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Pen and ink map: Survey to Lay off ferry and roads for the Neuse River Ferry Co. [title] | The heavy broken lines represent the roads laid off and staked with the center stakes, and are considered essential to the success of the enterprise. The old…

View of crowd outside the Hughes-Stewart House attending an estate auction.

Broadside written by James C. Harrison, Republican Register of Deeds, defending himself against attacks from members of his own party.

A booklet detailing the life of an African-American businessman, Isaiah Prophet Hatch. His reminiscences discuss African-American life in Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Carteret, and Lenoir Counties from the period just after the Civil War to the era of…

One of New Bern's earlier city directories, this volume includes detailed information about the city's businesses and citizens. With the absence of the 1890 federal census, this book constitutes the largest printed listing of the residents of New…

Hand-colored, engraved map: Map of the British and French Settlements in North America. Univ. Mag. T. Hinton Newgate Street [cartouche] | Inset: Fort Frederick at Crown Point built by the French 1731 [inset, center bottom.]
Map shows North America…

Invitation, program, and list of open houses for the Historic Celebration and Pageant held in New Bern on June 11, 1929.

Image of Mrs. Kellenberger and Gov. Hodges standing before the gates of Tryon Palace during the grand opening ceremony, April 8, 1959.

Hand-colored, engraved map: VIRGINIA MARYLANDIA et CAROLINA in America Septentroinali Britannorum industria excultae reparasentae a Ioh. Bapt. Homann S.C.M. Geog. Norimbergae [cartouche, lower right] | 86 [upper right corner, outside plate…

View of the north side of the 500 block of South Front Street showing gas tanks and delivery trucks, taken June 1947.