Hand-colored engraved map: Carolina. By H. Moll Geographer [Cartouche, lower right] | The English claim the Property of Carolina from Lat. 29 &c. Degrees as part of Cabot’s Discoveries who set out from Bristol in 1498, at the Charge of King Henry ye…
Engraved map: Carte General de la Caroline Dresse fur les Memoires le plus Nouveaux Par le Sieua S[anson] A Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Mortier Libraire Avec Privilege de Nos Seigneurs les Etats [cartouche] | Inset of Charles Town harbor showing the…
View of Centenary Methodist Church in the 500 block of New Street. A fence surrounds the building as several children stand in front of the fence. A bicycle leans against the fence.
A steam engine was donated by the state of North Carolina to New Bern. The Constitution was organized on January 1, 1865. The secretary of state, R.W. West, certified the document dating July 12, 1867. Below the certification, begins listing the…
Check (#1092) drawn on the National Bank of New Bern payable to J.L. Watkins or bearer for $13.27. A. Miller and Brothers signed the check dated January 11, 1877. The check was printed by William Mann of Philadelphia. Vignette on the check is a…
Five children, two in colonial costume. Writing on back "Lots of historical pageants when we were growing up in New Bern N C" Identifications are: "Julia Bishop Smallwood in costume, Jane Gibbs, Julia Rountree, Julia Guion, maybe Billy Caroon."