Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Carolina or a Description of the Present State of that Country

Carolina or a Description of the Present State of that Country
Thomas Ashe
London
1682
LOA: 8 3/16”; WOA: 6 1/8”
Promised gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Ted Gossett

In 1680 Thomas Ashe, clerk on the ship Richmond, set sail for Carolina. He returned to England in 1682 and published an account of what he saw. Ashe described how “at Carolina they have lately invented a way of making with (corn) good sound Beer… when duly fermented, a strong Spirit like Brandy may be drawn off from it, by the help of an Alembick.” In other words, they had invented moonshine.

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles… Captain John Smith (1580-1631) London 1632 LOA: 10 7/8”; WOA: 7 ½” Promised gift of Thomas A. Gray in memory of Anne P. and Bahnson Gray

Carolina or a Description of the Present State of that Country Thomas Ashe London 1682 LOA: 8 3/16”; WOA: 6 1/8” Promised gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Ted Gossett

A New Voyage to Carolina John Lawson (1674-1711) London 1709 LOA: 8 1/8”’; WOA : 6 ¾” Promised gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Thomas Kenan III

The Several Commodities that Carolina Produceth are as Followeth… Letter from Edward Hyrne (b. c.1660) to Burrell Massingberd (1682-1728) South Carolina 1700 LOA: 13 7/16”; WOA: 8 7/8” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray

Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia... Benjamin Martyn (1698-1763) London 1733 LOA: 9 1/8”; WOA: 7 1/16” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Dale L. Couch

A Brief Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present Situation, of the Orphan House in Georgia... George Whitefield (1714-1770) Edinburgh, Scotland 1748 LOA: 6 3/8”; WOA: 4 3/16” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Jackie and Tony Montag

The Memoirs of Lieutenant Henry Timberlake... Henry Timberlake (1730-1765) London 1765 LOA: 8 3/16”; WOA: 5 ¼” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Mary Jo Case

Two Dollars North Carolina Currency Hillsborough, North Carolina 1775 LOA: 4 5/8”; WOA: 2 15/16” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Robert Leath

The History of the Revolution of South Carolina... David Ramsay (1749-1815) Trenton, New Jersey 1785 Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Mrs. Mary E. S. Hanahan

Broadside Announcing An Act for the Government of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio Printed by Francis Childs (1763-1794) and John Swaine (1762-1794) New York 1790 LOA: 13 5/16; WOA: 8 5/16; Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in Honor of Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr.

The History of Kentucky Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) Printed by Henry Gore Frankfort, Kentucky 1812 LOA: 8 ½”; WOA: 5 ¼” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray

Letter from Frances Anne Kemble (1809-1893) to Reverend Orville Dewey (1794-1862) St. Simons Island, Georgia 1839 LOA: 15 11/16”; WOA: 9 13/16” Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Elle Shushan