The Sabbath School pupils and Pollock Street M.E. Chapel are hosting a Christmas event in 1878. The managers are E.G. Newbegin and J.A. Suydam, Jr. The ticket is to admit the bearer, Mrs. M.E. Brinn.
A $25 promissory note from William J. Clarke to R.H. Roundtree & Co dated August 7, 1875. The note was paid on January 5, 1876. Collateral used for the note included coupons on bonds for the North Carolina Railroad.
Mrs. Jennie Shotwell published a song written by her brother-in-law in 1866 to be sung for the benefit of the "Stonewall Cemetery." An article in the May 12, 1903, News & Observer states that the poem "had never been published until Mrs. Jennie…
The opening of St. Anne's Church in Jacksonville was dedicated to Reverend Thomas C. Darst (second clergymen to the right) with the speakers Reverend Williams (not identified yet), and Reverend Noe (pictured to the far right in front of the officer).…
Christ Church of New Bern's choir is pictured out front of St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville. The clergyman all the way to the left, facing the camera, is Reverend Darst.
St. Thomas's Church in Bath, North Carolina is the oldest church in use in North Carolina, being built in 1734. Pictured here is the walkway leading to the church between two hedges.
"An Abe Middleton Circular" talks of the dangers of the African American community and "their white allies". The circular seeks to refute Republican claims about the Constitutional Amendment seeking to disenfranchise African American voters. A…
Photograph of the gate of the Stanly House, which belonged to James A. Bryan, during a snowstorm in the winter of 1916. The image is similar to another credited to George Moulton.
Sketch showing the downtown portion of New Bern, N.C. Paved streets are noted with dates of construction. Sidewalks on all streets, constructed 1908. Business streets are shaded.
An advertisement for the Tuscarora Mills Company, owned by James A. Bryan, a dealer in Yellow Pine. Bryan owned many businesses in New Bern as well as being a banker in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
An ink engraving of the Washington Hotel built in 1818 and was burned down during the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862. The hotel went through many owners during its standing. The owner on this engraving is W.J. Smith.
What appears to be three men standing on a railroad engine in Eastern North Carolina. The train is believed to have been produced in 1847 possibly for the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
A photograph of Pollock Street looking east from George Street. The Stevenson House can be seen near the center of the image. Oxen and carts are visible down the street with a few onlookers in the background.