The national hand-book of American progress : a ready reference manual of facts and figures, from the discovery of America to the present time . 304 NATIONAL HAND-BOOK NORTH CAROLINA RATIFIED THE CON-STITUTION j Nov. 21,1789. f Area, 50,704 sq. ^- Capital, Raleigh. ^J^Top. 1870,1,071,361- So named in honor of King Charles IX. of France, and pop-ularly known as the Old North or Turpentine State. First set-tled by the English at Albemarle in 1650. Chartered March20, 1663. Adopted a Constitution December 18, 1776.

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