South Carolina. Jno. Rutherfurd, Willm. Dry, Commissioners for
North Carolina. Willm. Moultrie, Wm. Thomson, Commissioners
for South Carolina." Scale, 1 inch to 2.4 miles. 14i/^x38 inches.
3 sheets. A copy.
"A Plan of the Province Line from the Cherokee Line to Salisbury
Road Between North and South Carolina. Certified by Us this
4th June, 1772. Thos. Rutherfurd, Thos. Polk, Surveyors for
North Carolina. Jas. Cook, Ephraim Mitchell, Surveyors for
South Carolina. Jno. Rutherfurd, Willm. Dry, Commissioners for
North Carolina. Willm. Moultrie, Wm. Thomson, Commissioners
for South Carolina." Scale, 1 inch to 3.9 miles. 13x26 inches.
2 sheets. A copy.
"A Plan of the Line between Virginia, and North Carolina, from
Peters Creek to Steep Rock Creek, ran in the Year of our Lord
1749 by Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson, Willm. Churton, Dan.
Weldon." Scale, 1 inch to 5 miles. 13x17 inches. This map is
endorsed "Reed. June Ye 24th 1751 with Govr Johnston's Letter
dated the 15th of Febry 1750/1."
"A Plan of Fort Johnston with some Alterations. No. 2." [1754].
Scale, 1 inch to 20 feet. 9x13 inches.
"The Elevation of the Governors House at Newbern, North Caro-lina."
[1767.] Scale, 1 inch to 15 feet. 13x17 inches.
[Floor plan of the Governor's House at New Bern. 1767.] Scale,
1 inch to 15 feet. 13x17 inches.
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"Plan of the one pair of Stairs floor to His Excellency's House."
[1767.] Scale, 1 inch to 15 feet. 81/2x111/2 inches.
The following maps were secured from the office of the Secretary
of State:
[Map of the North Carolina-South Carolina Boundary Survey from
the seacoast to the 35th degree, north latitude.] No date, probably
1735. 7%x93 inches. Pen sketch.
"Map of Stanly County, N. C. Drawn by C. E. Miller, C. E., Salis-bury,
N. C." Scale, 1 inch to % mile. 36x38 inches.
[Map of North Carolina.] Pen sketch in 3 sheets. Scale, 1 inch
to 10 miles.
"Map showing the position of Trial Lines run with a view to estab-lishing
the correct position of the Boundary Line between North
Carolina & South Carolina adjacent to Union and Mecklenburg
counties, accompanied by a guide map showing the general loca-tion
of the lines in question and by detailed drawings showing
the exact position of the lines with reference to various land
marks. By Arthur Winslow, Eng. Raleigh, N. C. Polyconic
projection." No date. Scale, 1 inch to y^ mile. 38x45 inches.
"Plan of the Catawba and Broad Rivers with their Waters and the
proposed boundary lines between North and South Carolina. With
the Latitudes as observed in different stations." Linen tracing.
"A map of the Cherokee Country in North Carolina, surveyed in the
year 1837. Drawn from the returns of deputy surveyors, by R.
Deaver."
The following maps were secured from the sources indicated:
"A Map of the United States of America As settled by the Peace
of 1783. Published Deer 1, 1783, by I Fielding, Pater-noster Row."
Scale, 1 inch to 190 miles. 8x9% inches. Presented by A. B.
Andrews, Raleigh.
"A Map of the British American Plantations extending from Boston
in New England to Georgia; including all the back Settlements
in the respective Provinces, as far as the Mississippi. By Eman:
Bowen, Geogr. to His Majesty. July, 1754." Scale, 1 inch to 100
miles. 8%xl0i/^ inches. Presented by A. B. Andrews, Raleigh.
"This Plane as here delineated and Layed Out represents the Island
of Roan Oak in North Carolina Containing Twelve Thousand
Acres of Land and Marsh, As Surveyed Anno 1706 by Wm. Maule,
Survr Geni." Scale, 1 inch to 2490 feet. 12x29 1/2 inches. Pen
sketch. Presented by Mr. John Wood, Edenton.
"Plan of the Town of Smithfield. Printed by Hodge & Boylan, 1802."
12%xl6 inches. Presented by Mr. R. R. Holt, Smithfield.
"A New General Atlas comprising a Complete Set of Maps repre-senting
the Grand Divisions of the Globe, together with the sev-eral
Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from
the Best Authorities, and corrected by the Most Recent Discov-eries.
Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley. 1824. Writ-ten
and engraved by Jos. Perkins." 60 maps, Si^xll inches. Pre-sented
by Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill.
"A Part of the Line between Caldwell & Watauga Counties near
Blowing Rock, N. C. As amended by the North Carolina General
Assembly, session of 1925. Surveyed Nov. 20, 1924-Jan. 23, 1925.
Platted August 25, 1926. By Samuel B. Howard, Consulting Engi-neer,
Lenoir, N. C. Scale: 1"=200 ft." 8 1/2x33 inches. Blueprint.
Presented by Samuel B. How^ard, Lenoir.
"Road Map of Gates County, N. C. March 10, 1926. G. D. Woodley."
Scale, 1 inch to li^ miles. 19i4,x27 inches. Blueprint.
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8. English Records:
Since the report of R. D. W. Connor in 1922 on the North Carolina
manuscript material in the British Public Record Office and the
British Museum, the Historical Commission has been pursuing as
steadily as possible the policy of securing transcripts and photo-stats
of all North Carolina material in the archives of England
which is not published in the Colonial and 8tate Records of North
Carolina. B. P. Stevens and Brown of London is the agent of the
Commission for this work. The material desired is so voluminous
that several years will be necessary to complete the task. During
the period of this report, the work has progressed steadily at the
rate of approximately $1,000 per year. The collection of records
relating to North Carolina Loyalists has been completed and a
substantial and systematic beginning has been made on the re-maining
miscellaneous material. In all, 2,530 pages of transcripts,
191 pages of photostats, and photostats of 13 maps and 5 issues
of newspapers have been received. These accessions bring the
total of the English material secured since 1922 to 7,021 pages of
transcripts and 1,324 pages of photostats, exclusive of the maps
and newspapers.
