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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJ9_tryon-palace_New-Bern-NC.html
Historic Capitol and Governor's residence of N.C., 1770-1794. Burned 1798, and restored in 1952-1959. Open to the public. One block south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJ5_attmore-oliver-house_New-Bern-NC.html
Like many other North Carolinians, New Bern residents enjoyed close economic and family ties with the North and were reluctant to leave the Union. Once the war began, however, many North Carolinians passionately supported the Confederate cause: 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJ3_george-e-badger_New-Bern-NC.html
Secretary of the Navy, 1841; United States Senator, 1846-55; judge of the superior court; staunch nationalist. Birthplace was 80yds S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJ2_bayard-v-singleton_New-Bern-NC.html
American precedent for judicial review of legislation set nearby, 1787, by Samuel Ashe, Samuel Spencer, John Williams.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJ0_christ-church_New-Bern-NC.html
Episcopal. Craven Parish created 1715. First church erected 1750, this one in 1875. Communion service, given by George II, 1752, still in use. One block S.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIZ_first-printing-press-in-n-c_New-Bern-NC.html
Est. 1749 by James Davis who published the first book and newspaper in colony. Shop was nearby.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIR_william-gaston_New-Bern-NC.html
Justice of N.C. Supreme Court, 1833-44; lawmaker. An advocate for state's Catholics. Wrote state song. "The Old North State." Lived 1 block N.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIO_rains-brothers_New-Bern-NC.html
Brig. Gen. Gabriel Rains and Col. George Rains, graduates of West Point, inventors of explosives for Confederacy. This was their boyhood home.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIN_political-duel_New-Bern-NC.html
John Stanly killed Richard Dobbs Spaight, former Governor of North Carolina, in a duel near this spot, September 5, 1802.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIM_king-solomon-lodge_New-Bern-NC.html
First African American Masonic lodge in N.C.; est. 1865. Erected in 1870, the building was moved here in 1920s.