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A guide including historic attractions such as the W.B. Blades House are included in this guide for New Bern. This brochure is for the Bicentennial Celebration of the American Revolution in 1976.

Biography of the life of Nathaniel Macon, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

An essay examining Cornelius Harnett, a pivotal North Carolina patriot whose leadership helped overthrow royal authority and ignite the American Revolution in the colony.

This copy of the "Proceedings of the Committee for the Town of Newbern, North Carolina, and the County Craven, May 31, 1775" shows revolutionary action and commentaries against the Tory Party and the Crown. They speak of nominating a committee in New…

This book was compiled by the state historian of the North Carolina Daughters of the Revolution in 1930. This book includes the history of each chapter of the D.A.R. including the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter in New Bern. The histories include the…

Otway Burns was a commander of the war schooner Snap Dragon during the War of 1812, as well as a merchant, politician, and patriot. Born in Swansboro, he worked with recruits from New Bern and sailed as far north as Portland, Maine, during the war.…

A monograph on the Council and Committees of Safety in North Carolina. This study examines their organization and administration, as well as how they assumed and carried out the functions of government.

Minute book of the New Bern/Craven County American Revolution Bicentennial Commission covering the years 1973 to 1976 detailing plans for New Bern and Craven County's celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution.