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Marriage and death certificates of Maria Udney Blakely. only daughter of Capt. Johnston Blakely of North Carolina. commanding the Wasp, in the War of 1612. At his death the State adopted and educated his daughter, making a special appropriation for this purpose. She was married and buried in the Island of St. Croix. Danish West Indies.
Mariner's quadrant, made in 1759, brought in 1783 by Isham Blake to Robeson County. Lent by George B. McLeod of Lumberton.
Knee breeches worn by John Thompson at his wed- ding in 1797 in Watauga County and hat worn by his wife at that time. Presented by Albert Stout of Snow Camp.
Spectacles worn in 1800 by the grandmother of Ed- ward Duke of Henderson, who presents them.
Bonnet worn in 1800 by Mrs. John Bether. Lent by Miss Mary Bether of Lillington.
Hat worn in 1806 by Isaac Penny of Franklin County and bonnet worn then by his wife Annie. Presented by William Best. Jr., of Franklinton.
Coat worn in 1840 by Robert Taylor of Raleigh, then five years old. Presented by Miss Dixie Stein of Raleigh.
Child's dress 1800, of satin. Lent by Miss Mollie Nixon of Raleigh.
Masonic apron of Hiram Lodge, Raleigh, 1820.
Sampler embroidered by Eliza Coats at Fayetteville, at school. 1814.
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Cap, stockings, and mitts worn in 1500. Lent by Mrs. Wiley M. Rogers of Raleigh.
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Articles of ladies' wearing apparel. illustrating the Colonial and Revolutionary periods and that up to 1-30, including a pelisse or cloak with cape; dresses ; tortoise-shell combs elaborately carved ; calash. worn on the head ; slippers: spectacles: caps, collars, and mufflers. Lent by Mrs. Bryan Grimes of Grimesland.
CASE No. 11.
Objects Illustrating the Period of the War Between the States.
Fragments of shell from the battleground at Hare's HIIH! and Fort Mahone, near Petersburg. and bullets from Hare's Hill aud Fort Stedman. Presented by J. Bryan Grimes.
Expanding bullet. caliber .55, occasionally used by both Federals and Confederates.
Ballet fired by Federals at Chancellorsville. Pre- senteil by J. A. Egerton of Goldsboro.
Autographs of Confederate generals and other off)- vers, of Confederate cabinet officers, and of Jeffersou Davis and Alexander H. Stephens.
Confederate soldier's ring, made and presented by D. A. Coates of Smithfiekl,
Certificate of release of Samuel L. Maurice from Point Lookout military prison. 1x65. signed by A. G. Brandy, who later removed to North Carolina nul that at Fayetteville: also brooch made by Maurice while a prisoner ; both lent by him.
Parole of Private W. P. Reed. signed by United States and Confederate States authorities, he being
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in hospital at Thomasville. Presented by Mrs. Mar- garet A. Call of Washington. N. C.
Rifle bullets found in trees on the battlefield of Bentonsville. Presented by William Saunders of Smithfield.
Testament in inlaid wooden box made by James E. Reid. New York. The book was taken from the body of H. A. Sledge. C. S. A., at the capture of Fort Fisher. N. C., January 15, 1565. Presented by James E. Reid through Gov. Robert B. Glenn.
Letter of Col. Charles F. Fisher of the Sixth Regi- ment. N. C. Volunteers, and a belt-plate of that regi- ment. Colonel Fisher was killed at Manassas. Pre- sented by his daughter, Mrs. Frances Tiernan of Salis- bury.
Ring made by Chaplain T. J. Eaton. Thirty-third N. C. Regiment, from the apple tree near where Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. Presented by Dr. C. H. Brantley of Nash County.
Tin holder and Raleigh-made cartridges found in the cartridge box of a Confederate soldier killed at the battle of Bentonsville.
Buttons from uniform coat of Brig. Gen. James H. Lane: one covered with cloth under orders from the United States War Department. dated in April. 1865. Presented by General Lane.
Conuty serip issued during the Civil War by Union County for the relief of sobliers' families.
Photograph of Capt. Thomas Crossan, commander of the North Carolina blockade-runner Advance.
