Later printings by N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History.
Hugh F. Rankin (1923-1989) was W. R. Irby Professor of History at Tulane University and the author of many outstanding publications on early American and North Carolina history. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to eighteen published books, Dr. Rankin contributed essays to numerous edited works and more than fifty articles to various professional journals and reference sources.
