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Volume 01: 30 January–18 December 1837
30 January 1837: Description of aurora borealis. 25 March 1837: Visits a bawdy house. Very shocked description. 12 June 1837: Topics of sermons heard at Bethlehem Baptist Church. 13 June 1837: Account of attempted runaway marriage between a young overseer and relative of his employer....
Volume 02: 6 February–25 May 1838
17 February 1838: Account of rape charges against a Negro by a white woman. 22 February 1838: Goes to Washington's Birthday ball and is made miserable by being ignored. 31 March 1838: Eulogy to a Lady, Miss R. of Richmond, Va. "Without they hand I may never marry." 1 April 1838: Eulogy...
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Volume 03: 2 July 1838–1 August 1839
4 July 1838: Celebration of Independence Day in Windsor 2 August 1838: Election day in Bertie County. Whigs expected to carry most offices. W.W. Cherry, Whig Senatorial candidate, elected. "Down goes the Jackson Dynasty." 4 August 1838: Man loading cannon in celebration of Whig victory...
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Volume 04: 4 November 1839–1 December 1840
4 November 1839: "At Jackson heard fine arguments by Messrs Badger and Iredell." 17 December 1839: Remarks on the nomination of Wm. H. Harrison by the Whig convention. 26 December 1839: Copy of a letter to newspaper editor (probably the Raleigh Register), on his views against Harrison, for...
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Volume 05: 28 January 1841–4 February 1842
13 Feb 1841: On N.C. being scorned and ridiculed by Virginia and South Carolina. 1 March 1841: On national hard times and tightness of credit. 4 March 1841: Harrison's Inauguartion Day. 5 March 1841: On the nomination of George E. Badger for Secretary of the Navy. 10 April 1841:...
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Volume 06: 22 April 1842–10 July 1843
2 May 1842: Attended general assembly of the paupers of Hertford. 3 May 1842: Describes how committee for the Free School installed by a single voter, no interest in the county. 27 May 1842: Winton visited by a phrenologist. 12 July 1842: On the possibility of the impeachment of Tyler;...
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Volume 07: 13 April 1844–30 January 1846
26 April 1844: Concerning the recent visit of Henry Clay to North Carolina. 2 May, 7 May, 11 May 1844: Whig activities, choosing an elector from the Edenton district. 22 July 1844: Description of political meeting at Winton, Dr. T.C. Moore, the Cool Spring Democratic Mass Meeting, speech...
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Volume 08: 5 February 1846–6 November 1847
5 February 1846: Account of widespread scandal and a duel fought between Dr. Daniel Johnson, son of Charles Johnson, and a Mr. Jones over Mr. Jones' wife, the former Miss Devereux of Raleigh. 18 March 1846: Death of Whig politician John Hampden Pleaseants, killed in a duel by Thomas...
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Volume 09: 11 February 1848–17 July 1849
11 February 1848: Detailed account of another local scandal involving the Jones and Devereux families, which Valentine blamed on the influence of reading French novels. 4 March 1848: On the deaths of N.C. Supreme Court Justice Daniel, and John Q. Adams. 7 March 1848: The nomination of...
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Volume 10: 27 July 1849–9 October 1850
30 July, 7 August, 16 August, 18 August 1849: Whig political meetings, speeches of candidates Person and W.N.H. Smith, current political picture. 5 September 1849: State of local trade. 22 October 1849: Spread of the Odd Fellows Fraternity in Eastern N.C. 27 October 1849: The local...
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