9. Spanish Records:
The work of securing photostatic copies of North Carolina material
in the archives of Spain, suspended on July 1, 1926, due to lack
of funds, was resumed on July 1, 1927, when the new legislative
appropriation became available. However, on August 12, 1927,
the work of the Historical Commission, as well as that of many
other institutions in this and other countries, was stopped ab-ruptly
bjf an order of the King of Spain prohibiting absolutely
the copying of Spanish documents in series. The material secured
during the current biennium comprises 2,612 pages of photostats
from the General Archives of the Indies at Seville. But for the
royal order, the Historical Commission would have completed the
photostating of the material relating to North Carolina during
the current biennium. Despite the efforts of the Historical Com-mission
and other institutions concerned, permission to resume
copying has not been secured. The Spanish material now in the
archives of the Commission comprises 15,120 pages of photostats
and 1,512 pages of typewritten copy.
10. Civil War Papers:
Letter of William Lillycrop to Capt. M. Y. McNeeley, Oct. 30, 1861.
Presented by A. H. Boyden, Salisbury.
A volume of official telegrams, 1861-63. Presented by the Goldsboro
Rifles.
Original Muster and Pay Rolls of 26th regiment. North Carolina
Troops. Presented by Mr. Walter Siler, Pittsboro.
Diary of Capt. H. C. Albright of the 26th regiment. Presented by
Mr. Walter Siler, Pittsboro.
Records of Pay and Quartermaster's Department. 1358 pieces. Pre-sented
by Mr. Walter Siler of Pittsboro.
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A sketch of the 26th regiment, by Lt. Col. James T. Adams. Pre-sented
by Mrs. M. T. Norris, Raleigh.
Artificial Limb Records. 187 pieces.
Miscellaneous records of blockade running, contracts, hospitals, pay
rolls, etc. 672 pieces.
"Some Recollections of My Four Years Service in the Confederate
Army—from Sumter to Bentonville," by Joseph Jenkins MacKay.
Presented by Mrs. J. J. MacKay.
Pay roll of Co. H., 22nd Regiment, North Carolina Troops, October
31, 1864. Presented by Mrs. M. Hayes, Rochester, N. Y.
11. Reconstruction Papers:
An account of events of the reconstruction period at Yanceyville,
Caswell County, by John G. Lea.
A North Carolina special tax bond, April 1, 1869. Presented by B. R.
Lacy, Raleigh.
12. World War Papers:
The American Legion Auxiliary Department of North Carolina. 2
pamphlets. Presented by Miss Annie Lee, Monroe.
Two letters to Mrs. Alma Leach McCullers, 1918.
Notice of desertion of Sgt. R. P. Hayes.
Statistical chart of the record of North Carolina in the World War,
compiled by J. H. Manning, Commissioner of the Veterans Loan
Fund, June, 1927.
Five official letters relating to service of Thomas McGhee Phifer.
Loaned by Robert S. Phifer, Jackson, Miss.
13. Genealogical:
Copies of the following records, presented by Mrs. Charles R.
Whitaker, State Chairman Genealogical Research, D.A.R., South-ern
Pines: Records of Mecklenburg Chapter; tombstone inscrip-tions
from Sugar Creek, Steele Creek, First Presbyterian Church
(Charlotte), and Hopewell cemeteries in Mecklenburg County;
record of marriages performed by John Huggins, Iredell County,
1790.-1819; records from Bibles in possession of Octavia Adams,
John McSharpe, B. S. Millsaps, of Statesville; Bible record of
Robert Brevard; sundry rolls of N. C. Militia in the Revolution;
inscriptions from Union Church cemetery; records from Bible
of Mrs. John McNeill; record of graves of revolutionary soldiers
located in Moore County; reports of Yadkin River Patriots Chap-ter;
genealogical records of 47 members of D.A.R. ; reports of
genealogical chairman of Alfred Moore Chapter; McBrayer
Genealogy, 1400-1927; Will of Gen. Robert Erwin; records from
old Bible (1793) owned by J. W. Lawrence, Statesville; and
records of the Smith family (Essex County, Va.), Laura Ella
Ridenhour, Sarah Baker Fulton, Mrs. Helen Hay, Nettie Sue
Craig, Ida Pauline Neisler, Mrs. Sarah Mauney, Pickens, Britt,
Goode, Albright-Long, Ellie Goode Hardeman, Welch, O'Grady,
Wiley, Ollie Alexander, Matthew Locke, Harney, Hedgecock,
Teague, Clinard, Beeson, Payne, Hinds-Richardson, Wood-Tyson,
Wood-Campbell, Harris-Tyson, Harris-Campbell, Allen, Putnam,
Alford-Elms, Essie Barrow Farmer, John McKnitt Alexander,
Elijah Williamson, Masten, Hauser, Spach, Mrs. Martha Bell,
Cheshire, Tennison, Maj. John Davidson.
Copy of letter from John Spence, Springfield, Tenn., June 8, 1857,
to Isaac Spence, Houston, Tex. Presented by Elizabeth Norbury,
Denver, Colo.
A Branch of the Eldridge family, 1738-1927. Presented by T. B.
Eldridge, Raleigh.
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John Randolph Wagmire and the first three generations of his
descendants as known, March 1, 1925. Presented by W. M. Reser,
Lafayette, Ind.
Records from Bibles of Mrs. J. C. Brantley, and James McNatt.
Presented by Mrs. E. L. Whitehead, Raleigh.
Records of the Snipes family. Compiled and presented by Dr. J. J.
Snipes, Lincoln, Nebr.
List of revolutionary soldiers buried in Ebernezer cemetery, near
Sumter, S. C. Presented by Mrs. E. L. Whitehead, Raleigh.
Lester family letter. Presented by J. W. Lester, Gary, Ind.
Notes on Cobbs family. Presented by Mrs. Madeline Williams,
Nashville, Tenn.
Genealogies of Monroe, McCain, Johnson, Everest families. Present-ed
by Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson, Genealogical chairman D.A.R.,
Southern Pines.
Charts of Richard Southgate and Simon Jeffries lines. Presented
by Mrs. Southgate-Jones, Durham.
11. New Collections.
1. Francis Nash Papers. 2 pieces. Legal manuscript brief (19 pages) on
the Waller Case and an attached letter of A. Meilan; broadside,
"Buchanan's Political Record. Let the South Beware." 1856.
2. Henries Collection, 1803-77. 21 miscellaneous papers—deeds, tax re-ceipts,
etc. Presented by Mrs. Maggie Brinson Henries, Craven
County.
3. Lieutenant Robert Davidson Papers, 1861-62. 8 pieces. Presented by
the Cape Fear Chapter, U.D.C., Wilmington.
4. Marshall DeLancey Hayioood Papers. 10 pieces, including four letters
of J. H. Manly and G. H. Wilder, 1848; and two letters from H. M.
Polk, 1846-48. Presented by M. DeL. Haywood, Raleigh.
