History of North Carolina - From 1584 to 1783 #230985

And yet it is to be observed that it is only in more recent years that the great mass of original documents bearing on our history has been collected and made accessible to students. The publication by the State of twenty-six vol umes of a thousand pages each of this material has thrown such light on matters formerly obscure that the story of our people can now be much more accurately written than ever before.