Medal of Gen, Stonewall Jackson, made in Paris in 1864. but which did not reach this country until the
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war was over. and was stored in Savannah until 1885. Presented by Rer. L. C. Vass of New Bern.
Four-barreled pistol found on the battlefield near Gullsboro: Lent by G. F. Dortch of Goldsboro.
shoulder-scales worn by cavalry and artillery en- Usted men of the United States Army, 1861-1865. Pre- sented by Mrs. A. B. Andrews.
War-time tobacco, taken from the haversack of William A. Branch of Raleigh, a private in the Con- Aderate service. Army of Northern Virginia.
Personal relics of Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew. including feld glasses, razor, inkstand, pistol, powder M.k. visiting cards. coffee, pepper, and army counter- -iuns, taken from his saddle-bags. Presented by the Pettigrew family. of Tryon. N. C.
CASE No. 12. Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
The dying message (original) of Col. Isaac E. Avery Wo his father. addressed to the major of his regiment. A Sixth N. C. Infantry. Samuel McDowell Tate. I' waal clasped in the hand of the dead man. command- !: Hoke's brigade. on the evening of the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, having been written with i .- left hand after he had been paralyzed from a Wound and had fallen from his horse, his blood still i ving Indistinctly on the lower part. The words ": "Major. tell my father I fell with my face to Fir enemy. I. E. Avery." Also photograph of Colonel. Vagy. Presented by Col. Alphonso C. Avery of Mor- Anton.
Pen and ink sketches of old Fort Caswell, erected w 1x14 at the mouth of Cape Fear River, now re-
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placed by the new fort. Made and lent by Mr. Charles Curtiss of Southport.
Brick taken April 9, 1905. from MeLean house at .Appomattox, where Lee surrendered to Grant. Pre- sented by Gov. Robert B. Glenn.
Brick from old Appomattox courthouse taken April 0. 1005. the fortieth anniversary of the surrender of Lee to Grant. Presented by Mrs. E. E. Moffitt of Rich- mond. Va.
Spanish costume worn by James Johnston Petti- grew at a ball in Paris in 1559. Presented by mem- bers of his family.
Pencil sketch of New Bern directly after the Fed- erals occupied it in 1862. Made on the spot by Frank H. Schell a noted war-time artist. and given by him to Capt. W. R. Bond. C. S. A. Presented by Captain Bond. Also pen and ink sketches by Mr. Schell of North Carolina soldiers in 1861 and 1863.
Epaulets, shoulder-straps, pompon, plume and hat ornaments worn by Capt. W. D. Pender. U. S. A., later major-general C. S. A. Lent by W. D. Pender, Nor- folk, Va.
Commission of Collett Leventhorpe. 1832. as ensign in the Fourteenth or Buckinghamshire Regiment of the British Army. Signed by King William IV. and Lord Melbourne: also letter from Gen. Robert E. Lee to General Leventhorpe in 1865.
Relies of Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur in the C. S. A. and C. S. A. Including his commission : major general. C. S. A. Lent by his daughter. Miss Mary Ramseur of Davidson College.
Muster roll of B. C. Manty's battery. in Tenth North Carolina Regiment. Presented by Miss Annie Dere- reux of Raleigh.
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CASE No. 13.
Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
Collection of Confederate stamps. embracing all the issues from 1861 to 1864. Lent by Fred A. Olds.
Relies of Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom. C. S. A., in- cluding articles of equipment. helt, spurs. daguerreo- irpe made in 1854 when he was a lieutenant in the First Dragoons. U. S. A .: letters to his wife while on the march to Gettysburg. Presented by the family through Mrs. F. M. Williams of Newton.
Official report to the State Convention by Col. D. H. Hill of the gallant conduct of the First N. C. Regi- mert of Volunteers at the battle of Bethel. Va., June 10, 1861. Lent by Dr. F. J. Haywood, Jr., adjutant Fifth Regiment.
Confederate treasury warrant for $1.000.000 to pay North Carolina for supplies furnished the Confed- pracy. Lent by State Treasurer B. R. Lacy.
Form of estimate and assessment of agricultural products for tithing. the law requiring one-tenth of all agricultural products to be given to the Confed- erate Government.
