OF NORTH CAROLINA: WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D., L.L.D. VOL. I., EMBRACING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST VOYAGE TO THE COLONY IN FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.: PUBLISHED BY E. J. HALE & SON. Specializing in the reproduction of rare old books THE REPRINT COMPANY 154 W. Cleveland Park Drive Station B SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA Dr. Francis L. Hawks' History of North Carolina", Volume I, is the second book in The Reprint Company's projected Heritage Series of reprints of valuable old histories dealing with North Carolina. Dr. Hawks' Volume II is now in production. Other titles will be added. The North Carolina Series is one of three now being printed. They are: 1. "Heads of Families--The First Census of the United States--1790". The North Carolina and South Carolina volumes are available. Reprint will undertake Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia as inquiries indicate a demand. 2. South Carolina Heritage Series: Dr. J.B.O. Landrum's "Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper South Carolina" and "History of Spartanburg County"; Dr. David Ramsay's History of South Carolina", Volumes I and II; and Dr. John Logan's "History of the Upper Country of South Carolina." 3. North Carolina Heritage Series of which this volume is No. 2. THE REPRINT COMPANY 1961 The UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY TO THE NATIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA; AS WELL TO THE DWELLERS AT HOME AS TO THE DISPERSED ABROAD ; TO ALL ALIKE, WHETHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT HER BORDERS: THIS ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE THE STORY OF THEIR CHILDHOOD'S HOME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR COUNTRYMAN, THE AUTHOR. ENTERED, according to act of Congress, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-six, BY E. J. HALE & SON, In the District Court of the United States, for the District of North Carolina. JONES & DENYSE, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, 183 Wilhain-Street. ལ་པ་པ་ཀ་ལཔ་ཀའབ CONTENTS. No. 1. The Letters Patent granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Walter Raleigh, in PAGE 11 No. 3. The First Voyage, made for Raleigh, by Sir Richard Greenville, in 1585.. No. 4. An account of the employments of the colonists left by Sir R. Greenville, No. 6. A brief and true Report of the Country, by Thomas Hariot, one of the co- 146 PREFACE. In the execution of a purpose long and warmly cherished, the author and compiler of this volume offers to his countrymen, with all humility, this commencement of the history of their native State, North Carolina. The volume is complete in itself, as furnishing the most full account that existing materials at this day afford of the first attempts at colonization on our shores. The period embraced extends from the year 1584 to 1591, and includes the five voyages made, under the charter to Sir Walter Raleigh. It is a distinct portion of our history. an isolated chapter, having little connection with what is to follow: for, after the failure of all the efforts made under the Charter to Raleigh, a long interval of time, more than half a century, elapsed before any permanent settlement was made within our borders. In entering upon his work, the writer avails himself of the opportunity briefly to explain his proposed plan, as in some of its features, it departs from established historical models. A mere chronologically accurate narrative of important public events does not in his view constitute history; though of it, such a narrative properly forms a part. He has supposed that the real history of a State is to be read in the gradual progress of its people in intelligence, refinement, industry, wealth, taste, civilization, &c. The public events that transpire are but the exponents of the condition of the inhabitants, in these and other particulars. |