Indexed works
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.
Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Dartmouth numbered 21-24, enclosing copies of legislation
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Governor Josiah Martin's numbered dispatches 21 through 24 to the Earl of Dartmouth, with copies of North Carolina legislation enclosed, reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office file CO 5/303 part 2. Subjects include finance and currency, debt and the courts, judges' wages, the council and assembly, voting and taxes, oaths, litigation, sheriffs, inheritance, prisoners, Irish settlers, customs, quitrents, land grants, surveying and mortgages. Names include Arthur Dobbs, William Dry, Willie Jones, John Rutherford and Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Cornell, Samuel.
Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough numbered 59-67, enclosing documents concerning the Regulators
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Numbered dispatches 59 through 67 from Governor William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough, with enclosures about the Regulators, whose protests broke into riot at Hillsborough in 1770. Reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office CO 5/302. The papers touch on the council and assembly, naval stores and trade, oaths, militia and provincial troops, judges, sheriffs and juries, voting, currency, Cherokee affairs, clergy, quitrents and land, and name officials such as Richard Caswell, Richard Henderson, Maurice Moore and Hugh Waddell.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Cornell, Samuel.
Correspondence containing minutes of a council held in New Bern discussing matters of trade and appeals made by civilians on behalf of those sentenced to death for stealing horses
1771
Minutes of a council sitting at New Bern in 1771, sent on with the governor's correspondence, recording debate over trade and export embargoes and petitions from civilians on behalf of men sentenced to hang for stealing horses. Governor Tryon, James Hasell, Richard Henderson and Samuel Cornell take part. Hillsborough in Orange County is also named. Reference CO 5/314.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cornell, Samuel.
Documents concerning appointments to, and resignations from the Council of North Carolina
1770
Papers of 1770 on appointments to the Council of North Carolina and resignations from it, naming Samuel Cornell, Marmaduke Jones, Eustace McCulloch and James Murray, with Arthur Dobbs and William Tryon also mentioned. Judges, commissions and merchants are the recurring topics. The link to Orange County is the Earl of Hillsborough, whose title the county seat carries.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cornell, Samuel.
William Tryon's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough transmitting a copy of the Land Office Patents granted at a Court of Claims in New Bern, 30th Nov 1770
1770
Land office patents granted at a Court of Claims in New Bern on 30 November 1770, transmitted by Governor William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough, with a companion file of council minutes on Nathaniel Duckenfield's claim of precedency. Samuel Cornell, James Hasell and Robert Palmer are named, and inheritance, juries, land warrants and land speculation are among the topics. The earl's title names the county town.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cornell, Samuel.
William Tryon's letters to the Earl of Hillsborough, recommending councilmembers, repairs to be made to fortifications, and the introduction of quitrents in North Carolina
1770
Governor William Tryon recommends men for the council, describes repairs needed to the colony's fortifications, and argues for the introduction of quitrents in these letters of 1770 to the Earl of Hillsborough. Samuel Cornell, Robert Jones and James Murray are among those named, with counterfeiting, currency, land sales and defence also at issue. The earl's title names the Orange County town.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cornell, Samuel.
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Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough
1769
Governor William Tryon's 1769 dispatches to the Earl of Hillsborough, ranging from quitrents, land surveys and timber to rice growing, housing, printing, a lottery, and the colony's enslaved people, women and children. Samuel Cornell, Benjamin Heron, Marmaduke Jones and Samuel Strudwick are among the names. Hillsborough was named for the earl, which is the local tie.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Cornell, Samuel.
Joint Select Committees: reports and papers, May 6-17
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
Revolutionary War aftermath runs through these General Assembly select committee reports of 6 to 17 May 1783, in 54 images. Business includes a memorial from officers of the State Legion, another from Richard Henderson and others, a petition of John Ramsey of Chatham County, and the accounts of a Colonel Polk. Loyalist estates, iron works, western lands and Hillsborough also come up.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cornell, Samuel, 1731-1781.
Senate Joint Resolutions, May 7 - May 15
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Senate joint resolutions of 7 to 15 May 1782, 76 images with messages, a committee report and petitions. Among them: Francis Newby of Franklin County, David Marshall of New Bern, and Dennis O'Bryan, George Duncan and Joseph Pitman of Granville County. Thomas Burke, Willie Jones and Waightstill Avery figure in the papers, and Hillsborough is among the places tied to them.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cornell, Samuel, 1731-1781.
Joint Papers (April-May, 1780): Joint Select Committee Reports and Papers
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Reports and papers of the joint select committees of the North Carolina General Assembly from its April to May 1780 session, in 223 images. Items include a Virginia governor's letter on naval officers and duties at the Ocracoke channel, committee appointments, and Henry Mounger's petition on where Montgomery County's public buildings should stand. Orange County is among the many counties touched.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cornell, Samuel, 1731-1781.
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, December 1777
Beasley, John B. · 1777
December 1777 correspondence of Governor Richard Caswell, 11 images, with John B. Beasley among the writers. Samuel Cornell, Northampton County and Orange County are named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Cornell, Samuel, 1731-1781.
Minutes of Council held in New Bern, discussing counterfeit certificates, settlement issues in the Cherokee territory, and rebellious activity
1770
Minutes of a Council meeting at New Bern in 1770, taken up with counterfeit certificates, settlement in Cherokee territory and rebellious activity. Richard Henderson, Samuel Cornell, Robert Palmer, John Rutherford and William Tryon are named, and Hillsborough appears among the places. Oaths, militia, treasury business, rewards, warrants, housing and treason are among the subjects. Colonial Office series CO 5/314, correspondence of September 1770 to August 1771.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cornell, Samuel.