Letter to Maj. Gen. W. H. C. Whiting. commanding the defences of Wilmington. to Flag Officer Lynch. C. S. Navy. Lent by Alvis Walker, Wilmington : also autograph of Col. William Lamb, commander of Fort Fisher.
Nong dedicated to the band of the Twentieth N. C. Regiment by Samnel Somerset.
Confederate furlough to Arthur M.Kimmon to visit Raleigh. Presented by Mrs, Arthur MeKimmon.
Orders of General Longstreet. issued to bis corps in 1562, urging them to "Keep cool, obey orders, and
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aim low." Lent by Dr. F. J. Haywood, Jr., of Raleigh.
Parole given by A. D. MeGill of Thirtieth Regiment at Appomattox Court-House. Lent by Miss Eloise McGill of Fayetteville.
Telegram from President Jefferson Davis to Gor- ernor Vance. asking him to call into service the local militia to meet the Federal invasion of eastern North Carolina.
Regulations for uniform and equipment of the Vol- unteer State Troops of North Carolina, May 27, 1861. Lent by Dr. F. J. Haywood, Jr .. of Raleigh.
Photograph of Col. D. G. Cowand of the Thirty- second N. C. Regiment.
Certificate signed by Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, that William T. Dortch was a Confederate Senator, giving him leave to travel anywhere in the Confederate States except to visit an army or vessel of war. Lent by W. T. Dortch of Goldsboro.
Letter from General Lee to the Secretary of War, complimenting the Twentieth North Carolina Regi- ment. Col. Thomas F. Toon commanding, and asking that the Federal colors captured by the Twentieth be presented to North Carolina as "another evidence of the valor that had made her name eminent in the armies of the Confederacy."
Photographs of Geu. William P. Roberts. C. S. A .. aud of James A. Ramsey, his brigade color-bearer, who was captured by Capt. James Custer. U. S. A.
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Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period ..
Relies of Maj. Gen. Bryan Grimes, including pistol holsters, shoulder straps. field glasses, spurs, belts,
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and Episcopal prayer book. Lent by members of his family.
Revolver. English pattern, brought through the blo kade in 1863 and found on the battlefield near Goldsboro. Lent by G. H. Dortch.
Pocketbook containing his last month's pay, metal- H- collar. part of belt and two bullets. all relics of tien. Thomas F. Toon. the bullets having been taken from his body: also photographs of him. Presented Vy General Toon.
Cup made at a pottery in Wake County in 1861 and rised in the Confederate hospital at Raleigh, now the Confederate Soldiers' Home. Presented by Mrs. R. C. Badger of Raleigh.
Brooch made from a beef bone by George Davis of the Thirty-second N. C. Regiment while a prisoner at Ehuira. N. Y. : presented by him.
Spar worn by Joshua B. Hill, first sergeant Troop 6. Third N. C. Cavalry. Presented by him.
Confederate lamp. filled with lard, with wick of twisted cotton. Presented by Mrs. R. C. Badger of BUdleigh.
Mexican dollar paid Lieut. Fabius H. Busbee. Ser- rury-first Regiment N. C. Troops, near High Point. D: April. 1565, immediately before Gen. Joseph E. Inhuston surrendered his army. From the Confed- ne treasure chest each officer and private was paid ote dollar in specie. Presented by Mr. Busbee.
Letter of soldier. 1502. Franked by Lieut. William A. Graham, Seront N. C. Cavalry. Presented by Lin.
Piece of United States Military field telegraph line used by Gen. Joe Hooker in Northern Virginia. Lent IF- Mrs. E. E. Moffitt.
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Gold and bronze replicas of the great seal of the Confederate States. Designed by William Wyon and made at the English royal mint. The original seal was sold some years after the war by an ex-Confed- erate officer to an officer of the United States Navy. from whom the Confederate Museum at Richmond obtained it in 1913. Presented by Rev. Bennett Smedes and Fred A. Olds.
Bacon brought through the Federal blockade in 1864, the vessel containing it being sunk near Fort Fisher and the bacon remaining in the water thirty years. Presented by J. M. Gallagher of Washington. N. C.
Biscuit taken from haversack of a soldier killed at Gettysburg. 1863. Presented by J. M. Gallagher.
