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North Carolina - eBooks

Thousands of books have been written on just about every topic pertaining to North Carolina, from its first charter in 1629 to the present day. The Author intends to find as many books online as possible and to include them herein with blank pages removed to minimize file size and to increase readability. All books herein are now considered to be in the Public Domain and no longer under copyright protection. If anyone finds a book herein to not be in the Public Domain, please let me know and I will gladly remove it. The goal here is to pull together as many as can be found into a singular location to help future researchers in their endeavors. More will be added when they are found. Click on the titles to view or download each book.

The titles below are typically about topics of a general nature with respect to the state of North Carolina. Books on more specific topics, such as histories or genealogies of individual counties, will be found on that specific county's webpage herein. Similarly, books about each governor will be found on a specific governor's webpage herein.

Year Published	Title	Author	Publisher	Notes
1672	The Discoveries of John Lederer in Three Several Marches from Virginia to the West of Carolina	John Lederer	Samuel Heyrick, Holborn, England	-
1709	A New Voyage to Carolina	John Lawson	Printed in London in 1709	Click Here for a MS Word transcription of this book.
1715, 1775	All Acts Passed by the General Assembly from 1715 to 1775 under Royal Governors	Colonial General Assembly	Colonial General Assembly	Link takes you to the page with Colonial Assemblies and links to books containing all Acts passed.
1737	Natural History of North Carolina	John Brickell, M.D.	James Carson, Dublin, Ireland	Click Here for a transcription of this book.
1777, 2014	Legislative Documents Such as Laws, Journals of the Senate, Journals of the House	NC General Assembly	NC General Assembly	Link takes you to the page with all available documents from 1777 to 2014.
1791	Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida	William Bartram	James & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA	Reprint of 1794.
1812	The History of North Carolina Volume I, The History of North Carolina Volume II	Hugh Williamson, M.D., LL.D	Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, PA	-
1846	Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical	Rev. William Henry Foote	Robert Carter, New York, NY	-
1851	Historical Sketches of North Carolina 1584-1851	John H. Wheeler	Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia, PA	-
1857	The Moravians in North Carolina, An Authentic History	Rev. Levin T. Reichel	J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA	-
1858	Chronology of North Carolina 1584-1858	D.K. Bennett	James M. Edney, New York, NY	-
1872	History of the German Settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina	G.D. Bernheim	The Lutheran Book Store, Philadelphia, PA	-
1874	North Carolina Manual	NC General Assembly	NC General Assembly	Link takes you to the page with all available volumes up to 2011.
1877	Sketches of Western North Carolina Historical and Biographical	C.L. Hunter	The Raleigh News Steam Job Print, Raleigh, NC	-
1880	History of North Carolina - Volume I, History of North Carolina - Volume II	John Wheeler Moore	Alfred Williams & Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1884	Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians	John H. Wheeler	Columbus Printing Works, Columbus, OH	-
1886, 1890	The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volumes I through X	William L. Saunders	P.M. Hale, Printers Raleigh, NC	Link takes you to the page with all available volumes.
1889	North Carolina 1780-1781 - Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas by the British Army	David Schenck, LL.D	Edwards & Broughton Publishers, Raleigh, NC	-
1892	Sketches of Church History in North Carolina	Clergymen & Laymen	William L. DeRosset, Jr., Wilmington, NC	-
1892	Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century - Volume II - North Carolina	Samuel A'Court Ashe	Brant & Fuller, Madison, WI	-
1893	Iron Ores of North Carolina	H.B.C. Nitze	Josephus Daniels, Raleigh, NC	-
1895, 1905	The State Records of North Carolina, Volumes X through XXVI, Plus Indexes	Walter Clark	M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Printers Winston, NC	Link takes you to the page with all available volumes.
1898	Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians	W.J. Peele	North Carolina Publishing Society, Raleigh, NC	-
1900	Report of the Second Annual Meeting of the NC Bar Association	J. Crawford Biggs, Secretary	The Seeman Printery, Durham, NC	See later versions in 1916 and 1917 below.
1900, 1901	The NC Historical & Genealogical Register - Vol, I, The NC Historical & Genealogical Register - Vol. II	J.R.B. Hathaway, Editor	Not Identified	-
1901	The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina	Joseph A. Groves, M.D.	The Franklin Printing & Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA	-
1901, 1926	The North Carolina Booklet	North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)	North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)	Link takes you to the page with all available volumes, 1901 to 1926.
1901, 1923	The North Carolina Year Book	Raleigh News & Observer	Raleigh News & Observer	Link takes you to the page with all available volumes, 1901 to 1923.