5. Robert F. Hoke Papers, 1870-1908. 15 pieces. This collection contains
letters from Jefferson Davis, W. F. Boyle, Wade Hampton, D. C.
Trimble, R. F. Hoke, and J. E. Johnston. Presented by Van Wyck
Hoke, of Yanceyville.
6. George B. Anderson Papers, 1827-1855. 14 letters.
7. John D. Whitford Papers. This is a large, miscellaneous collection of
personal, railroad, and other material—-printed and manuscript,
presented by Mr. Reid Whitford of Haverford, Penn. It con-tains
the charter and by-laws, and the proceedings of the annual
meetings of the stockholders of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad Company, 1854-89, and a communication to the General
Assembly in 1856 concerning this road; proceedings of the conven-tion
of railroads connecting with the Wilmington and Weldon Rail-road,
1862; proceedings of the convention of representatives of
certain southern railway companies at Petersburg, March 12, 1862;
board of directors report, 1864, and proceedings of stockholders
meeting, 1S66, of the North Carolina Railroad Company; Annual
report of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, 1865;
Manual of the Railroads of the United States for 1869-70; one volume
containing minutes of the meetings of the Directors of the A. &
N. C. Railroad Company, 1855-68, and list of operatives and time
book of Planter's Manufacturing Company, 1855; Annual Reports
of John D. Whitford, President of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad Company, 1881, 1885; Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-road
papers, comprising business correspondence, 1858-1885, 684
pieces; a manuscript of 571 pages on the history of the Biblical
Recorder and the Baptist Church at New Bern, N. C, written by
John D. Whitford; personal letters and papers of John D. Whitford,
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1797-1899, 153 pieces; numerous miscellaneous pamphlets, newspaper
clippings, tracts, and North Carolina almanacs for 1816, 1820, 1822,
1828, 1829, 1830, 1841, 1855, 1859, 1860, 1861; photograph of John
D. Whitford; report of the intendant to the Commissioners of New
Bern, April 10, 1853; memorandum book, 1855-82; a copy of Andrew
Jackson's Nullification Proclamation, Dec. 10, 1832; The Student
and School Mate, August, 1836; United States Sporting Magazine,
I, No. 2 (Dec, 1835); Our Living and Our Dead, I, Nos. 1-2; papers
of the Convention of 1861, 145 pieces; Civil War records—trans-portation,
legislature. Quarter Master General's Office, Ordnance
department, 581 pieces; personal papers of Hardy Whitford, 1770-
1853, 109 pieces; and Ledger of Hardy Whitford, 1832-39. The col-lection
also includes 258 scattering issues of newspapers as follows:
North Carolina Gazette (New Bern: P. X. Martin), VIII, No. 376
(March 23, 1793).
The Newhernian (New Bern), 1874, 1877-78, 1880-81. 25 issues.
Newbern Journal of Commerce, 1867, 1869, 1871-72, 1874, 1876. 30
issues.
Daily North Carolina Times (New Bern), 1865. 6 issues.
The Republic and Courier (New Bern), 1872-73. 2 issues.
The Daily Progress (New Bern), 1861, 1863. 2 issues.
The Daily Liberal (New Bern), 1872. 1 issue.
The New Bern Democrat, 1879. 3 issues.
The Daily Nut Shell (New Bern), 1875-80, 1883. 14 issues.
The Daily Journal (New Bern), 1882-83, 1885-89, 1891-93. 28 issues.
Neiv Berne Daily Times, 1865-66, 1869, 1872. 25 issues.
Daily Commercial Neivs (New Bern), 1881. 1 issue.
Daily Newbern Commercial, 1866. 1 issue.
Netv Berne Daily Journal, 1896. 1 issue.
New Berne Weekly Journal, 1882, 1891. 2 issues.
State Agricultural Journal (Plaleigh), 1875. 4 issues (mutilated).
The Observer (Raleigh), 1877, 1879. 3 issues.
Neivs and Observer (Raleigh), 1880, 1882, 1886-90, 1896-98, 1900-01,
1905. 18 issues.
Daily Sentinel (Raleigh), 1865-68, 1870-75. 66 issues.
The Weekly Sentinel (Raleigh), 1871. 1 issue.
The State Journal (Raleigh), 1862. 1 issue.
Methodist Enterprise (Raleigh), 1866. 1 issue.
Tlie Daily Evening Crescent (Raleigh), 1874. 1 issue.
The Raleigh News, 1876. 1 issue.
The Raleigh Signal, 1889. 1 issue.
Goldsboro Daily Neivs, 1866-67. 4 issues.
Goldsboro Messenger, 1877, 1882, 1886. 3 issues.
Goldsboro Daily Argus, 1892. 1 issue.
The Kinston Free Press, 1889. 1 issue.
The Economist (Elizabeth City), 1889. I issue.
Charlotte Observer, 1869. 1 issue.
Daily Richmond Whig, 1868. 1 issue.
Georgetotvn (S. C.) Semi-Weekly Times, 1893. 1 issue.
The Gleaner (Payetteville), 1883. 1 issue.
The New York Mercury, 1828. 1 issue.
The World (New York), 1873. 1 issue.
National Intelligencer (Washington, D. C), 1848. 1 issue.
The Hackensack (N. J.) Republican, 1883. 1 issue.
The Fife News (Cupar, Scotland), 1877. 1 issue.
8. St. John's Parish Records, 17.'f2-18.'tL Two vestry books presented by
the vestry of St. Paul's Church, Beaufort, through Dr. George W.
Lay.
9. St. George Parish Records (Northampton County), 1113-181Jt. 1 vol.
Received from W. J. Beale, Northampton County.
10. Cash Book of J. Edxoin West, New Bern, 1864-77. 1 vol. Secured from
Craven County court house.
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11. Account Book of Ferdinand Ulrich, New Bern, 1867-71. Secured from
Craven County court house.
12. New Bern Academy Records, 187/f-86. 3 vols. Secured from Craven
County court house.
13. General and Superior Court Records. The following records of the
General Court of the Province of North Carolina and of the Su-perior
Courts of New Bern District and Craven County were
secured from the court house of Craven County where the courts
were held.
General Court Minutes, 1747-51; 1752-61 and Superior Court Min-utes,
1761-62. 2 vols.
Superior Court Minutes, 1768-88; 1787-94; 1794-1801; 1829-36; 1836-
43; 1843-50; 1850-57; 1857-67. 8 vols.
General Court Dockets, 1737-46; 1746-47; 1748-52; 1752-53; 1754-55;
1755-59; 1752-62. 7 vols.
