School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time by John W. (John Wheeler) Moore
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SCHOOL HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA,
FROM 1584 TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY JOHN W. MOORE. REVISED AND ENLARGED. PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. In the publication of a fourteenth edition it seems proper that something should be said as to changes made in this work. At a session of the North Carolina Board of Education, held November 22d, 1881, it was resolved that "the Board expressly reserve to itself the right to require further revisions" in Moore's School History of North Carolina, the second edition of which was then adopted for use in the public schools. Conforming to this requirement of the State Board of Education, the author has diligently sought aid and counsel in the effort to perfect this work. To Mrs. C. P. Spencer, E. J. Hale, Esq., of New York, and Hon. Montford McGehee, Commissioner of Agriculture, the work is indebted for many valuable suggestions, but still more largely to Col. W. L. Saunders, Secretary of State, who has aided assiduously not only in its revision, but in its progress through the press. The teacher of North Carolina History will be greatly aided in the work by having a wall map of North Carolina before the |
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