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Guide to Published Books
An Account of the Cape Fear Country, 1731 by Hugh B Meredith (full scans)
Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens by R H Fisher (full scans)
Chronicles of the Cape Fear River 1660-1916 by James Sprunt (full scans)
A Colonial Apparition: A Story of the Cape Fear by James Sprunt (full scans)
Cornelius Harnett; an Essay in North Carolina History by R D W Connor (full scans)
Early New Hanover County Records self published by Elizabeth F McKoy
First Presbyterian Church Wilmington, NC 1892-1913 (full scans)
A History of New Hanover County and the Lower Cape Fear Region: 1723-1800 by Alfred M Waddell
         scans online
Illustrated Story of Wilmington North Carolina 1914 (full scans)
Memoir of Rev John L Prichard, late pastor of the First Baptist Church, Wilmington, NC (full scans)
Memorial of the First Presbyterian Church Wilmington NC: 75th anniversary, 1817-1892 (full scans)
A Memorial of the Hon. George Davis by Wilmington NC Chamber of Commerce
         full text online
New Hanover County, 1836 Tax List by Delmas D Haskett
New Hanover County, North Carolina 1815 & 1845 Tax Lists by Delmas D Haskett
A Pageant of the Lower Cape Fear (full scans)
Pictorial and Historical New Hanover County and Wilmington North Carolina, 1723-1938 (full scans)
Plantation Memories of the Cape Fear River Country by Fanny C Watters (full scans)
Reminiscences of Wilmington and Smithville - Southport 1848-1900 (full scans)
1754-1755 New Hanover County North Carolina NC Militia Records by James L Douthat
Sketch of St James's Parish, Wilmington, NC (full scans)
Slavery in North Carolina 1748-1775 (book preview online at Google Books)
Some Memories of My Life by Alfred Moore Waddell (full scans)
Tales and Traditions of the Lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 by James Sprunt (full scans)
Wilmington the Metropolis and Port of North Carolina. Its advantages and interests 1912 (full scans)
Wilmington NC: Do You Remember When? by Henry B McKoy (full text)
Wilmington, North Carolina to 1861 by Alan D Watson (book preview online at Google Books)
Wilmington, Past, Present and Future: Embracing historical sketches of its growth and progress from its establishment to the present time, together with outline of North Carolina history (full scans)
Societies and Foundations
Historic Wilmington Foundation
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society
Old New Hanover Genealogical Society (defunct 2018)