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4 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by Martin Armstrong.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Governor Benjamin Williams's correspondence for April 1800, 48 images. Williams served as governor from 1799 to 1802 and again in 1807 and 1808. Martin Armstrong is among the writers, and Granville, Richmond and Orange counties and Hillsborough are named.
Miscellaneous petitions before the North Carolina General Assembly, dated 1783, ten images. They include Martin Armstrong of Surry County on a lost pay certificate, Wake and Granville County residents on building a grist mill in September 1782, and John Wall of Richmond County seeking to renew his allegiance.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Armstrong, Martin, -1808.
Correspondence received by the North Carolina General Assembly during its August to September 1780 session, 14 images. Governor Abner Nash, Samuel Johnston, Willie Jones, Martin Armstrong and George Washington are among the names, and the letters deal with militia, loyalists and the war in South Carolina and Georgia.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Armstrong, Martin, -1808.
Joint resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 19 October to 10 November 1779, in 176 images. George Pee of Lincoln County is exempted from taxes; other items concern Thomas Espey of Lincoln County, Archibald Gillespie of Onslow County, and exemptions in Granville and Pasquotank counties. Prisoners of war, counterfeiting, horse stealing, salt, ships and the Continental Army also come up.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Armstrong, Martin, -1808.
Hillsborough District Superior Court trial, reference and appearance docket, part 1, 1768 to 1773, from the colonial court at Hillsborough. Suits over debt, contracts, slander, detinue and trover fill it, and names include Edmund Fanning, William Tryon, Martin Armstrong and William Few. 299 images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Armstrong, Martin, -1808.
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