Candlestick and part of candle from the tent of President Jefferson Davis at his capture near Wash- ington. Ga .. in April. 1865. He used the candlestick in Mexico while colonel of the First Mississippi Regi- ment and also during the Civil War. Presented by his coachman, James H. Jones. Raleigh. Also hair of Mr. Davis, cut while he was a prisoner at Fort Monroe, Va .. June. 1565.
Confederate envelope with portrait of Jefferson Davis and the first day of the Confederacy. printed early in 1961 and bearing 11 stars. Lent by Mrs. R. H. Lewis of Raleigh.
Card sent out by the South Carolina Convention to commemorate the secession of the State. December 20. 1500, with the palmdetto flag and the Inscription. "South Carolina Independence Innlared" Presenta by Mrs. Macon Bonner. Washington, N. C.
Paper bill issued by the city of Charleston in 1962 for 50 cents: showing picture of Fort Sumter with
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the Confederate flag flying on it. Fragment of mar- D'e from the mantel in the quarters of Maj. Robert Anderson, C. S. A., commanding Fort Sumter. April In. 1861, the date of its surrender to South Carolina. Presented by Capt. J. M. Ramsey of Salisbury.
Confederate bullet from Gettysburg. Presented by John W. Jenkins, Baltimore.
Knife, fork, and spoon used by Thomas J. Latham of Washington. N. C. while a prisoner of war in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. ·
Grape and canister shot and bullets from the battle- !rid of Appomattox.
Cartridge box of a Confederate sollier and cart- ridges from ir, found at Bentonsville battleground. Lent by Mrs. Margaret A. Call of Washington, N. C.
Ivy root from battleground of Manassas. carved by a Confederate sollier in 1862. Presented by Mes. Alnie Fuller Malone of Louisburg.
Bit and spurs used by H. G. Reed of the Thirteenth Battalion. N. C. Light Artillery. Presented by him.
Fork used during the war by Sergeant F. Vail of the Sixty-first N. C. Regiment.
Canister shot found embedded in a tree on the bat- Meground at White Hall near Goldsboro. Lent by Howard Haywood of Raleigh.
Grape shot of unusually large size. canister shot Hel bullets from the battleground at Roanoke Island. 1-62. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Hand grenade of early pattern dug up in the Capi- 1.1 Square at Raleigh 1898. Presented by W. D. Terry of Raleigh.
Confederate military railroad ticket from Greens- boro to Charlotte.
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Gun lock from battlefield of Reams Station, Va. Lent by G. H. Dortch of Goldsboro.
Sea moss pressed by Maj. Robert Bingham, C. S. A .. while prisoner of war at Point Lookout. Presented by Mrs. E. E. Moffitt.
CASE No. 15. Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
Relies of Brig. Gen. L. O'B. Branch. C. S. A., includ- ing field glasses which he was using when killed : holsters with pistols in them. haversack, sash. spurs. and looking-glass. Lent by members of his family.
Powder made on Crabtree Creek. 3 miles north of Raleigh. by Waterhouse & Bowes of Raleigh, for North . Carolina and the Confederate States, between 1562 and 1865. Presented by J. S. West of Raleigh.
Revolver and holster of Col. D. H. Hill, command- ing the First Regiment N. C. Volunteers in the first battle of the war. at Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861. Lent by D. H. Hill of Raleigh.
Original design for the North Carolina State flag authorized by the State Convention which adopted the Ordinance of Secession, May 20, 1861. Presented by Gov. Z. B. Vance.
Map of the battle of Bethel, drawn the next day by a Confederate officer. Lent by J. Bryan Grimes.
Button from the coat of Henry L. Wyatt of the First N. C. Regiment of volunteers, killed at Bethel and the first Confederate soldier killed in the war : also portrait and sketch of Wyatt.
Photograph of Adjutant James B. Jordan of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, made during the war. Pre- sented by Otis A. Betts of Raleigh.
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Enlistment papers of James H. Moring in the State Troops of North Carolina, "for the war." at Camp Boylan. 3 miles north of Raleigh.
Commission issued by Governor Vance, 19644. to Celadon Hutchings of Raleigh as lieutenant in the Forty-seventh N. C. Regiment and claimed to be the last one signed by Governor Vance before the Con- federate States took from governors power to issue commissions. Lent by Mr. Hurchings.
