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Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence – 1827



Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence written by Robert Waln Jr. and Published by R.W. Pomeroy in 1827.

This set was the property of Michael Warner Hewes, (the relative of North Carolina native and Wilmington, NC shipping maganateJoseph Hewes who signed The Declaration of Independence) and is autographed by him to the ffep of Volume VII (H). Hewes was one of the most famous signers of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina, along with William Hooper and John Penn.

Also included in this set is a newspaper clipping from The Baltimore Sun with and article “North Carolina to honor memory of Joseph Hewes”.

This rare nine volume set covers all signers of the American Declaration of Independence.

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CUCALORUS :: Annual Festival of Independent Film – Wilmington, NC


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14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival
November 12 -15, 2008

The 14th annual Cucalorus Film Festival will take place Wednesday, November 12 through Saturday November 15, 2008 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Screening over 145 documentaries, features and shorts, the festival draws visitors from around the world for a creative exploration of the artform. Cucalorus takes place in the historic port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, which is also one of the leading film production locations in the country and home to EUE Screen Gems Studios.

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Antique North Carolina Phone Book


Published in 1949, The Southern Bell and Telegraph Company Telephone Directory for the Cape Fear area included Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Southport and Wrightsville Beach.  Phone numbers then were a series of only four  to five numbers and callers had a choice of ‘Station-to-Station’ or ‘Person-to-Person’ rates. The white pages (100 pages)  were published with the classified phone directory (Yellow pages). The entire volume consisted of 142 pages.