BOOK
Title:
Report of the geological survey of North Carolina. Vol. I. Physical geography, resumé, economical geology
Creators:
North Carolina State Geologist. | Kerr, Washington Caruthers, 1827-1885 | North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905)
Publication:
J. Turner, State printer and binder, Raleigh, 1875.
Notes:
Chapters 1-2 of v. 2, published separately, have titles: Minerals and mineral localities of North Carolina and Ores of North Carolina, respectively. "Historical sketch": p. vii-xviii. Appendices: A. Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil shells of North Carolina, in the State cabinet at Raleigh, by T.A. Conrad.--B. Synopsis of the vertebrata whose remains have been preserved in the formations of North Carolina, by E.D. Cope.--C. Preliminary report on the minerals of North Carolina, by F.A. Genth.--D. Corundum and its associated rocks, by C.D. Smith; Essay on the geology of western North Carolina, by C.D. Smith.
Extent:
1 p.l., xviii, 325, 120 p. : front. (fold. col. map) illus., plates (part fold.) ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Agricultural, geological, and descriptive sketches of lower North Carolina, and the similar adjacent lands
Creator:
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
Publication:
Printed at the Institution for the deaf & dumb, & the blind, Raleigh, 1861.
Notes:
Micropublished as publication no.108e on Reel 24 in "American Natural History, based on the Bibliography of American Natural History, 1769-1865 by Max Meisel." New Haven, Conn.: Research Publications, Inc., 1974.
Call #:
FLM 1348 PUB.108E
Extent:
xi, [1], p.13-296 ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
A relation of a discovery lately made on the coast of Florida: (from lat. 31. to 33 deg. 45 min. north-lat.)
Creators:
Hilton, William, d. 1675 | Long, Anthony. | Fabian, Peter. | Force, Peter, 1790-1868
Publication:
Smith, New York, 1947.
Notes:
On verso of 1st prelim. leaf: Licensed June 22. 1664. Roger L'Estrange. Relation signed: Anthony Long. William Hilton. Peter Fabian. This expedition first visited the neighborhood of Port Royal, then sailed northeastward along the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina, concluding with a careful exploration of Cape Fear River.
BOOK
Title:
Journal of a lady of quality: being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774 to 1776
Creators:
Schaw, Janet, ca. 1731-ca. 1801 | Andrews, Evangeline Walker | Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943 | British Museum Mss. (Egerton 2423)
Publication:
Yale University Press, H. Milford, Oxford University Press, New Haven, London, 1934.
Notes:
Maps on lining-papers. The journal was written by Janet Schaw of Edinburgh. cf. Introd. "The manuscript from which the present text is printed is known as Egerton 2423, and is ... in the British Museum."--p. [1] "Second edition, with additional notes and illustrations."
Extent:
3 p. l., 349 p. : plates, port., maps, facsims. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Prose works: narratives of a colonial Virginian
Creators:
Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-
Publication:
Belknap Press, of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1966.
Notes:
First published in 1841 under title: The Westover manuscripts.
Extent:
vii, 438 p. illus., facsims., maps, port. 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The Westover manuscripts: containing the History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A journey to the land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A progress to the mines; written fr. 1728 to 1736 & now first published
Creator:
Byrd, William, 1674-1744
Publication:
Printed by E. and J. C. Ruffin, Petersburg [Va.], 1841.
BOOK
Title:
A new voyage to Carolina
Creator:
Lawson, John, d. 1712
Publication:
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, [1967]
Notes:
Some illustrations on lining papers. Includes index.
Extent:
liv, 305 p : ill., facsims, maps, port. ; 27 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The discoveries of John Lederer: with unpublished letters by and about Lederer to Governor John Winthrop, Jr., and an essay on the Indians of Lederer's Discoveries
Creators:
Lederer, John. | Rights, Douglas L. (Douglas LeTell), 1891-1956 | Cumming, William Patterson, 1900- | Winthrop, John, 1606-1676
Publication:
University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 1958.
Notes:
With reproduction of t.p.: The discoveries of John Lederer, in three several marches from Virginia, to the west of Carolina... Bibliographical data: p. 127-128. Writings about Lederer: p. 129-135.
