Indexed works
Works about or by William Blount. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Governor Alexander Martin (2nd Administration) Correspondence: January 12-November 27, 1792
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. · 1792
Governor Alexander Martin's correspondence from his second administration, 12 January to 27 November 1792, with some items from 1791, in 121 images. Oliver Wolcott Jr. is among the writers. Matters include taxation, tobacco, liquor, military pensions, debts and the army's clothing accounts, with William Blount, Benjamin Hawkins, Richard Caswell and Hillsborough named.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Session of November 1792-January 1793: Miscellaneous Court Cases
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1792
Court papers laid before the General Assembly in its session of November 1792 to January 1793, including grand jury presentments from Halifax District and from the Hillsborough District superior court and Orange County court, a complaint of John Den and a New Bern District judgment. Twenty-one images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Committee of Privileges and Elections: reports and papers
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
Reports and papers of the House Committee of Privileges and Elections for the 1783 session at Hillsborough, including depositions on disputed elections in Washington, Bladen, Rutherford and Beaufort counties. John Gray Blount, William Blount and Landon Carter appear. 62 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Joint Resolutions: May 1-17, 1783
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
House joint resolutions of May 1 to 17, 1783, from the Assembly's Hillsborough session. They settle what was owed to Samuel Johnston and Whitmell Hill, former delegates to Congress, review the court-martial of Chowan County's Colonel James Blount, and touch on Moravians, Quakers, Mennonites and Cherokee affairs. 73 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Apr.-May, 1782: Propositions and Grievances - report and papers
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Report and papers of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances at the April and May 1782 session of the General Assembly in Hillsborough. Petitions come from the District of Salisbury, Isaac Newton, William Lansdell and Rutherford County officers on behalf of George Russell's wife. Other matters include bribery, prisoners of war, courts martial, the ship Prince of Wales, William Blount and Peter Mallett. 154 pages.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governor Alexander Martin (1st Administration) Correspondence: May 4-November 2, 1782, n.d.
Martin, Alexander, 1740-1807 · 1782
Letters from the first administration of Governor Alexander Martin, 4 May to 2 November 1782, in 22 images. Martin first held the office as acting governor after Tories captured Thomas Burke in 1781. Business in these months touches elections, clemency, judges and Continental Army pay, and names William Blount, William R. Davie, Hillsborough and Orange County.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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House Joint Resolutions: October 19-November 10
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
Joint resolutions of the House of Commons, October 19 to November 10, 1779: tax exemptions for people in Franklin, Orange and Wilkes counties, the disbanding of the state regiment, and a call for the Continental delegates to attend the Assembly. Supplies, prisoners of war and trade with the West Indies also appear. 192 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Blount, William, 1749-1800.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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