Branson's North Carolina Business Directory, 1896 By Levi Branson, A.M. This is a treasured copy of the Branson's North Carolina Business Directory, originally published in the year 1896. Levi Branson was well-known for the quality of his guides of personals and businesses, and the directory of 1896 was no exception. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windham Press is committed to bringing the lost cultural heritage of ages past into the 21st century through high-quality reproductions of original, classic printed works at affordable prices. This book has been carefully crafted to utilize the original images of antique books rather than error-prone OCR text. This also preserves the work of the original typesetters of these classics, unknown craftsmen who laid out the text, often by hand, of each and every page you will read. Their subtle art involving judgment and interaction with the text is in many ways superior and more human than the mechanical methods utilized today, and gave each book a unique, hand-crafted feel in its text that connected the reader organically to the art of bindery and book-making. We think these benefits are worth the occasional imperfection resulting from the age of these books at the time of scanning, and their vintage feel provides a connection to the past that goes beyond the mere words of the text.

Excerpt from Branson's North Carolina Business Directory, for 1867-8: Containing Facts, Figures, Names, and Locations, Revised and Corrected Annually Our hearts swell with gladness, whenever we name her. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State for ever! Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State! Though She envies not others their merited glory, Say, whose name stands the foremost in Liberty's story! Though too true to herself, e'er to crouch to Oppression, Who can yield to just rule a more loyal submission? Hurrah, &0. Plain and artless her sons, but whose doors Open faster, At the knock Of the stranger, or the tale of disaster? How like to the rudeness of their dear native mountains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.