Indexed works
Works about or by James Davis. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
The Reverend Mr Micklejohn's sermon preached before William Tryon and the troops raised to quell the late insurrection at Hillsborough
1768
George Micklejohn preached this sermon in 1768 before Governor William Tryon and the troops raised to quell the insurrection at Hillsborough, and the text was copied into the secretary of state's North Carolina correspondence. Subjects include religion, war, unrest and the army, and printer James Davis is named. The occasion sits squarely in Orange County. Reference CO 5/312.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Ten-shilling bill of credit, 1785
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1785
Ten-shilling bill of credit printed in Hillsborough in 1785 by Thomas Davis, son of the former public printer James Davis. For its 1783 and 1785 issues North Carolina went back to pounds, shillings and pence instead of dollars.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
May 12: Senate bill to authorize James Davis to print and publish all laws currently in effect in the state
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
James Davis, the New Bern printer who was North Carolina's first, is authorized by this Senate bill of May 1783 to print and publish all the laws then in effect in the state. Two images from the General Assembly's session at Hillsborough.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Material sent for perusal
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Papers laid before the North Carolina General Assembly for perusal in August and September 1780, 56 images. They include Governor Abner Nash's messages to members, one of them on clothing for the regular troops, resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letters from Richard and James Ellis and from James Iredell, and John Reddy's petition. George Washington and the Board of War also appear.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Papers (October-November, 1779): Petitions to General Assembly
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly at its October to November 1779 session, 86 images. One comes from inhabitants of Orange County; others from a Mecklenburg County committee, Tobias Butler and residents of Burke County. Topics range over roads, bridges, courthouses, county boundaries, loyalists and prisoners of war.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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October-November, 1779: Joint Select Committees (Chiefly appointments and referrals)
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
Messages, reports and referrals of the General Assembly's joint select committees from October and November 1779, 97 pages in all. Business ranges over public money and depreciation, army supply, militia, taxation, land titles and appointments, and names include Governor Richard Caswell, Abner Nash, Edmund Fanning and the printer James Davis. Orange County is among the counties touched.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1778
North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778
Fifty-dollar North Carolina bill of credit authorized by the General Assembly at Hillsborough and dated 8 August 1778, printed by James Davis at New Bern. Revolutionary North Carolina currency was denominated in dollars rather than British pounds, shillings and pence.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
Five-dollar bill of credit, 1778
North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778
Well-worn five-dollar bill of credit from North Carolina's typeset issue of 8 August 1778, authorized by the General Assembly at Hillsborough and printed by James Davis at New Bern. It is much plainer than the engraved notes of 1775 and 1776.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
One-fourth-dollar bill of credit, 1778
North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778
Paper money from the American Revolution: a bill of credit worth one fourth of a dollar, issued in 1778 under the North Carolina General Assembly meeting at Hillsborough and printed by James Davis, the New Bern printer. The issue is dated 8 August 1778.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778
North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778
Ten-dollar bill of credit from the 1778 issue authorized by the North Carolina General Assembly at Hillsborough and printed by James Davis in New Bern. What looks like one bill torn in half is two pieces from different varieties of the issue, with visible differences in type.
Included because: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Davis, James, 1721-1785.
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