North Carolina Boundary Lines Drawn on an Oak Desk

the screen toward me, revealing a crystal-clear image of the 2010 ledger page for the eastern tracts. The white columns of numbers were perfectly legible, and the official stamps were bright against the digitized paper.

“These are high-resolution files,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper as I leaned closer to the screen.

“Every single page of the continue reading …