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Bath: The First Town in North Carolina. By Alan D. Watson with Eva C. (Bea) Latham and Patricia M. Samford. (Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History, in association with the Historic Bath Commission, c. 2005. Pp. [xiv], 153. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-86526-318-3.)
The town of Bath, North Carolina, located on the Pamlico River near where the river empties into Pamlico Sound, was incorporated in March 1705 (according to the Old Style calendar). A year-long commemoration (so as to accommodate New Style adherents) marked the the town's tercentenary with a series of events and programs in the town and its environs. Alan D. Watson's new book provides the historical...