Extent:
xi, 148 p. : facsim, maps. ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The discoveries of John Lederer: in three several marches from Virginia, to the west of Carolina, and other parts of the continent : begun in March 1669, and ended in September 1670 : together with a general map of the whole territory which he traversed
Creators:
Lederer, John. | Talbot, WilliamSir, d. 1691
Publication:
George P. Humphrey, Rochester, N.Y, 1902.
Notes:
Facsimile of 1672 ed., pub. London : printed by J.C. for Samuel Heyrick.
Extent:
30 p., [1] leaf of plates : map ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
William Byrd's histories of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina: With introduction and notes by William K. Boyd
Creators:
Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Boyd, William Kenneth, 1879-1938 | Virginia Commissioners on North Carolina Boundary (1728-1729)
Publication:
The North Carolina historical commission, Raleigh, 1929.
Extent:
xxvii, 341 p. : pl. maps ; quarto.
BOOK
Title:
The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr."
Creators:
Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
Publication:
Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1901.
Notes:
One of an edition of 500 copies on specially made paper and 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum paper. "The original of the catalogue was bought by William Mackenzie, Esq., from N.G. Dufief, bookseller, and bequeathed by him ... to the Library Company of Philadelphia. The present copy is itself a copy of a copy made for the late T.H. Wynne and now owned by Mr. R.A. Brock, of Richmond, through whose kindness I am able to make this reprint ... It was probably made in 1777 just before the library was sold [and] ... was printed ... Dec. 19, 1777 ..."--Editor's note, p. 413.
Extent:
vi p., 2 l., lx-lxxxvii, 461 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 27 cm.
ANALYTIC
Title:
A new voyage to Georgia
Parent:
Georgia historical society. Collections. Savannah, 1842. v.2
Publication:
Printed for J. Wilford, London, 1737.
Notes:
First edition: J. Wilford, 1735. "The second edition has merely a new title-page." -Sabin. Bibl. amer. "A reprint of an extremely rare pamphlet. The first edition was published in 1735."
Extent:
p.[37]-66 ; 24 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Virginia: more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued : viz. The fertile Carolina, and no lesse excellent isle of Roanoak, of latitude from 31. to 37. degr. relating the meanes of raysing infinite profits to the adventurers and planters
Creators:
Williams, Edward, fl. 1650 | Ferrar, John, 1590?-1657
Publication:
Smith, New York, 1947.
Notes:
The second edition consisted of two parts, of which the first was a new edition of the author's "Virgo trivmphans: or, Virginia richly and truly valued ... by Edward Williams, gent.", London, 1650. Quartich (General catalogue, v. 5, p. 2991-2992) says that John Farrer (or Ferrar) who is referred to in the preface, supplied Williams with the material for this work. 5, v. 3, p. 168. Reprint. In Force, Peter. Tracts ... Washington, 1836-46. v.3 [1844] no.11. On verson of title-page: Force's Collection of historical tracts. Reprint of the first part of the second edition of this work.
Extent:
62 p. ; 23 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Westward from Virginia: the exploration of the Virginia-Carolina frontier, 1650-1710
Creator:
Briceland, Alan Vance, 1939-
Publication:
University Press of Virginia, Charlotteville, VA, 1987.
Notes:
Includes index. Bibliography: p. [203]-220.
Extent:
ix, 227 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia
Creators:
Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621 | Adams, Randolph Greenfield, 1892-1951
Publication:
History Book Club, New York, 1951.
Notes:
"First of a facsimile series printed especially for the members of the History Book Club." Facsimile of the Quaritch-Huth-Quaritch-Clements copy in the William L. Clements Library.
Extent:
xvii, [48] p. : illus. (coat of arms) ; duodecimo.
ANALYTIC
Title:
Diary of a journey through the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, from July 1, 1765 to April 10, 1766
Parent:
American philosophical society, Transactions, n.s. vol. 33, pt.1
Creators:
Bartram, John, 1699-1777 | Harper, Francis, 1886-
Publication:
The American philosophical society, Philadelphia, 1942.
Notes:
For bibliographical note on this work, see Swem, E.G., Brothers of the spade, in Proceedings of American Antiquarian Society, v.58, pt.1.
Call #:
506.73 AM4T V.33, PT.1
Extent:
p.iv, 1-120 : port., pl., maps ; quarto.