Superior Court Dockets, 1758-70; 1764-71; 1771-80; 1771-98; 1780-86;
1786-92; 1792-95; 1796-99; 1799-1802; 1799-1806; 1802-05; 1806-13;
1806-13; 1814-30; 1830-39; 1840-51; 1845-59; 1851-61; 1855-69;
1862-69; 1868-69; 1869-79. 22 vols.
Equity Minutes, 1850-56; 1856-60. 2 vols.
Equity Dockets, 1844-68; 1848-68; 1850-59; 1858-70. 4 vols.
Sale Book and Hiring Book of Clerk and Master in Equity, 1858-75.
1 vol.
The following records were secured from the court house of Johnston
County:
Superior Court Minutes, 1807-30. 1 vol.
Equity Minutes, 1807-44. 1 vol.
Superior Court Minutes and Dockets, 1831-68. 1 vol.
14. Pardon Applications.
On May 29, 1865, President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation
granting amnesty and pardon to all persons who participated in
the rebellion against the authority of the United States, except
those in fourteen classifications—among which were those who
left the service of the United States to aid the Confederacy, the
governors of states in insurrection. Confederate military and naval
officers above the rank of colonel in the army and lieutenant in
the navy, and all those worth above $20,000 who participated
voluntarily in the rebellion. Provision was made for special ap-plication
to the president for pardon by any person belonging to
the excepted classes. In the archives of the War Department at
Washington were located the original manuscript applications of
approximately 2,000 North Carolinians belonging to the excepted
classes. With permission from the War Department, the Histor-ical
Commission secured photostatic copies of these pardon appli-cations.
They are of great value for the biographical and
historical information which they contain.
15. Miscellaneous.
The following personal papers have been received: General J. Alli-son
Papers, 1 letter, 1851; William G. Duke Papers, a commission
as corporal, 1847, presented by Henry Duke, Kaufman, Tex.;
Arthur Bluthenthal Papers, 1917-18, 5 pieces; original of a poem
by Theo. H. Hill, presented by S. A. Ashe, Raleigh; Dr. Stephen
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Graham Papers, 1826-32, 2 letters; Kenan Papers, 1861-62, 2 letters,
presented by Owen R. Kenan; Cornelius Harnett Papers, 1 letter,
1775, presented by W. H. Hoyt, New York, through Governor
McLean; E. Pettigrew Papers, 1837-42, 5 pieces, presented by
Pettigrew family; Andrew Jackson Papers, 1 letter of Jackson
to Commodore Patterson, Feb. 22, 1815, deposited by John Shaw,
Fayetteville; Thomas Crawford Papers, copy of letter to his
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Crawford, Iredell County, July 5, 1814, pre-sented
by Peter Brannon, Montgomery, Ala.; Moses I. Ezekiel
Papers, 2 letters, 1866-69, loaned by Mrs. G. C. Norris, Raleigh;
Gaston Henry Wilder Papers, 2 pieces, presented by Nellie Fort
through Mattie Higgs, Raleigh; B. B. Culbreth Papers, 1 piece,
presented by Mrs. M. I. Ellis, Gary; Varina Jefferson Davis Papers,
3 letters, 1893-99, presented by Mrs. J. A. Briggs, Sr., Raleigh;
W. B. Brinson Papers, 1 letter, 1839, presented by J. P. Boyd.
Petition of J. G. Bromell to the Commissioners of Claims, 1871.
Copy of sketch of Capt. Herndon Haralson of the Revolution. Pre-sented
by B. J. Murphey, Brookline, Mass.
Commission of appointment to the 400th anniversary of the dis-covery
of America, issued to A. B. Andrews by President Benjamin
Harrison, May 16, 1890. Presented by William J. Andrews,
Raleigh.
Photograph of a portrait of Col. Joseph Williams, Surry County.
Photostat of Colonel Jeremiah Slade's Commission as Deputy Grand
Master of Masons for 1813.
"Deciphering Book," belonging to Samuel Baldwin, 1817.
Honorary Certificate of Raleigh Academy presented to Sarah Llttle-john.
June 9, 1815.
A copy of Rev. Thos. H. Stockstcn's address on Temperance (1833)
and an Essay on Drunkenness and its Effects on the Human
Body, by Thomas Trotter, M.D. (1813), presented by Florence
Dixon, Guilford College.
Ku KIux Klan song and invitation to lecture, Raleigh, May 19, 1921.
Copy of portrait of Robert Potter. Presented by Bishop J. B.
Cheshire.
North Carolina Almanac, 1869. Presented by Dan Polk.
Sesqui-centennial Records—four photographs, presented by Gov.
A. W. McLean; a diploma of awards, presented by the Jury of
Awards.
Certificate of membership in Dialectic Society of the University of
North Carolina, 1807. Presented by D. L. Corbitt.
Copies of North Carolina Pensioners, 1840; Heitman's Historical
Register; Report of National Society, D.A.R., 1913-14; Heads of
Families, First Census of the U. S., 1790, for Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire,
Virginia, New York, South Carolina, Maryland, and Connecticut;
set of engravings of all the presidents. Presented by Benjamin
Grady, Washington, D. C.
Photostat of Sterling bond issued by Wilmington & Raleigh Rail
Road Company, July 12, 1838.
Advertisement of Davis' Hotel, Kittrell, N. C, 1882. Presented by
Mrs. E. Saunders, Cambridge, Mass.
Minutes of State Parent-Teachers Association, 1918. Received from
]Mrs. Charles U. Harris, Raleigh.
"An Impartial Relation of the First Rise and Cause of the Recent
Differences in Public Affairs, In the Province of North Carolina;
and of the past Tumults and Riots that lately happened in that
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Province." 1770. By Herman Husband. First six and last eight
pages missing.
"A Letter from South Carolina, giving an account of the soil, air,
products, trade, government, laws, religion, people, military-strength,
&c., of that province Written by a Swiss gentleman
to his friend at Bern." 63 pp. 1710.
The Wo7-k.s of Antonio Ganova. 2 vols. By Henry Moses (London:
1824). Presented by O. A. Betts, Rome, N. Y.
Deed of Ursula M. Daniel and others to North Carolina D. A. R.
Deposited by Mrs. Harold Glascock, Raleigh.
Copy of manuscript of the emigration of William Mitchell Davidson
and family from Buncombe County to Texas in 1844. Written about
1904 by John Mitchell Davidson. Presented by J. L. Davidson,
Utica, N. Y.
Photostat of the John McKnitt Alexander document of 1800 [torn]
relating to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Pre-sented
by University of North Carolina Library.
