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- Lance McDonald on 10 April 1863: “A great many spectators especially ladies _ for whom Genl Hardee has given the entertainment _ he has several at his house _ and this is the second or third time they have come up from Huntersville.”
- Lance McDonald on 10 April 1863: “A great many spectators especially ladies _ for whom Genl Hardee has given the entertainment _ he has several at his house _ and this is the second or third time they have come up from Huntersville.”
- Robert Terry on 29 March 1863: Sketch….showing…..Siege of Washington, NC, March 29 to April 16, 1863
- Michael Ward on 25 February 1863: “Troops have been pouring in in great numbers from North Carolina.”
- 28 January 1863: “Well, Judge, if they are our enemies we will have to admit they have fine music…” | Civil War Day by Day on 18 January 1863: “I made twelve garments last week and worked sixty-two button holes and sewed on as many buttons. Can you equal that?”
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20 September 1862: “the legislature, if convened, would be cramped & hampered by the forms of the Constitution…”
Item transcription: Letter, 20 September 1862, from Weldon Nathaniel Edwards, Ridgeway, N.C., to William Alexander Graham, Hillsboro, N.C. The letter concerns the prospect of convening, in late 1862, a legislative convention in North Carolina. Edwards served as the president of the … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged North Carolina, North Carolina Convention, Secession Convention, Weldon N. Edwards, William A. Graham, Zebulon Vance
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30 January 1862: “WHEREAS, It is of great importance to manufacture Salt in the interior of this State…”
Item description: Salt continued to be of great importance to the North Carolina Secession Convention as evidenced by this ordinance. In it, the convention exempts the owners and operators of “The Chatham Salt Mining and Manufacturing Company” from militia service, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Chatham Salt Mining and Manufacturing Company, convention, military service, militias, North Carolina, North Carolina Convention, ordinances, salt, Secession Convention
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20 January 1862: “It is desirable that Constitutions, based on sound republican principles, should be as seldom subjected as possible to general revisions and changes…”
Item description: Signed by William Woods Holden and Ervin A. Thompson, this report explains their dissenting views concerning new modes of amending North Carolina’s constitution, which were proposed by the state’s Secession Convention. They argue against extraneous calls for and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged amendments, Constitution, Ervin A. Thompson, North Carolina, North Carolina Convention, Secession Convention, W.W. Holden, William W. Holden
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8 December 1861: “Evey Man Woman & Child would sign a petition to that effect. Except the distillers.”
Item description: Letter from George A. McManners to William A. Graham. McManners urged Governor Graham to take up the question of whiskey taxation at the convention to prevent corn speculation and to protect his political standing with the people of … Continue reading
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Tagged commodities, corn, food shortage, North Carolina, North Carolina Convention, prices, speculation, Stay Law, taxes, whiskey
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2 December 1861: “The great and pressing demand for the immediate supply of salt for the use of our citizens and soldiers…”
Item description: Ex officio governor Henry T. Clark transmitted these instructions for producing salt from seawater to the North Carolina Secession Convention for its consideration. The instructions came from Ebenezer Emmons, state geologist of North Carolina. Item citation: “Manufacture of … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Ebenezer Emmons, Henry T. Clark, North Carolina Convention, salt, Secession Convention
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