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A Record of the War Activities in Orange Country, North Carolina

Tobacco from Social Life in Old Virginia Before the War

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Colonial, Antebellum, Postbellum, 20th Century, Geography & Geology, Population Change

Colonial

Attmore, William, d. 1800 and
Rodman, Lida Tunstall
Journal of a Tour to North Carolina by William Attmore, 1787

Chapel Hill: The University, 1922. 46 p.
Barlowe, Arthur, 1550-1620
The First Voyage to Roanoke. 1584. The First Voyage Made to the Coasts of America, with Two Barks, wherein Were Captains M. Philip Amadas and M. Arthur Barlowe, Who Discovered Part of the Countrey Now Called Virginia, anno 1584. Written by One of the Said Captaines, and Sent to Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight, at Whose Charge and Direction, the Said Voyage Was Set Forth.

[Boston, Mass.]: [Directors of the Old South Work], [1898]. 20 p.
Bartram, William, 1739-1823
Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Embellished with Copper-Plates.

Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson, 1791. xxxiv, 522 p.
Byrd, William, 1674-1744 and
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published

Petersburg, VA: Printed by Edmund and Julius C. Ruffin, 1841. iv, 143, [1] p.
Foote, William Henry, 1794-1869
Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers

New York: Robert Carter, 1846. 557, [8] p.
Graffenried, Christoph von, 1661-1743
edited by Vincent H. Todd and Julius Goebel
Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois

Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing, 1920. 434; map p.
Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621
illustrated by John White and translated by Richard Hakluyt
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia: of the Commodities and of the Nature and Manners of the Naturall Inhabitants : Discouered bÿ the English Colonÿ There Seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight In the ÿeere 1585 : Which Remained Vnder the Gouerenment of Twelue Monethes, At the Speciall Charge and Direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight Lord Warden of the Stanneries Who therein Hath Beene Fauoured and Authorised bÿ Her Maiestie and Her Letters Patents / This Fore Booke Is Made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the Aboue-Named Sir Walter, a Member of the Colonÿ, and There Imploÿed in Discouering

[New York]: [J. Sabin & Sons], [1871]. [82] p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
Lane, Ralph, 1530?-1603
Raleigh's First Roanoke Colony. An Account of the Particularities of the Imployments of the English Men Left in Virginia by Richard Greenevill under the Charge of Master Ralph Lane Generall of the Same, from the 17. of August 1585. until the 18. of June 1586. at Which Time They Departed the Countrey; Sent and Directed to Sir Walter Raleigh

Boston: Directors of the Old South Work, [1902]. 24 p.
Lawson, John, 1674-1711
A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd Thro' Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, &c.

London: [s.n.], 1709. [3], 258, [1] p., map p.
North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
North Carolina and Its Resources

Winston: M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers and Binders, 1896. xv, 413, [65] p.
Schaw, Janet, ca. 1731-ca. 1801,
Andrews, Evangeline Walker, and
Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943
Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. [i-iii], 341 p.
Smith, John, 1580-1631
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours From Their First Beginning Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided Into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England

London: Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes, 1624. [xii], 1-96, 105-248 p.
Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina

New York: Macmillan, 1906. ix, 284, [2] p.

Antebellum

Colton, Henry E.
Mountain Scenery. The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina

Raleigh, N.C.:: W.L. Pomeroy. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1859. 2 p., [ix]-xii, [13]-120 p.
Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. xvi, 935 p.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy

New York; London: Dix and Edwards; Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. xvi, 1-723, [1] p.
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
Agricultural, Geological, and Descriptive Sketches of Lower North Carolina, and the Similar Adjacent Lands

Raleigh: Printed at the Institution for the Deaf & Dumb & the Blind, 1861. xi, [13]-296 p.
Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina

New York: Macmillan, 1906. ix, 284, [2] p.

