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LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,

Includes the Testimonials of Joseph Galloway, and the comments of General Howe and Germain

This close-up on New Bern appears on the "complete map of North Carolina from an actual survey," made by John Collet, Swiss military engineer, cartographer, captain in the British army, and governor of Fort Johnson, NC. Collet highlighted North…

The March 24th edition of the North Carolina Gazette, North Carolina's principal newspaper between 1759 and 1778, includes, among other political and commercial articles, the entirety of a speech delivered by Mr. Cruger describing the rebels'…

At the Edenton Tea Party, fifty-one women, largely of North Carolinian, upper-class backgrounds, signed a declaration supporting the non-importation of tea. The Edenton women attempted to replicate the 1773 Boston Tea Party, but were largely ignored…

This June 1775 page from the North Carolina Gazette contextualizes Philip Dawe's satirical critique of the October 1774 Edenton Tea Party. It shows explicit references to slavery—underlining the continued importance of the practice to the North…