Envelopes of the United States and the Confederate States, issued during the war.
United States cap box captured at battle of Bentons- ville, March 1. 1865.
Pen and ink sketches of uniforms and caps work by Confederate troops. Made by W. N. Hedges. U. S. A., and presented by him through Capt. William R. Bond, C. S. A., of Edenton.
Testament found on the body of a Confederate sol- dier at the battle of Bentonsville. Lent by Mrs. Mar- garet Call of Washington, N. C.
Field glasses found by Maj. H. L. Grant. U. S. ... in Fort Fisher on the night of its capture, January 15. 1863. Presented by him.
Quaker coat. vest. and hat worn by Edward J. Johnson. U. S. A .. in making his escape through the Confederate lines to Ohio, the Quakers near Greens- boro having given him these clothes and otherwise aiding him to escape. Presented by him through. Lient. John P. Leach. C. S. A.
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CASE No. 16. Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
Telegraph insulator used on the Confederate mili- tary telegraph line between Raleigh and Fayetteville. Presented by H. I. Satterfield of Raleigh.
Socks knitted by North Carolina women in 1864 and sent to North Carolina soldiers in General Lee's army. Presented by Col. F. M. Parker of Henderson.
Fragments of shell, grape and canister and bullets from the battlefield near Goldsboro. Lent by G. H. Dortch.
Spy-glass of General Wessells. U. S. A., who in 1864 surrendered Plymouth to Gen. Robert F. Hoke. C. S. A. Presented by General Hoke.
Bullet taken by a Federal surgeon from the body of Private John L. Sherin. C. S. A., after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox.
Daguerreotype of Captain Cooke. First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers. Made in Fayetteville. April. 1561. as he was entering the State service. Lent by his daughter. Mrs. S. G. Ayer of Fayetteville.
Feather flowers and tortoise shell brooch and ear- ring made in Raleigh in 1864 and worn by Miss Julia Hutchings. Presented by Miss Narcissa Hutchings of Raleigh.
Housewife or needle and thread case found on the body of a Confederate soldier at the battle of Ben- tonsville. Presented by Mrs. Margaret Call.
Spy-class of Capt. James N. Craig, a Confederate pilot, who lived near Fort Fisher and who greatly aided Colonel Lamb. commanding that fort. Presented by his son, J. W. Craig of Southport.
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Confederate bullet moulds used in Raleigh in mak- ing bullets for the army. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Bible and gavel used by Bee Military Lodge of Ma- sous and I. E. Avery Military Lodge of the Sixth N. C. Regiment. Lent by J. C. Birdsong of Raleigh.
Cartridges made in Raleigh for the Confederate troops; one with buckshot, one with round bullet, one with minie bullet. Presented by J. E. Applewhite of Raleigh.
Furlough. leave of absence or' indulgence. issued to a paroled prisoner while in hospital at Richmond aud Danville.
Hat of a North Carolina cavalry soldier which was buried with him in 1862 after he was killed in the battle at Washington. N. C., and found thirty years inter; also section of the backbone of this soldier, showing where the bullet struck him and caused his death. Presented by Dr. J. M. Gallagher of Washing- ton. N. C.
Bullet, cartridge box. cap box, canteen, and haver- sack of soldier of the Fifty-eighth N. C. Regiment. Presented by G. W. F. Harper of Lenoir.
Pike heads made in the State nike factory at Ra- leigh. 1562. copies of those used several hundred years Ifore. Issued to several regiments, which drilled with them, but never used them in battle.
Confederate handkerchief made in England in 1863, with pictures of Jefferson Davis. Lee. "Stonewall" Jackson. Slidell. Mason, Beauregard, Semmes, Mor- can. and Joe Johnston. Presented as a memorial of Mix. Aaron Prescott of Weldon.
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CASE No. 17.
Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
Wooden shoes and wooden bottoms for shoes made in Raleigh in 1864 at the factory of Fraps & Thiem. Lent by Mrs. W. B. Shaw of Wake Forest.
Shoes made at the order of North Carolina in Euy. land and brought through the blockade to Wilmington. for use by the army. Presented by Dr. Thomas D. Hogg of Raleigh.
