1. Extracts from the papers of the De Rosset family, of Wilmington
2. Extracts from the Journal of the Board of Commissioners of Wilmington, with an introduction by Captain Samuel A. Ashe
3. Journal of Joshua Potts in regard to the location of Smithville (Southport)
4. Letter of Captain Samuel Ashe
5. Journal of General Joseph G. Swift
6. Extracts from an oration by Colonel James G. Burr.