Six signed oaths to support Constitution and laws of the United
States, 1868.
Will of John Trueblood, of the Province of Albemarle, May 7, 1692.
Circular letter to people of North Carolina on the Centennial Cele-bration
of the City of Raleigh, 1892. Presented by Thos. H.
Briggs, Raleigh.
Pamphlets—a number of addresses, biographical sketches, and arti-cles,
presented by Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Raleigh; D. L.
Corbitt, Raleigh; Francis Nash, Raleigh; Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, Rich-mond;
W. L. Sherrill, Charlotte; J. B.' Cheshire, Raleigh; Meyer
Jacobstein, New York; Heriot Clarkson, Raleigh; Law School
Association, Chapel Hill; Maryland Society, S.A.R.; A. W. McLean,
Raleigh.
In addition to the accessions listed above, a great mass of
material has been collected whose arrangement and accession
has been impossible in time to be included in this report.
DIVISION OF DOCUMENTS
I. CLASSIFICATION AND ARRANGEMENT.
All of the accessions listed above have been classified, ar-ranged,
and filed during the period covered by this report. In
case of the loose papers which comprise the bulk of the material
received, each paper was unfolded, inspected, and placed prop-erly—
a long and tedious process. The extent of this work may
be indicated approximately as follows:
personal Collections—2 volumes, 2,400 pieces, and several pamphlets.
County Records—258 volumes and approximately 45,000 pieces.
Executive Record—3 pieces.
Secretary of State's Pajiers—6 volumes and 10,000 pieces.
Legislative Papers—28,500 pieces.
News2)apers—301 issues.
Maps—54 maps.
English Records—2,750 pages.
Spanish Records—2,600 pages.
Civil War Papers—1 volume and 2,200 pieces.
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World War Papers—11 pieces.
General and Superior Court Records—49 volumes.
Pardon Applications—approximately 2,000.
Genealogical and Miscellaneous—approximately 250 items.
II. Cataloguing and Indexing.
Abstracts have been made of approximately 10,000 marriage
bonds of Carteret and Caswell counties in pursuance of the plan
to abstract and prepare bound volumes of indexes and abstracts
of the entire collection of marriage bonds, both for the con-venience
of researchers and for the preservation of the bonds
themselves.
The manuscript collection of the Historical Commission has
grown to the point where a more efficient system of cataloguing
is a serious need. The systems employed in the Library of Con-gress,
the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the State Historical
Society of Wisconsin, the New York Public Library, and the
New York State Library have been studied ; and a system has
been evolved which seems to meet the local needs of the Histor-ical
Commission. Thus far the collection of County Records has
been catalogued. Each of the nearly 900 volumes and boxes of
county material has been examined carefully to determine its
contents and has been labelled correctly as to the nature and
date of the material therein. Each has been given a collection
letter and shelf number—the numerical system being capable
of indefinite expansion. Catalogue cards have been made bear-ing
the label, date, and shelf number of each volume and box,
and of each type of material where more than one type is con-tained
in a given volume or box. The collections are shelved
alphabetically by counties, alphabetically in accordance with the
nature of the material within each county, and chronologically
wfthin the classes of material. It is planned to extend this
system with necessary modifications to all of the collections of
the Historical Commission. Mr. D. L. Corbitt is in charge of
the cataloguing work.
III. Repair.
The Restorer of Manuscripts has mounted 7,468 sheets of
manuscript for binding. In case of some manuscripts, one re-pair
process with paper of crepeline was sufficient; but in many
cases, both processes were necessary for a single manuscript.
Of the manuscripts mounted, 1,517 were repaired with crepeline
and 6,045 with paper. Repaired and mounted manuscripts suf-ficient
for 54 volumes are now ready for binding.
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IV. Binding.
Fifty-three volumes were bound during the period of this
report. Thirty-eight of these were of manuscripts, two of which
were volumes which had to be rebound; and fifteen were of
publications of the Historical Commission:
North Carolina Wills, 1663-1789. 35 volumes.
Miscellaneous Papers, 1697-1823.
Onslow County Records, Wills, 1757-1783.
North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Receipt Book.
The North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. IV. 15 volumes.
V. Use of Records.
During the period of this report, 1,987 visits have been made
to the offices of the Commission for the purpose of consulting
manuscript records of North Carolina history. Of these, 331
were made by persons living in various sections of the United
States outside of North Carolina ; and 165 by graduate students,
historians, and others, who were collecting information on im-portant
phases of North Carolina history for use in historical
articles, addresses, and monographs. These articles and mono-graphs,
which have been or will be published, make valuable
additions to the information hitherto available about North
Carolina.
Requests for information, reaching into the hundreds and
coming from all parts of the United States, have received the
attention of the Commission. Research necessary for the replies
has been done by members of the staff, in case of historical
inquiries; and by private researchers to whom the inquiries
were referred, if of a private or genealogical nature. A total
of 764 certified copies from the records of the Commission have
been prepared and sent without charge to 391 different persons.
Of these certificates, 265 were furnished to North Carolinians
and 499 to persons outside of the State, as follows : Georgia, 62
District of Columbia, 56 ; Illinois, 43 ; Texas, 40 ; Alabama, 30
South Carolina, 25 ; Virginia, 24 ; Tennessee, 20 ; Mississippi, 18
Florida, 18; Ohio, 18; Kentucky, 16; Missouri, 16; Indiana, 16
New York, 16; Oklahoma, 14; Minnesota, 9; Kansas, 8; New
Mexico, 7; Arkansas, 5; California, 5; Iowa, 5; Nebraska, 4;
Arizona, 4 ; Washington, 3 ; New Jersey, 3 ; Michigan, 3 ; Louisi-ana,
2 ; Colorado, 1 ; West Virginia, 1 ; Pennsylvania, 1 ; Oregon,
1; Montana, 1; Wisconsin, 1; Maryland, 1; North Dakota, 1;
and Cuba, 1.
An investigation and report on the passage of the ordinances
and acts of 1868-1869, authorizing the issue of North Carolina
bonds to certain railroad companies, was made by the Secretary,
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aided by members of the staff of the Commission, at the request
of the Governor. Manuscript material in the archives of the
Commission, hitherto unused in this connection, threw some new
light on the subject.
PUBLICATIONS
I. Issued During the Biennium.
1. Bulletin No. 33. Eleventh Biennial Report of the North Carolina
Historical Commission, December 1, 1924-November 30, 1926.
(Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Company. 1927. Paper.
Pp. 34.)
2. North Carolina Manual. 1927. Compiled and edited by A. R.
Newsome. (Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Company. 1927.
