Shackleford Banks (N.C.) Series, 1713-1987, undated, bulk 1978-1987

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The largest series in the collection documents the lengthy and complicated legal proceedings, beginning in the 1960sand ending in 1989,which transferred land on Shackleford Banks, N.C., from private owners to the federal government for inclusion in the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The series is divided into two subseries as found in the original collection, Legal Papers and Family Papers, both of which consist mainly of attorney-client correspondence, court documents, and many pieces of documentary evidence used in the case, such as land surveys and deeds.

There are many photocopies of original documents from the 18th and 19th centuries, chiefly deeds documenting land ownership on the Shackleford Banks, Carteret County. The earliest of these is a photostat of a land grant from the Lords Proprietors to John Porter, 1713. Materials are not arranged chronologically, but were kept in the original order imposed on them by the attorneys' offices and the Howland family. Many items in this series are found in the oversize section of the collection. All folder titles were taken from the file labels created by the attorneys' offices and the Howland family. Annotations from attorney's folders are also noted on the front of the file folders.

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