New Bern, NC
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Governor Josiah Martin
The Governor Who Governed From a Warship
Josiah Martin did not want to leave New Bern. He believed, into the spring of 1775, that loyal North Carolinians would rally to the Crown if given time and leadership. He wrote letters to London expla...
Modern Voices
First in the Nation: The Halifax Resolves
North Carolina gets credit it rarely receives for a specific moment on April 12, 1776. On that day, the Fourth Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves — the first official act by any colonial ...
