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Important Historic Americana | October 17, 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1196

Group of Eight North Carolina Documents

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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highlighted by two early North Carolina broadsides detailing the proceedings of two General Meetings of Delegates, attested by Andrew Knox (clerk), each dated 1775, one detailing the proceedings of the Second Provincial Congress of 1775 in New Bern and one concerning the withdrawal of loyalist Thomas Macknight; also including: Report on the Subject of Cotton and Woollen Manufactories and on the Growing of Wool in North Carolina, Raleigh: Lawrence & Lemay, 1828, Sabin 55684; Memoir of Colonel William McRee, U.S.E., [Wilmington, circa 1843], bound in original string-tied wrappers; Laws of the University of North Carolina..., Raleigh: J. Gales, 1800, bound in original string-tied wrappers, Evans 38130; Speech of Mr. David Outlaw, of N.C., on the Army Appropriation Bill, Washington: J. and G.S. Gideon, 1848, Sabin 57954; Speech of Mr. Rayner, of N. Carolina, on the Bill Proposing to Distribute Annually, Among the Several States, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands, [Washington], circa 1841; copy of North Carolina General Assembly Act to Incorporate the Bank of Mecklenburg, circa 1868-1896

Provenance: A Historic Edenton Family Collection

Note: This lot was viewed by representatives of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the Department does not at this time have reason to believe that the Lot contains any out-of-custody public records.

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A Historic Edenton Family Collection

wear commensurate with age and use, including creasing, small tears and losses to extremities, staining, browning, foxing, and some worming throughout