Items collected by Moore, chairman of New Hanover Historical Commission, including an original of the London Chronicle, No. 1443 (Mar. 18-20, 1766) with news of Wilmington's resistance to the Stamp Act. Papers also contain newspaper clippings containing extracts (1774-1775) from letter book of William Hill, a Brunswick merchant, and typescript recollections of the Wilmington Coup of 1898 by editor Thomas W. Clawson.