Excerpt from History of North Carolina: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time In the laborious years given to the preparation of this work, many wise and valued friends have aided in its progress. To none of these am I so largely obliged as to my excellent and tireless wife. To her affectionate and critical comments I am indebted for any literary excellence that may be found in the style and general treatment of the different epochs. To my kins man, Colonel John H. Wheeler, I am also largely indebted, not. Only for advice and unpublished material, but in his most val uable work on our State history I found a mine exhaustless in facts and figures 'to his brother, Dr. Samuel J. Wheeler, I am similarly obliged for rare and invaluable historic memoranda. I must return thanks also to my learned and gentle friend, Captain Samuel A. Ashe, who so nobly continues the virtues of his ancient family. His zeal in the vindication of North Caro lina is only equalled by his kindly and unselfish aid to me, who had so few'reasons to expect so much assistance. I would also return thanks to Messrs. George Davis and Henry N utt of \vil mington, and to Horatio Davis, Esq., of Chatham, Virginia, for similar favors. In the same way I have been laid under lasting obligations by General \v. R. Cox of \vake, and Mrs. John O. Askew of Hertford. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.