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THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET. Vol. I, No. 5. September 10, 1901. THE LEGEND OF

THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET. Vol. I, No. 5. September 10, 1901. THE LEGEND OF BETSY DOWDY. An Historical Tradition of the Battle of Great Bridge - 1901

by Creecy, R[ichard] B[enbury]

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Raleigh, [N.C.]: Capital Printing Co., 1901. Subtitle on cover reads: "Great Events in North Carolina History." 7 pages. Original printed wraps. [17.4 cm.] Small stamp of Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., on front cover. Clean separation along spine below lower staple (about three centimeters deep), else a nice copy. FIRST EDITION. Betsy Dowdy was a teen who reputedly rode over fifty miles one cold night in December, 1775, to alert local patriot militia that they were needed to resist British advances near Norfolk, Virginia. The volunteers missed the fight at Great Bridge, dubbed the second battle of Bunker Hill, but Dowdy's gallantry was long celebrated.
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  • Title THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET. Vol. I, No. 5. September 10, 1901. THE LEGEND OF BETSY DOWDY. An Historical Tradition of the Battle of Great Bridge
  • Author Creecy, R[ichard] B[enbury]
  • Edition First edition
  • Publisher Capital Printing Co., Raleigh
  • Date 1901
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0000374

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