Cloth. Pp. 560.) The Manual conTains an account of the
creation, personnel, powers and duties of each of the depart-ments,
commissions, boards and institutions of the State; the
state and federal constitutions; election and census returns;
and other historical and statistical information about the
State.
3. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. Edited by Ade-laide
L. Fries. Volume III. (Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton
Company. 1926. Cloth. Pp. 977-1490.) This volume is di-vided
into four parts: Part I, History, Constitution and Con-gregations
of the Unitas Fratrum or Moravian Church; Part II
is a continuation of the records of the Moravians for the years
1776-1779; Part III, The Bagge Papers, Nos. X to LXVII, and
Archive Papers, Nos. 1 to 11; and Part IV, Liturgies and
Funeral Chorals of the Unitas Fratrum.
4. Some Eighteenth Century Tracts Concerning North Carolina.
With introductions and Notes by William K. Boyd. (Raleigh:
Edwards & Broughton Company. 1927. Cloth. Pp. viii, 508.)
This volume contains reprints of fourteen very rare pamphlets
concerning North Carolina, published between 1740 and 1791.
There is an introduction to each by Professor Boyd and,
in all cases except one, a facsimile of the title page of the
pamphlet. They were published serially in The North Carolina
Historical Review, January, 1925, to January, 1927.
5. Public Papers and Letters of Cameron Morrison, Governor of
North Carolina, 1921-1925. Compiled by William H. Richard-son
and edited by D. L. Corbitt. (Raleigh: Edwards & Brough-ton
Company. 1927. Cloth. Pp. xlviii, 365.) Although not
one of the official series of Publications of the North Carolina
Historical Commission, this volume was edited by a member
of the staff of the Commission. Authority and funds for print-ing
were granted by the Council of State and the Printing
Commission, respectively. It contains a biographical sketch of
Cameron Morrison, by Heriot Clarkson; messages to the Gen-eral
Assembly; proclamations by the governor; appeals to the
public; public addresses; statements and interviews for the
press; public letters and telegrams; and miscellaneous ma-terial.
6. A History of North Carolina in the War between the States.
Volumes I and II. Bethel to Sharpshurg. 2 volumes. Daniel
Harvey Hill. (Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Company.
1926. Cloth. Pp. xvi, 436; 457. $7.50.) This work is not
one of the official series of Publications of the North Carolina
Historical Commission, though it was financed partly by the
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Commission. In 1916 the Commission became the trustee of
a fund of $25,000 donated by Robert H. Ricks of Rocky Mount
to the North Carolina division of the United Confederate Vet-erans
for the preparation of a history of North Carolina's
part in the Civil War. Dr. D. H. Hill was secured for the
work; and from July 1, 1916, until his death in 1924, he labored
diligently in preparing an elaborate history based on the
sources. At the time of his death Dr. Hill had completed
the history through the battle of Sharpsburg. The Ricks Fund
was exhausted in 1922, but the Historical Commission assumed
the cost of the continuation of the work; and in 1925, it made
arrangements with Professor J. G. deR. Hamilton to edit the
volumes for publication and to write an introductory chapter
on the beginning of the war and its causes.
The 'North Carolina Historical Revieic. Volumes IV and V, Nos.
1-2. (Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission. 1927-
28. Paper. Pp. 536; 262.) Each number of this quarterly
magazine devoted to North Carolina history contains three
articles, documentary material, historical notes, book reviews,
and historical news.
II. In Press.
1. North Carolina Manual, 1929. Compiled and edited by A. R.
Newsome.
2. William Byrd's Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia
and North Carolina. With introductions and Notes by William
K. Boyd.
3. The Diary of Randolph G. Shotwell. Edited by J. G. deR.
Hamilton. Volume I.
III. In Preparation.
1. Adelaide L. Fries is editing the fourth volume of the Records
of the Moravians in North Carolina.
2. J. G. deR. Hamilton is editing the remainder of the diary of
Randolph G. Shotwell.
3. M. C. S. Noble is editing a documentary collection on Public
Education in North Carolina since 1840.
HISTORICAL MARKERS
The Historical Commission has aided in the erection of a
number of historical markers during the period of this report.
It has rendered financial assistance to the following projects:
1. A bronze tablet at Gillespie Gap to the heroes of King's Mountain
who went through the Gap, to the heroes of Etchoe Pass, and
to the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee Troops,
30th Division, in the World War. The tablet was erected by
a local committee assisted by the Commission which author-ized
its cooperation in April, 1926. The unveiling occurred on
July 4, 1927.
2. A bronze tablet commemorating the battle of Bentonville which
occurred on March 19-21, 1865, in Johnston County between
the forces of General Joseph E. Johnston and Major-General
W. T. Sherman. The memorial, erected by the Commission
in cooperation with the North Carolina Division, United
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Daughters of the Confederacy, was unveiled on the battle-field,
September 15, 1927.
3. A bronze tablet to mark the site of the arsenal at Fayetteville,
authorized by the United States Congress, 1836; captured by
North Carolina, April 22, 1861; transferred to the Confederate
government, June 5, 1861; and destroyed by Major General
W. T. Sherman, March 11-14, 1865. The J. E. B. Stuart chapter,
United Daughters of the Confederacy, cooperated with the
Commission in the erection and in the unveiling exercises on
May 22, 1928.
STIMULATION OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND
INVESTIGATION
One of the duties of the Commission, prescribed by law, is
"to stimulate and encourage historical investigation and research
among the people of the State." Through its publications and its
large collection of manuscripts conveniently arranged for use,
the Commission has stimulated and assisted the research of
numerous students. Although the technical v^^ork of historical
research is primarily for the trained investigator, it has not
been uncommon for interested and intelligent laymen to produce
works of excellence in state and national history. In the hope
of exerting a direct stimulus to greater historical interest and
activity in the State, the Historical Commission has been pro-moting
since May, 1927, the project of securing a county his-torian
for each of the 100 counties in the State, to be selected
by the Boards of Education of the respective counties. So favor-able
was the response which the project received that 72 county
historians have been selected. Several of the county historians
have already been active in locating and collecting county and
personal manuscript material and newspapers, in writing news-paper
articles and arranging historical programs, in marking
historic spots, in forming county historical associations, and in
making plans for the ultimate production and publication of
county histories.
