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What New Bern, N.C. Has to Offer You: A Hand Book of Useful Information.
Booklet detailing New Bern's history and businesses around 1910.

Position: 542 (28 views)

Tuscarora Mills trade card
Trade card, typeset on card stock, for Tuscarora Mills sawmill, New Berne, North Carolina

Position: 517 (29 views)

Turpentine Manufacture In The Southern States
An article on how turpentine and rosin are collected to be distributed after the Civil War. The turpentine business was lucrative in Eastern North Carolina and Georgia. The article includes illustrations of workers collecting and processing the…

Position: 864 (11 views)

The War In North Carolina--View Of Newbern, From The Interior Of Fort Thompson, After Its Capture Of The National Forces--Burning Of Rosin Works, Railway Bridge And Naval Stores: And Showing Vessels Sunk In The Channel Of Neuse River, To Prevent Approach Of National Gunboats
Engraved is the Union troops after taking over New Bern in 1862 burning major businesses and setting up camp at Fort Thompson.

Position: 895 (9 views)

The War in North Carolina--Landing of National Troops Under General Burnside At The Mouth Of Slocum's Creek, Neuse River, 15 Miles Below Newbern, On Their Way To Attack That City
Pictured in the engraving is Union troops coming into Slocum Creek, fifteen miles below New Bern. General Burnside is sketched on the Alice Price. Men are leaping off of the Pilot Boy eager for battle, and General Reno is on the Patuxent.

Position: 848 (12 views)

The New Bern Tribune
The New Bern Tribune insert of April 1934 gives insight into local agriculture, politics, railroads, and businesses.

Position: 357 (40 views)

The New Bern Morris Plan Company
Annual report of the New Bern Morris Plan Company.

Position: 347 (41 views)

The Grand Military Ball Program 1876
The Press Association of North Carolina is throwing a military ball for the Newbern Grays and the Elm City Riflemen at Stanly Hall. Listed below the date and time are the managers on duty, the committee on music, the committee on invitations, and the…

Position: 929 (6 views)

The Fleet Ascending The Neuse River
An engraving of the Union ships coming in through the Neuse River, March 14, 1862.

Position: 895 (9 views)

The Effects of the Proclamation--Freed Negroes Coming Into Our Lines at Newbern, North Carolina
An engraving of freed slaves marching into Federal territory after the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863.

Position: 895 (9 views)

The Cypress Tree
Broadside, apparently published in 1929, reprinting an 1882 newspaper article detailing the history of the Cypress Tree in New Bern, N.C.

Position: 274 (51 views)

The Burnside Expedition--The Storming of Fort Thompson, At Newbern, North Carolina, March 14, 1862
An engraving of the surprise attack on Fort Thompson by the Federals, March 14, 1862.

Position: 926 (7 views)

The Burnside Expedition--Bombardment of Newbern, North Carolina
An engraving of the naval attack on New Bern showing both the ships and the town on fire, March 14, 1862.

Position: 909 (8 views)

Souvenir of New Bern, North Carolina
A history of New Bern produced for the Bicentennial Celebration in 1910, this volume also includes illustrations of many of New Bern's attractions and businesses.

Position: 295 (47 views)

Short Historical Sketch of Christ Church Parish, New Bern, N.C., 1715-1911
An early history of New Bern's oldest church.

Position: 188 (87 views)

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