5.2.2 - SQ2 Primary Sources
Compelling Questions: Did governments (USA and NC) work for the people or do we work for the governments? |
Supporting Question 2: How did reformers try to stop the economic/political decline of NC? |
Primary Sources
Title | Source |
Legislative Report Links to an external site. (see pg 77, first paragraph under the heading) | North Carolina: The History of a Southern State by H.T. Lefler and A.R. Newsome quoted in A Geography of the Carolinas |
Report of the Committee on Inland Navigation Links to an external site. (see pps 19-21) | Senate Journal, December 6, 1815 from The Papers of Archibald D. Murphey |
Archibald Murphey proposes a system of public education Links to an external site. | Report of Archibald Murphey to the NC Senate Nov 27, 1817 |
"A poor, ignorant, squalid population" Links to an external site. | Letter from Archibald Murphey to Thomas Ruffin April 25, 1819 |
Letter from Jacup Jones to the Fayetteville Observer Links to an external site. (fourth column near the top) | Fayetteville Observer Nov 5, 1855 |
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