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Court House, Smithville, North Carolina (Capture of Wilmington) Item Info
- Abstract:
- In Leslie's Illustrated March 18, 1865, p. 412.
- Title:
- Court House, Smithville, North Carolina (Capture of Wilmington)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- February 3, 1865
- Transcription:
- Recto: different hand: "Used Feb 24.";Verso: "Court House, Smithville NC // Feb 3rd." Different hand: "Va [canceled] // [Signed] J.B. // One of the apartments in this building was used as a shoe store and the rest as court offices. Piles of public dockuments [sic; k canceled] were strewn over the floors some of them very old dating as far back the times of Washington."
- Subjects:
- Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort)--Siege, 1864-1865 Smithville (N.C.)--History--19th century North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Courthouses--North Carolina--Smithville
- Condition:
- Raggedness along margins.
- Place:
- North Carolina--Mecklenburg--Smithville
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.75 x 4.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 35.4843031, -80.8706292999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-NC-2/3/65b (Box 3.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4623
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-NC-2/3/65b
- Collection:
- Architecture and Townscapes
- Tags:
- Architecture Courthouse Wagon
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Court House, Smithville, North Carolina (Capture of Wilmington)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2675.html