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• Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- 19th century
• Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- Fiction
• Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
• Wilmington (N.C.) -- Biography
• Wilmington (N.C.) -- Church history
• Church of the Covenant (Wilmington, N.C.) -- History

• Chronicles of the Cape Fear river, 1660-1916 (Edwards & Broughton printing co., 1916), by James Sprunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Pageant of the lower Cape Fear (Printed by Wilmington printing company, 1921), by Frederick Henry Koch and Wilmington North Carolina Sorosis Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Strength through struggle" : the chronological and historical record of the African-American community in Wilmington, North Carolina 1865-1950 (New Hanover County Public Library, 1998), by Bill Reaves and Beverly Tetterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic towns of the Southern States (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), by Lyman P. Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronicles of the Cape Fear River; being some account of historic events on the Cape Fear River (Edwards & Broughton printing company, 1914), by James Sprunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington. Past, present & future, embracing historical sketches of its growth and progress from its establishment to the present time, together with outline of North Carolina history. Also a review of its manufacturing, mercantile, naval, and general business advantages, together with statistics ... To which is [!] added sketches of the principal business houses and manufacturing concerns of the metropolis of North Carolina. ([Wilmington, 1884), by J. S. Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences (Herald Job Office, 1905), by Walter Gilman Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, 1660-1916. (Edwards & Broughton printing co., 1916), by James Sprunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Haddock's Wilmington, North Carolina directory, and general advertiser (P. Heinsberger, 1871), by P. Heinsberger and T. M. Haddock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington directory (Frank D. Smaw, 1867), by Frank D. Smaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington directory : including a general and city business directory for 1865-66 (P. Heinsberger, 1865), by Frank D. Smaw and Fulton & Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of Wilmington ([Wilmington? N. C., 1930), by Andrew Jackson Howell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Report (final report, 2006), by North Carolina 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission, contrib. by LeRae Umfleet (PDF files at ncacr.gov)
• Wilmington directory (Frank D. Smaw, 1867), by Frank D. Smaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bermuda in blockade times (New England Magazine Co., 1892), by Charles Hallock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The expeditions against Fort Fisher and Wilmington (Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1894), by Edson J. Harkness and Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington during the blockade (Harper & Brothers, 1866), by John Johns (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some of the things mother endured during the War, 1861-1865 (1916), by Margaret Dixon Davis Philyaw (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Christian Duty in the Present Time of Trouble, by Thomas Atkinson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Sermon Delivered Before the Annual Council of the Diocese of North Carolina, Upon the Festival of the Ascension, May 14, 1863, by Alfred A. Watson (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Tales of the Cape Fear blockade, being a turn of the century account of blockade running. (Printed by J. E. Hicks for the Charles Towne Preservation Trust, 1960), by James Sprunt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hanover, or, The Persecution of the Lowly: A Story of the Wilmington Massacre (1901), by Jack Thorne
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• Proceedings of the Safety Committee, for the town of Wilmington, N.C. : from 1774 to 1776. (T. Loring, 1844), by Wilmington (N.C.). Safety Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• "Strength through struggle" : the chronological and historical record of the African-American community in Wilmington, North Carolina 1865-1950 (New Hanover County Public Library, 1998), by Bill Reaves and Beverly Tetterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dr. Thomas Wright (Fulton & Price, Printers, 1861), by Robert Brent Drane and Fulton & Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• The memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift, LL.D., U.S.A., first graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, Chief Engineer U.S.A. from 1812-to 1818, 1800-1865 : to which is added a genealogy of the family of Thomas Swift of Dorchester, Mass., 1634 (Press of F.S. Blanchard & Co.], 1890), by J. G. Swift and Harrison Ellery (page images at HathiTrust)

• Historical notices of St. James' Parish, Wilmington, North Carolina (R.S.H. George, 1843), by Robert Brent Drane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cardinal Gibbons forty years ago : the work of a zealous young bishop in North Carolina (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908), by Day Allen Willey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Church of the Covenant : Fifteenth and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C. : organized January 6, 1918 : dedicated March 3, 1918. (s.n., 1918), by N.C.) Church of the Covenant (Wilmington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Souvenir of special services, sermons, statistics, etc. in celebration of ten years as pastor and people : St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church ... February 28th, March 2d, 1892. ([St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church?, 1892), by N.C.) St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Wilmington and F. W. E. Peschau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of the Presbytery of Wilmington, adopted November, 1883. (Jackson & Bell, Water-Power Presses, 1883), by Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Wilmington and Jackson & Bell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The year book of St. John's Church, Wilmington, N.C. (Review Job Office, Print, 1910), by N.C.) St. John's Episcopal Church (Wilmington (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Church of the Covenant : Fifteenth and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C. : organized January 6, 1918 : dedicated March 3, 1918. (s.n., 1918), by N.C.) Church of the Covenant (Wilmington (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Memories : "truth and honesty will conquer" (Bynum Print. Co., 1922), by B. F. Keith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oration : delivered before the Wilmington Light Infantry, on their twenty-fourth anniversary, May 20th, 1877 (P. Heinsberger, 1877), by Edward Cantwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• City of Wilmington, North Carolina, New Hanover County ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Federal Insurance Administration, [1977], 1977), by United States. Federal Insurance Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wilmington, North Carolina : past, present and future : history of its harbor, with detailed reports of the work for improving and restoring the same, now being conducted by the U.S. government : resources and advantages as an entrepot for western cities : harbor of refuge, and coaling depot for the navy and merchant marine. (Published by order of the Chamber of Commerce, 1872), by Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (N.C.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The port of Wilmington, N.C. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1940), by United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and United States. Maritime Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896. (Le Gwin Brothers, Printers, 1896), by James Sprunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic towns of the Southern States (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904), by Lyman P. Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Information and statistics respecting Wilmington, North Carolina, being a report (Jackson & Bell, 1883), by James Sprunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington, North Carolina, up-to-date (W.L. De Rosset, Jr., printer, 1902), by I. J. Isaacs and Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (N.C.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplemental brief : filed with the State Ship and Water Transportation Commission (Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 1923), by Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (N.C.) and North Carolina. Ship and Water Transportation Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Messenger's Wilmington directory (Julius A. Bonitz, 1889), by Julius A. Bonitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Haddock's Wilmington, North Carolina directory, and general advertiser (P. Heinsberger, 1871), by P. Heinsberger and T. M. Haddock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington (N.C.) directory (Hill Directory Co., 1922), by Hill Directory Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington, N.C. city directory (J.L. Hill Print. Co., 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington directory, 1860-61 (Geo. H. Kelley, 1860), by T. Tuther and Geo. H. Kelley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sheriff's Wilmington, N.C. directory and general advertiser for 1877-8 : containing a general and complete business directory of the city : as well as a complete post office directory of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina (B.R. Sheriff ;, 1877), by Benjamin R. Sheriff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington directory (Frank D. Smaw, 1867), by Frank D. Smaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington directory : including a general and city business directory for 1865-66 (P. Heinsberger, 1865), by Frank D. Smaw and Fulton & Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wilmington (N.C.) directory (Hill Directory Co., 1903), by Hill Directory Company (page images at HathiTrust)

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