Postbellum

Bannister, Cowan & Company
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States

Wilmington, N. C.: Bannister, Cowan, 1869. viii, 116 p.
King, Edward, 1848-1896
illustrated by James Wells Champney
The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland

Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1875. xiv, [17]-802, [4] p.
North Carolina Land Co.
A Guide to Capitalists and Emigrants: Being a Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Several Counties of the State of North Carolina, United States of America; Together with Letters of Prominent Citizens of the State in Relation to the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, &C., and an Account of the Swamp Lands of the State

Raleigh, N.C.: Nichols & Gorman, 1869. 136 p.
North Carolina. Board of Agriculture
North Carolina and Its Resources

Winston: M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers and Binders, 1896. xv, 413, [65] p.

20th Century

Avery, Isaac Erwin, 1871-1904
Idle Comments

Charlotte, N.C.: Avery, 1905. xviii, 1-271 p.
Drummond, Albert Y.
Drummond's Pictorial Atlas of North Carolina

Charlotte: Albert Y. Drummond, Winston-Salem: Scoggin Printing Company, Inc., c1924. 148 p.
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce (Kinston, N.C.)
69 Progressive and Prosperous Towns of Eastern North Carolina. "Where Life Is Really Worth While" Invite You. A Wonderful Collection from Which to Make a Choice. Why Worry Where You Are When You Can Come to Eastern North Carolina and Be Happy?

Kinston: Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, [1925?]. 50, [2] p.
Green, John Patterson, b. 1845
Recollections of the Inhabitants, Localities, Superstitions, and KuKlux Outrages of the Carolinas. By a "Carpet-Bagger" Who Was Born and Lived There

[Cleveland?]: [s.n.], 1880. 205 p.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Valuable Presents Given for Tobacco Tags for the Entire Year of 1902. These are Exact Fac-similes of the Tags Redeemable under Our Offer Fully Explained Inside

[Winston-Salem, N.C.]: [R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.], [1902]. [80] p.
Southern Railway (U.S.). Passenger Traffic Dept.
Autumn and Winter in the Land of the Sky

[Washington, D.C.]: [Passenger Traffic Dept., Southern Railway Co.], [1915?]. [19] p.

Geography & Geology

Bannister, Cowan & Company
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and Advantages, as Existing in 1869. Presented to the Capitalists and People of the Central and Northern States

Wilmington, N. C.: Bannister, Cowan, 1869. viii, 116 p.
Byrd, William, 1674-1744 and
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published

Petersburg, VA: Printed by Edmund and Julius C. Ruffin, 1841. iv, 143, [1] p.
Colton, Henry E.
Mountain Scenery. The Scenery of the Mountains of Western North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina

Raleigh, N.C.:: W.L. Pomeroy. Philadelphia: Hayes & Zell, 1859. 2 p., [ix]-xii, [13]-120 p.
Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863
Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina

New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1856. xx, 351 p.
Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863
Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties; Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds

Raleigh: H. D. Turner, 1858. xvi, 314, [1] p.
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
Agricultural, Geological, and Descriptive Sketches of Lower North Carolina, and the Similar Adjacent Lands

Raleigh: Printed at the Institution for the Deaf & Dumb & the Blind, 1861. xi, [13]-296 p.

Population Change

Foote, William Henry, 1794-1869
Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers

New York: Robert Carter, 1846. 557, [8] p.
Hampton, John S.
The North Carolina Guide and Business Office Companion Containing a List of All the Post Offices in the State, with Distances from Principal Commercial Towns; Also the Population of All Incorporated Towns, Divided Between the Two Races, Together with the Names and Post Offices of the Leading Lawyers in the State

Raleigh: News Steam Book and Job Office and Bindery, 1877. 42 p.
Larkins, John R. (John Rodman)
The Negro Population of North Carolina: Social and Economic

Raleigh: North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, [1944]. 79 p.
North Carolina Land Co.
A Guide to Capitalists and Emigrants: Being a Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Several Counties of the State of North Carolina, United States of America; Together with Letters of Prominent Citizens of the State in Relation to the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, &C., and an Account of the Swamp Lands of the State

Raleigh, N.C.: Nichols & Gorman, 1869. 136 p.
Patton, James, 1756-1845
Biography of James Patton

Asheville, N.C.: [s.n.], 1850. 34 p.
Polk, L. L. (Leonidas La Fayette), 1837-1892
Tabulated Statement of Industries & Resources of North Carolina

[Raleigh]: [N.C. Department of Agriculture], 1878. 40 p.