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John Baptista Ashe

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Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, March 1788

Sevier, John, 1745-1815. · 1763

Samuel Johnston served as North Carolina's sixth governor from December 1787 through December 1789. While governor, he presided over the North Carolina convention that ratified the United States Constitution in November…

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