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- North Carolina booklet : great events in North Carolina history [1907 : October, v.7 : no.2]
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- Date
- October 1907
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- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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North Carolina booklet : great events in North Carolina history [1907 : October, v.7 : no.2]
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THE XOItTH CAROr.IXA BOOKLET.
the Southern States; has given a number of popular lectures
on economic problems before the Southern schools and col¬
leges.
Professor Paper’s travels In Europe and in the eastern part
of the United States have so enlarged his observations on
economic and social conditions that he is considered an ex¬
cellent authority in this line of education.
The article written by him for the Xorth Carolina Book¬
let (September. 11103), on “Social Life in Colonial Xorth
Carolina” throws much light on that period of our history,
laying a foundation for a fuller account for the future his¬
torian who may rescue from old documents and other sources
not yet attainable but which, through the North Carolina
Historical Commission, will doubtless be found in the private
letters and records of the old families of the State. The pos¬
sessors of such documents should co-operate with the Commis¬
sion in its efforts to preserve and render available such ma¬
terial.
Professor Paper’s literary and historical work so far is an
augury to his future usefulness and reputation.
WILLIS GRANDY BRIGGS.
Willis Grnndy Briggs, writer of the article on “Joseph
Gales, Raleigh’s First Editor,” in this issue of The Booklet,
is the postmaster at Raleigh, X. C.
Mr. Briggs was born October 9, 1875, and comes from the
family of Hunters and Norwoods, pioneer settlers in Wake
county. His great grandfather, John Joyner Briggs, helped
(dear the forest for this fair city, built, some of the first houses
in Raleigh and died here at the advanced age of ninety-six
years. He was one of the founders of the Baptist church
here, an officer in the first local temperance society and a man
of great piety. Together lie and Joseph Gales served on the
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