In May, 1928, the Historical Commission joined the Governor
in sponsoring a public exhibition in the Capitol at Raleigh of
the old silver table service presented by the State in 1817 to the
daughter of Captain Johnston Blakeley of North Carolina in
honor of his brilliant career as commander of the sloop of war
Wasp in the War of 1812. The exhibition was made possible
by the courtesy of the owner. Col. Edward Treffry of Cornwall,
England, and his representative, Capt. E. P. Gaston. At the
request and under the auspices of local organizations, the silver
service was exhibited in Greensboro, Durham, Charlotte, Chapel
Hill, Winston-Salem, and Asheville. Several thousand citizens
and students were definitely informed and interested in one of
the dramatic incidents of state and national history.
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The Commission has sought to preserve and extend its cordial
relations and cooperation with the patriotic, educational, and
historical organizations in the State.
HALL OF HISTORY
I transmit herewith the report of Fred A. Olds, Collector, Hall
of History, for the period December 1, 1926-June 30, 1928
:
Raleigh, N. C, June 30, 1928.
Mr. a. R. Newsome, Secretary,
North Carolina Historical Commission,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir:
It is pleasant to report that the nineteen months beginning December 1,
1926, have been a fortunate period for additions to the Hall of History and
the Archives section of the Commission. The number of accessions and their
wide variety have added greatly to the attractiveness of the Hall of History
and to the usefulness of the Archives section. It gives further pleasure to
report that the attendance during the period has broken all previous records.
During the period opportunity was taken, by day and by night work, to
rearrange carefully the thousands of objects in the Hall of History, and to
install the many new objects which made necessary such rearrangement.
The objects were found to be free from insects, as frequent use of moth-killers
has maintained this good condition through the years since 1900,
when the first Hall of History was opened by your Collector.
The collection of early public records not in current use was pressed in
eight counties, with success, these counties being Alamance, Carteret, Chat-ham,
Edgecombe, Johnston, Northampton, Orange and Wilkes.
Installations in the Hall of History included oil portraits of Governors
Montfort Stokes and Benjamin Williams.
Your collector prepared with special care the histories of the governors
of this Colony and State, from 1585 to the present day—71 in all; and was
so fortunate as to find, in England and the United States, pictures of 48
of them. The histories and the photographs appeared in a series of Sunday
issues of the Raleigh News and Observer, and the 48 pictures are now placed
in a special case in the eastern Hall of History, at no cost to the Commis-sion.
The case adjoins two which contain the pictures of the persons for
whom North Carolina counties are named.
Portraits in oil were secured of Henry Lawson Wyatt, of Edgecombe
County, the first Confederate soldier killed in battle; of Orrin Randolph
Smith; and of Col. Hamilton A. Brown, of the First Regiment, North Caro-lina
State Troops, Confederate States Army. Daguerreotypes were obtained
of Col. Charles C. Tew, the first Colonel of the Second Regiment North
Carolina State Troops, and Major Lucius J. Johnson, 17th Regiment, State
Troops.
Large photographs were secured of Governors James Turner, Warren
Winslow, Z. B. Vance, Curtis H. Brogden, Alfred M. Scales and Thomas
Walter Bickett, and Senators Jeter C. Pritchard and and Lee S. Overman.
The Charter of the colonial county of Tryon, signed by Governor Wil-liam
Tryon, after whom it was named, and the court records of that now
long extinct county, are very interesting accessions.
Two oil paintings of colonial homes enrich the collections: one of
"Hunter's Lodge," a few miles south of Raleigh, where, in 1771, the army
under command of Gov. Tryon spent two days on its way from New Bern
to Orange County, to crush the "Regulators"; the other of the home of Col.
Allen Rogers, a few miles northeast of Raleigh, where Gen. Lafayette spent
the night before his visit to Raleigh in 1825. Both houses were built about
1760.
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Hundreds of photographs have been presented to the Commission, some
of them being of the graves of Governors Owen, Ellis and Russell; North Caro-lina
scenes and highways in all parts of the State; the tablet in the State
Capitol in memory of the North Carolina signers of the Declaration of
Independence at Philadelphia, Hewes, Hooper and Penn; the memorial to the
Wright Brothers, at Kitty Hawk, where they first flew, in December, 1903;
Rendezvous Mountain, where Col. Benjamin Cleveland and other patriots
gathered to march on King's Mountain, in 1780; the memorial at Gillespie's
Gap, &c.
Other accessions are as follows: linen table-cloth from Governor Tryon's
"palace" at New Bern, 1771; cane of Jacob Johnson, father of President
Andrew Johnson, born in Raleigh; candlestick and gavel from the Daniel
Boone Oak, at Boone, where that "prince of pioneers" hunted 10 years,
1760-69; original letter to Gen. Andrew Jackson, at New Orleans, from
Commodore Patterson, 1815; letters from Mrs. Jefferson Davis to Mr. James
A. Briggs, of Raleigh; ink stand, of mother-of-pearl, of General and Mrs.
W. H. C. Whiting, Wilmington, 1862-65; rifle of W. J. Smith, of Johnston
County, made in 1840, by the Brothers Lamb, at Jamestown, Guilford County;
invitation to attend the joint celebration at Raleigh, June 10, 1840, of the
completion of the present State Capitol and the Raleigh & Gaston railway;
a sword-of-honor, presented by the people of Warren County to Major Brax-ton
Bragg, U. S. Army, for distinguished gallantry in the War with Mexico,
1848-49; swords of Lt. E. T. Muse, U. S. Navy, in the War of 1812, of Lt.
James Iredell Waddell, U. S. Navy, 1860 (afterwards commander of the
Confederate States cruiser "Shenandoah"), and of Joseph Richardson, 63d
Regiment, N. C. State Troops, C. S. A.; silver spurs presented to Capt. Louis
D. Wilson, of Edgecombe County and worn in the War with Mexico, 1848,
and in the Civil War by Col. Francis M. Parker, 30th Regiment, North
Carolina State Troops, C. S. A. ; buttons from the uniform coat of Lt. Gen.
D. H. Hill of the Confederate Army and picture of the memorial tablet in
his honor, at Charlotte; blue-print of the locomotive "Raleigh," built at War-rington,
England, 1836, for the Raleigh & Gaston railway; a dollar coined
from North Carolina gold by the Bechtler Brothers at Rutherfordton, 1830-
35; muster-rolls and pay-rolls of the 22nd and 26th Regiments North Carolina
State Troops, 1861-65; photographs of President Roosevelt's visit to Raleigh,
1905; photograph of Van Dyck's portrait of Lady Ann Wake, a sister-in-law
of Gov. Tryon; miniatures of great beauty, painted in 1760, of Rev. and
Mrs. Arthur Iredell, of England, the parents of Judge James Iredell, and
of the wife of Judge Iredell and their son. Governor James Iredell, and his
wife, and of the sons of the latter. Dr. Samuel Iredell and Maj. James Iredell,
of the Confederate army; letter from Gen. John J. Pershing, commanding
the armies of the United States, to Harold Smith, aged 11, of Charlotte,
saying: "You ask me if the North Carolina soldiers broke the Hindenburg
Line. They did, and, what is more important, they broke the back of the
German divisions opposed to them. Like their fathers in the Civil War,
they fought aggressively, with high courage and heroic fortitude, just as you
will, if the country needs you, because of their example."