Draft on the Confederate treasury for $25.000 in favor of the North Carolina depository, Presented by John R. Ferrall of Raleigh.
Treasury draft for $520.206 for the redemption of Confederate treasury notes. Presented by Andrew Broadfoot of Fayetteville.
Blank for subscription of crops for the defense of the Confederate States.
Pass for soldier through Confederate lines and out- posts.
Envelopes franked by Edward Stanly, who in 1862 became by order of the United States "Governor of North Carolina." with his capital or headquarters at New Bern.
Telegram to B. W. Stark, operator at Raleigh, an- nouncing the battle of Shiloh and the death of Gen. AAlbert Sidnes Johnston.
Candles found in the sunken submarine beat of the Confederates, the Dacid, the first submarine, sunk in Charleston Harbor in 1843, Presented by W. B. Fort of Pikeville. Also candles swept in 1533 from the hold of the Confederate blockade runner Beauregard. wrecked at Carolina Beach near Wilmington in 1863. Presented by Charles L. Stevens of Southport.
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Bundle of cotton yarn made at the Rockfish factory hear Fayetteville, 1564. Part of a war-time dividend. Presented by Dr. Thomas D. Hogg of Raleigh. Also heavy sheeting from the same factory. hidden by the family of Maj. John Devereux between the floors of his home in Raleigh in April. 1x65, at the approach of the Federal army and found when the mansion was demolished in 1906. Presented by the Glenwood Improvement Company of Raleigh.
Home-made cloth, dyed with roots and bark, made on a farm in Robeson County in 1864 and cotton cards used there.
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Samples of cotton cloth from an Iredell County mill for uniforms and underwear for soldiers. Presented by Joseph F. Armiield of Statesville.
Cloth made in England for ladies' dresses and en- tirely covered with Confederate battle flags. Worn in 1564 by a lady of Wilmington. Presented by Miss Mary Saunders of Wilmington.
Woolen dress goods for ladies' wear made in Moore County in 1864. Presented by Mrs. E. E. Moffitt.
Smoking tobacco made in North Carolina in 1964. Presented by Dr. J. M. Gallagher, Washington. N. C.
Paper made at the Milburnie paper mills near Ra- leigh in 1864. Presented by Miss Mary Hilliard Hin- ton of Raleigh.
State Treasury warrant. 1864. for arms and am- munition.
Confederate candle, 1864, of broom-straw wrapped with rags and covered with tallow, pressed into shape by the hands. Made by the family of Reuben Mc- Daniel of Iredell. Presented by W. M. Nicholson of Statesville.
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Parasol made in Raleigh, out of an old dress, by Miss West. 1864. Presented by N. W. West of Ru- leigh.
Request three days after North Carolina seceded from the Union, May 20, 1861, for rations for a coni- pany of troops.
Photographs of Robert E. Lee as a captain in the United States Army and as general-in-chief of the Confederate armies.
Envelope of letter written to John White, agent of Governor Vance in England. for the sale of this State's cotton bonds and the purchase of supplies.
Photographs of President and Mrs. Jefferson Davis, made in Richmond, 1861.
CASE No. 18. Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
North Carolina Civil War currency in original pack- ages. 25. 50. and 75 cents : also $100 Confederate bills found to be counterfeit and so stamped and canceled by the Confederate States Treasury Department.
Original sheets of North Carolina currency, 10 and 25 cents. Note for $1 issued by Camden County in 1861. lent by Stamps Howard of Tarboro.
Confederate $10 bill carried by a private during the seven days fight around Richmond, in prison on Morris Island, in the Wilson County home and in the North Carolina Soldiers' Home.
Envelopes made of wall paper in 1864 and presented by N. W. West and Rev. George W. Lay of Raleigh.
Silk made in Chatham County, 1563.
Bust of Gen. Robert E. Lee. designed and executed by Miss Mary Mason of Raleigh. Presented by Alex. B. Stronach.
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Steel engraving of Gen. U. S. Grant. made in 1863.
Confederate States ballot in 1861, voted in North Carolina and headed. "The People's Ticket."
Confederate States certificate for $5.000. nontax- able. Lent by Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire.
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