Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Pactolus, Pitt county” in article 10 of The Daily Dispatch: November 25, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...to effect the object contemplated, without resorting to the deliberations of a public assembly.
In the Washington (N. O.) Dispatch we find thanks returned to Mr. Perkins, who resides near Pactolus, Pitt county , for kindly entertaining 200 horses and 170 men, free of charge, on their route from Granville county to Washington.
This was doing things on a liberal scale.
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