The honorary degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him in 1899, and he was later appointed a member of the North Carolina Historical Commission, by Governor Aycock. Since that time he has been practicing his profession in Edenton. He studied medicine at the University of Virginia, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1879. His literary education was received at the University of North Carolina.
He was born at his ancestral home, “Farmers’ Delight,” Nansemond County, Virginia, December 5, 1857. Richard Dillard and Mary Louisa Beverly Cross, is a descendant of the old Cavalier stock which, early in our history, settled in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. The Leading Events of the Eighteenth Century The Heart Asks Something More Than This (poem) Bettie Freshwater Poolĭollie Freeman Beeler (biographical sketch) Judge Charles Carroll Pool (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater PoolĪntiquity of the Earth and of Its Inhabitantsīettie Freshwater Pool (biographical sketch). To Miss Hattie (written in her Album) (poem) Walter Freshwater Pool (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater Pool William Oscar Temple (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater Pool Creecy (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater Pool Weeks (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater PoolĬol.
The Indian Tribes of Eastern North CarolinaĬatherine Albertson (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater Poolįrank Vaughan (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater Poolĭr. Richard Dillard (biographical sketch) Bettie Freshwater Pool If this book contains but one great and inspiring thought or one rare poetic gem, which but for its publication herein would be lost to the world, I shall feel that my work has not been in vain I shall be content. The Albemarle section has produced many gifted men men of brains, of literary talent, and of genius-great men-some who once shone, some who still shine, like brilliant stars in the firmament of the Old North State. In making this compilation I have followed no established method, but have been led by my own fancy.įor a number of years I have been collecting, as opportunity offered, now a poem, now a lecture, now an oration, and I am proud to feel that this book, which is to be my legacy to coming generations, contains some of the finest literature to be found in North Carolina. In the case of those writers whose works have never before been published, or, if published at all, not in book form, lengthy selections have been given when the work has justified it as my desire has been to preserve as much valuable literature as possible for the State. Some Albemarle writers have necessarily been omitted, because of my inability to obtain data for biographical sketches, or literary material from which to make selections, or because the character of their work has not come within the scope of such a book. In the case of those authors who have published books only brief extracts from their works, presenting their best styles, have been given. The primary purpose of this book has been to save from oblivion and preserve in attractive form the unpublished literature of the Albemarle section.
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