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Historical Document Index [1]

Throughout the years, many documents and print materials have been developed to commemorate "Meck Dec" Day. This is a comprehensive listing of historical documents found in this online exhibit.

 

1801 - reference to "the citizens of Mecklenburg, being first in their declaration of independence" Raleigh Register and North-Carolina Weekly Advertiser, April 14, 1801, p.3, cols.2-3 [2]. The reference is in #10 in the list of toasts drunk.

1809 - Valedictory Address of James Wallis [3] reprinted in the Raleigh Minerva of Raleigh, NC,  August 19, 1809, p.2, cols.1-3. See LeGette Blythe and Charles Brockman, Hornets' Nest, Chapter 3 [4], for more about Wallis. 

1813 - Article in The Star of Raleigh, NC [5], acknowledges Mecklenburg's early declaration of independence. (The Star, Oct 29, 1813, Volume 5, Issue 44, p.175)

1831: The Mecklenburg  Declaration . . . and Accompanying Documents [6] - Published by the Governor

1833: Alexander Porter's Obituary [7]

1860: Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution [8], Vol. II, pp.411-417 - B. J. Lossing

1875: Harper's Weekly "Meck. Dec." Feature [9]

1875: May 20th Speech of John M. Bright of Tennessee [10] at Charlotte

1875 : "Mecklenburg Declaration Fully Established [11]" (reprinted in 1891)

1875: The Lives and Characters of the Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, of the 20th of May, 1775 [12].

1891: "Rev. A. W. Miller Replies to Recent Criticism [13]"

1898: Unveiling of the Monument to the Signers of the Meck. Dec. - Commemorative Booklet [14]

1906: Meck. Dec. Celebration - Program of Events [15]

1916: Meck. Dec. Celebration - Program of Events [16]

1925: "The Pageant of Charlotte and Old Mecklenburg" [17] - Official Program

1948: "Shout Freedom!" - Official Program [18]

1948: "Shout Freedom!" - Complete Transcript of Shout Freedom! : A Symphonic Drama in Two Parts [19]by LeGette Blythe with music by Lamar Stringfield.

1954: May 18th - The Meck. Dec. Booklet Done for the visit of President Dwight David Eisenhower [20]

  • Chain of Error and the Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence [21], by V. V. McNitt

  • The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: A Bibliography [22] (1975)

  • Mecklenburg Resolves: Full Text of the Mecklenburg Resolves signed May 31,1775 [23]

  • Sketches of North Carolina  [24]by Rev. William Henry Foote, 1846, pp.33-45

  • Truth & Justice for the History of North Carolina: The Mecklenburg Resolves of May 31, 1775 vs. the "Mecklenburg Declaration of May 20th, 1775" [25] by Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1865-1918), n.d.

     

Exhibit & Section: 
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence [26]
All About the Declaration [27]
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PDF icon RaleighRegister-1801x04x14-p3col3.pdf [28]
PDF icon MInerva.pdf [29]
PDF icon RaleighStar-1813x10x29.pdf [30]
PDF icon 1831_Program01.pdf [6]
PDF icon 1833porterObit.pdf [31]
PDF icon Ch15-PFBR-V2.pdf [32]
PDF icon 1875_harpers01.pdf [33]
PDF icon 1875_speech01.pdf [34]
PDF icon MeckDeck_Signers_Bios.pdf [35]
PDF icon MeckDec1891.pdf [36]
PDF icon MeckDec1891-historic.pdf [37]
PDF icon 1898_MonumentSigners01.pdf [38]
PDF icon 1906_Program01.pdf [39]
PDF icon 1916_Program01.pdf [40]
PDF icon 1925_Program01.pdf [41]
PDF icon shoutFreedom_Program01.pdf [42]
PDF icon 1954_Program01.pdf [43]
PDF icon Bibliography.pdf [22]
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Celebrating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: All About the Declaration [44]
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[1] https://www.cmstory.org/content/historical-document-index [2] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/RaleighRegister-1801x04x14-p3col3.pdf [3] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/MInerva.pdf [4] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/exhibits/hornets-nest-book-one/book-1-chapter-3 [5] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/RaleighStar-1813x10x29.pdf [6] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1831_Program01.pdf [7] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1833porterObit.pdf [8] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/Ch15-PFBR-V2.pdf [9] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1875_harpers01.pdf [10] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1875_speech01.pdf [11] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/MeckDec1891-historic.pdf [12] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/MeckDeck_Signers_Bios.pdf [13] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/MeckDec1891.pdf [14] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1898_MonumentSigners01_0.pdf [15] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1906_Program01.pdf [16] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1916_Program01.pdf [17] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1925_Program01.pdf [18] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/shoutFreedom_Program01.pdf [19] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence-all-about-declaration/list-scenes [20] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/1954_Program01.pdf [21] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence-all-about-declaration/chain-error [22] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/Bibliography_0.pdf [23] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/meckRes01.pdf [24] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/ncSketch01.pdf [25] http://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/noppen01.pdf [26] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence [27] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/all-about-declaration [28] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/RaleighRegister-1801x04x14-p3col3.pdf [29] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/MInerva.pdf [30] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/RaleighStar-1813x10x29.pdf [31] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1833porterObit.pdf [32] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/Ch15-PFBR-V2.pdf [33] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1875_harpers01.pdf [34] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1875_speech01.pdf [35] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/MeckDeck_Signers_Bios.pdf [36] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/MeckDec1891_0.pdf [37] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/MeckDec1891-historic.pdf [38] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1898_MonumentSigners01_0.pdf [39] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1906_Program01.pdf [40] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1916_Program01.pdf [41] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1925_Program01.pdf [42] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/shoutFreedom_Program01.pdf [43] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/1954_Program01.pdf [44] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/celebrating-mecklenburg-declaration-independence-all-about-declaration