Excerpt from Thirty-Seventh Biennial Report of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History: July 1, 1976, Through June 30, 1978 This thirty-seventh biennial report of North Carolina's state historical agency constitutes the culmination of seventy-five years of constant service on the part of the North Carolina Divi sion of Archives and History and its parent governing body the North Carolina Historical Commission. The report also marks the launching of a new era in the life of the agency and its entry into the fourth quarter of a full century of service. Although two years ago when we submitted our thirty-sixth biennial report it did not seem that there were many directions in which we could go to enhance further our comprehensive state historical program, time and experience showed that we were able to explore a variety of new directions that make it possible for us to continue to claim that ours is the most outstanding and fullest state historical program in America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.