The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-02-12
Sketches Of Nor,h-Caro:ina.
BEArIEs FoED, Lincoln Co. NC.

BEATIEs FoED, Lincoln CO., n. C. J
October 25, 1850. {
a WORK will be published by the UNDERSIGNED
n ihis ~prlng emitted as above, giving an nc
clrt' eenoi q each county ia our State, in abba
~ilt4 it HE 1efiy ton Of lis name date Of for
uai.o taoua and Revolutionary History. a
Byg'aaas q IL distinguished citizens an aceaI a e
ist o. ais repre- ent4t n in each br uch of the Gen
erai A emily, rs Towns, Rivers, Population, Re
sources, tfpducis aud Topography.
/ The Undersigned has for many years been collect
ing ana eaHdensiug the material ior this work The
srehse. our own State have been carefully exam.
med, and opious extracts made from its records
lie has procured from the flee Of the Board Of adc
anu P'anllous II LondOn many valuable documents
Rare ard yauatle " rhs have been Purchased from
abroad, touching the early history Of our State, aud
each couulv, which have never seen The light lie
has been Kindly aided ty gentlemen in different Sec
ions by raFies OF original documents and faithful
r1c''ioaal statements, highly important and inter.
osu4g.
Ii, doe mol aspire 10 the position of the Historian,
bA hopes from records and statistical facts 10 iflrd
ma'erIal to other and alder hands for this II asing
aud less b1rous duty. This work, it is hoped, v II
be useftl hook OF reference 10 the statesman and
scholar, ard man Of business or leisure Occasion
al extracts haze been Published in The Standard and
other paGets q his State, over The signature Of
."Tactus."
The History uf North Carolina is vet 10 be writ.
len. The remark which one of The ables, Historians
OF The age Hlnerotl,) has been compelled 10 make.
that 50 earaIssslg has the history of North Carroll
IA been wfIt'en that the name merits and end of
the first vrrnor is not known" is r. fl scton M
on rs. An examination OF the eatly history OF the
counties O. North Catolina shows a record Of the
pur,s patriotism aud iudomtullo courage This
record is u9w covered by the du, of age and IN.
SHOWN by reg lset. II is debt which the present
geueatto owes 10 the past as well as the future 10
preserve these memorials for il often occurs in the
history Of cur race, tha' facts known 10 one GENERA
II are c0atfeyerted 10y the next, and al a succeed
Ing period considered as doubtful egen S IN.
worthy o! historical faith. Our Mecklenbur1 De-
cluration Of Independence in May l7.5, had al
most teen an Illustration of this truth.
"lhese deeds which should not pass away,
And names that must not wither though The earth
FORCES her empires with Just decay,
IhecasasersaRd The cnslayed their III and birth"
This work will be illustrated with Map Of the
State hom latest surveys, and including the new
hoantes TO This date, and sketches in Eugrayiags Of
souco! her hesnrtl scenery Ii will contain about
500 page', and BE- furnished al one dollar COPY
san-crt' lens viii be received and tie book furnish.
ed at diii rent points ul the ate.
JNO. II, WHEELER.
T. $ Editors Of the different Presses in the State
are requested to cory the above The Press will re.
ccIye Ia this work sketch worthy of its nHence
ard inn eriance. Those Editors IS ho publish The
above four successive times, and send copy Of the
paper containing the sane Will be entitled 10 receive
copy ot the work return for such notice.
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