1902	History of Wachovia in North Carolina	John Henry Clewell, Ph.D	Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, NY	-
1904	North Carolina - A Study in English Colonial Government	Charles Lee Raper, Ph.D	The MacMillan Company, New York, NY	-
1905 1905, 1906, 1906, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917	Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume I, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume II, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume III, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume IV, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume V, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume VI, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume VII, Biographical History of North Carolina - Volume VIII	Samuel A'Court Ashe, Editor-in-Chief	Charles L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, NC	From colonial times to 1917.
1906	Prominent People of North Carolina	Multiple Unnamed Writers	Evening News Publishing Company, Asheville, NC	-
1907	Literary and Historical Activities in North Carolina 1900-1905 - Volume I	NC Historical Commission	E.M. Uzzell & Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1907	Young Peoples History of North Carolina	Daniel Harvey Hill	Alfred Williams & Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1908	History of North Carolina - Volume I - 1584-1783	Samuel A'Court Ashe	Charles L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, NC	Volume II covers 1783 to 1925, printed in 1925. No eBook yet.
1909	The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina, 1666-1909	J. Bryan Grimes	Not Identified	Grimes was Secretary of State
1910	Abstract of North Carolina Wills	J. Bryan Grimes	E.M. Uzzell & Co., Raleigh, NC	Grimes was Secretary of State
1911	Narratives of Early Carolina - 1650-1708	Alexander S. Salley, Jr.	Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY	-
1912	The Coastal Plain of North Carolina	William B. Clark, Benjamin L. Miller, L.W. Stephenson, B.L. Johnson, and Horatio N. Parker	E.M. Uzzell & Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1913, 1916	The James Sprunt Historical Publications Volume 13, Number 1 - Six Topics	J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Henry M. Wagstaff	The Seeman Printery, Durham, NC	See another volume below at 1922.
1914	The North Carolina State Flag	W.R. Edmonds	Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1914	Some Neglected History of North Carolina	William Edward Fitch, M.D.	Published by the Author	-
1914	The Fifth Biennial Report of the North Carolina Historical Commission, Dec. 1912 to Nov. 1914	R.D.W. Conner, Secretary	Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1914	The Papers of Archibald D. Murphey - Volume I, The Papers of Archibald D. Murphey - Volume II	William M. Hoyt	E.M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers, Raleigh, NC	-
1914	Western North Carolina, A History (From 1730 to 1913)	John P. Arthur	Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, NC	-
1915	Indians of North Carolina	O.M. McPherson, Special Indian Agent	63rd Congress - U.S. Senate Resolution	-
1916	Chronicles of the Cape Fear River 1660-1916	James Sprunt	Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, NC	Second Edition.
1916	Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina	Under Direction of Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist	NC Good Roads Commission	An interesting style of an early Road Atlas.
1916, 1917	Proceedings of the NC Bar Association - 1916, Proceedings of the NC Bar Association - 1917	Thomas W. Davis, Secretary	Wilmington Printing Company, Wilmington, NC	Probably many more years available. Will look for soon.
1918	North Carolina Blue Book	W.S. Wilson	Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, NC	Unclear how many years were printed. Authorized by legislature. Replaced by the North Carolina Manual.
1919	History of North Carolina - Volume I, History of North Carolina - Volume II, History of North Carolina - Volume III, History of North Carolina - Volume IV, History of North Carolina - Volume V	R.D.W. Connor, William K. Boyd, Ph.D, J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Ph.D, Staff of Writers, Staff of Writers	The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, OH & NY, NY	R.D. W Connor was the Secretary of the NC Historical Commission. Boyd and Hamilton were Professors of History.
1922, 1927	The James Sprunt Historical Publications Volume 17, Number 1 - Six Topics	J.G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Henry M. Wagstaff, William W. Pierson, Jr.	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC	There must be many more of these yet to find online. Stay tuned.
1923	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 1774-1776	Janet Schaw	Yale University Press, New Haven, CT	-
1939	North Carolina - A Guide to the Old North State	The Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration	The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC	-
1995	An Angel Has Fallen! The Glasgow Land Frauds and the Establishment of the North Carolina Supreme Court - A Master's Thesis	Russell Koontz	Copyright 1995, Russell Koontz	Apparently not in the Public Domain. Found online with no limitations announced.
2002	Overview of North Carolina Census Records, 1787-1920	NC Archives	Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC	Possibly a newer version available from the State of North Carolina.