After all, the most gratifying feature of the Hall of History is the steadily
increasing number of teachers and pupils in public and private schools
whom it attracts. A most remarkable gain in the number of these has been
shown in 1928, it being 50 per cent more than in 1927. The main move-ment
begins early in March and ends late in May. In 1927 it totalled about
4,500. This year it began February 20 and ended June 15th. It began
again in July and ended August 5th. The total number of teachers and
pupils was over 6,500. They came from 71 counties and all the way from
Currituck in the East to Mitchell and Cherokee in the West. In some cases
as many as 7 schools came from one county, and the total number of schools
was 127. Colleges, high schools and grammar schools contributed their
quota. These visitors have been more attentive, more studious, and more
attractive than ever before.
A great many visitors were from the summer schools at Raleigh, the
training schools here in religious work for the whole State, the men's and
women's farm-clubs, the Young Tar-Heel Farmers Clubs, and the Four-H
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Clubs. Many county superintendents of city and large town schools came.
Sunday schools contributed a handsome part of the throngs. It may be
said that at least 25 per cent more people have visited the Halls of History
this year than in the same period in 1927.
Respectfully submitted,
Feed A. Olds,
Collector, Hall of History.
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY
The work of the Legislative Reference Library for the period
of this report is set forth in the following report of Henry M.
London, Legislative Reference Librarian:
Raleigh, N. C, June 30, 1928.
Mr. a. R. Newsome, Secretary,
North Carolina Historical Commission,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Sir:
I beg to submit herewith a report of the work of the Legislative Refer-ence
Library from December 1, 1926, to June 30, 1928.
During the foregoing period the following publications have been prepared
and distributed among state and county officials and a large number of
interested citizens throughout the State:
1. A booklet of 53 pages containing the official vote of the November,
1926, election by counties for U. S. Senator, Representatives in Congress,
Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the
Superior Courts, member of the Corporation Commission, Solicitors, Con-stitutional
Amendment and Referendum, and also the vote at the Primaries,
June 5 and July 3, 1926, together with a list of members of the General
Assembly of 1927.
2. In January, 1927, a Directory of State and County Officials containing
78 pages was compiled and published. The almost daily demand for this
booklet is full evidence of its usefulness.
3. Bulletin No. 7, 45 pages, containing amendments to the Consolidated
Statutes enacted at the 1927 session of the General Assembly. The chapters
which in terms or in effect amend certain chapters, sections, or sub-sections
of the Consolidated Statutes have been brought forward in this bulletin
and arranged according to the section number of the Consolidated Statutes.
In each case the chapter number is given so that reference may be made
to the session laws. These amendments have been printed so that they may
be clipped and pasted in the Consolidated Statutes or the bulletin may be
used as a supplement in its present form.
4. In June, 1927, a Court Calendar covering the biennium July 1, 1927,
to June 30, 1929, was prepared and published and distributed to court officials,
practicing attorneys and others interested. This publication has long been
regarded as indispensable by judges, solicitors and lawyers in keeping up
with the changes in the terms of court made at each session of the Legis-lature.
In addition to the above publications much other material has been com-piled
for various state departments. Through the State Board of Elections
there was printed in 1927 a compilation of the Election Laws of North
Carolina, including the amendments of 1927, containing 54 pages, which was
compiled in this office. A compilation of the Labor Laws of the State, 44
pages, was also prepared in this office and issued by the Department of
Labor and Printing.
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A number of other matters of a legislative nature have been compiled
for municipalities and persons throughout the State.
During the 1927 session of the General Assembly over 600 bills were
drafted for legislators and much assistance rendered them in securing in-formation
desired on various matters of proposed legislation. This form
of service is being appreciated more and more at each legislative session.
Following the State Primary held June 2, 192S, a list of legislative nomi-nees
of the two parties was compiled and published.
After each November election a list of the newly elected members of the
General Assembly is printed.
A compilation and digest of the several constitutional amendments to
be voted on in November is now being prepared for the State Board of
Elections:
1. Relative to increase of pay of legislators;
2. Creation of solicitorial districts;
3. Classification of intangibles for taxation.
This digest will be printed and distributed throughout the State, so that
the voters may be fully informed as to the proposed amendments.
Respectfully submitted,
Henry M. London,
Legislative Reference Librarian.
SUMMARY
A summary of the work of the Historical Commission for the
past nineteen months shows that
:
1. 258 volumes and approximately 45,000 pieces of manuscripts were col-lected,
catalogued, and filed in the collection of County Records.
2. 10,000 pieces of manuscripts were added to the collection of Secretary
of State's Papers.
3. 28,500 pieces of manuscripts were added to the Legislative papers.
4. 301 issues of North Carolina newspapers and 54 maps were secured.
5. 7 collections of personal papers received accessions and 13 new collec-tions
consisting of 58 volumes and approximately 5,000 manuscripts
were made.
6. 5,351 pages of photostats and transcripts of North Carolina material in
the archives of England and Spain were secured.
7. A new system of cataloguing was devised and applied to the collection
of County Records.
8. 7,463 manuscripts were scientifically treated for preservation and
mounted for binding.
9. 38 volumes of manuscripts were bound.
10. A manuscript collection containing more than 1,600 volumes and 600,000
unbound documents was administered and kept at the service of the
public. Approximately 2,000 visits were made to consult the records,
331 by non-residents of the State and 165 by historians and graduate
students. More than 750 certified copies of records were made for
391 people living in North Carolina and 37 other states and foreign
countries.
11. 6 volumes, 1 bulletin, and the quarterly issues of The North Carolina
Historical Revieio were publislied.
12. 3 historical markers were erected.
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13. 11,000 North Carolina school children and many citizens of this and
other states visited the Hall of History.
14. Historical lectures were delivered in various parts of the State.
15. The Legislative Reference Library issued 4 publications and drafted
about 600 bills for members of the legislature.
Respectfully submitted,
A. R. Newsome,
Secretary.
Raleigh, N. C, July 1, 1928.