1867 NORTH CAROLINA. Swamp Lands of the State of North-Carolina for Emigrants & Capitalists.

A rather scarce early piece of North Carolina marketing or promotional material issued at the behest of the Governor. It attempts to answer concerns of emigrants and investors related to the large sections of the state many thought unusable. North Carolina rare book dealer, Jim Crotts, describes the work as "exceptionally scarce." Anonymous. Swamp Lands of the State of North-Carolina: Facts for Emigrants and Capitalists. Published by Order of the Literary Board. Raleigh, N. C. Printed by W. E. Pell, State Printer-Sentinel Press. 1867. 31pp. A good copy, bound in wraps, nearly disbound, with generally bright pages.