[AMERICANA] THE EARLY HISTORY OF RALEIGH, THE CAPITAL CITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. A CENTENNIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED BY INVITATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY, OCTOBER 18, 1892. AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, PREPARED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS

Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, Printers and Binders, 1893. Soft Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in flexible textured tan wrappers, lacking the original spine but reinforced with three homemade leather strips; [6], 7- 144 pages, including the Index.~~Kemp Battle was a sometime President of the University of North Carolina and was the author of a two volume history of that Univeristy. During the Civil War he was President of the Chatham Railroad which was useful in hauling coal to Confederate factories of armaments.~~. Good binding.