Inscription on Bath Marker
Rating
Title
Inscription on Bath Marker
Caption
Inscription on Bath Marker . This marker was erected 1924 . Bath , the original Indian town of Pamticough , was settled by white men about 1690 and incorporated in 1705 . It is the oldest town in North Carolina . Its first commissioners were John Lawson , Joel Martin and Simon Alderson . Here was founded in 1700 the first public library in the colony . St . Thomas Church was built in 1734 . It is the oldest church in North Carolina . The General Assembly met in Bath in 1744 and 1752 .
Transcription
Handwritten notation on back of card reads , "1926-39 Bath N . Carolina. "
Creator
Draper, Thomas R.
Description
Real photo view of the town marker for Bath , NC , mounted on a large boulder .
Date
ca. 1926-1939
Subject (tgm)
Photographic postcards Historical markers Monuments & memorials Boulders
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Bath (N.C.) Beaufort County (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
138 mm x 88 mm
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077) ; collection guide available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier
P077;1-273
Citation
"Inscription on Bath Marker" in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital Collection
North Carolina Postcards
Repository
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright
Public Domain
filename
P077-1-273.tif
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