Eastern North Carolina Digital Library, East Carolina University
Home page: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/
Part of East Carolina University’s Digital Collections, the Eastern North Carolina Digital Library contains artifacts, maps, full-text digital books, and other educational materials related to the history of Eastern North Carolina.
The Eastern North Carolina Digital Library has contributed text and video content to LEARN NC’s digital textbook project for North Carolina history.
Resources provided by Eastern North Carolina Digital Library, East Carolina University
Records 1–11 of 11 displayed
- Bed warmer
- Video demonstration of a bed warmer, a tool used by families in the 1700s and 1800s to keep their beds warm.
- Format: video/video
- The Edenton "Tea Party"
- In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 2.7
- In October 1774, several prominent women of Edenton gathered at the home of Elizabeth King, with Penelope Barker presiding, to sign a petition supporting the American cause. This letter describing the event, which came to be known as the Edenton Tea Party, appeared in a London newspaper. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: letter
- Pitchfork
- Video showing construction of a pitchfork or hayfork and describing its use in early farming.
- Format: video/video
- Probate inventory of Darby O'Brian, 1725
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.4
- Probate inventory of a middle-class man from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: inventory
- Probate inventory of James and Anne Pollard, Tyrrell County, 1750
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.7
- Probate inventory of a wealthy couple in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: inventory
- Probate inventory of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1777
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.9
- Probate inventory of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: inventory
- Probate inventory of Valentine Bird, 1680
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.2
- Probate inventory of one of the participants in Culpeper's Rebellion in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: inventory
- Will of Richard Blackledge, Craven County, 1776
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.8
- Will of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: will
- Will of Samuel Nicholson, 1727
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.5
- Will of a plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: will
- Will of Susanna Robisson, 1709
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.3
- Will of a poor woman from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: will
- Will of William Cartright, Sr., 1733
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.6
- Will of a wealthy plantation owner in colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.
- Format: will
