Engraved map made of two joined sheets: Antigua Surveyed by Robert Baker Surveyor General of that Island by Thomas [J]efferys Geographer to the King. [title, lower right inside neat line]
Thomas Jefferys (ca. 1710-1771) was an engraver, geographer,…
An account of the yellow fever epidemic that struck New Bern in September and October 1864. Included in the book is a list of those who died from the epidemic.
Hand colored, engraved map showing the Atlantic coast from Chesapeake Bay to below Cape Francois and as far west as the Appalachian Mountains and Lake Norman. Title: VIRGINIÆ parties austrailis et FLORIDÆ parts orientalis interjacentiumq3 regionem…
Hand-colored engraving: Geography [title]. | To the Rt Honble George Berkeley Ld Berkeley, Mawbray, Seagrave & Bruce, Baron of Bruce Castle, & Earle of Berkeley, & one of the Lords of his Majestyes most Honble Privi Councell &c. Anno Dom. 1678 This…
Colored engraving: Navigation [title] | To ye Honble Arthur Herbert Esqr Admiral and commander in chiefe of his Majestys fleet in ye Mediterra=nean and one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty &c. This plate is Humbly dedicated by Ricd Blome. [top…
Pamphlet describing the school, teachers, and courses of the Bourdelais School of Music, which began operation in New Bern in 1913. The school continued until shortly before the death of Mr. Bordelais in October 1932.
Hand-colored engraved map: An Accurate Map of the West Indies. Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved modern Maps and Charts, and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman: Bowen. [cartouche]. | No. 57 [lower left,…
Hand-colored, engraved map: West Indies [cartouche] Cartouche includes two merchants dealing with a native. Attributed to Emanuel Bowen, this map of the West Indies shows the area from southern Maryland to northern South America. It charts the…
Billhead for Bradham and Smith, Brokers and Commission Merchants, on Craven Street in New Bern. The principal owners were Caleb D. Bradham, inventor of Pepsi-Cola, and William J. Smith.
Booklet of poetry compiled by Pamlico County native, Leo Turrell Brinson (1898-1976). All of the poems were written by Rev. G.A. Studdert Kennedy, a World War I British Army chaplain, and were published in his Rough Rhymes of a Padre in 1918. The…