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James Davis

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Fifty-dollar bill of credit, 1778

North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778

Fifty-dollar bill of credit issued in 1778 and printed by James Davis in New Bern, North Carolina. During the Revolution, the face values of North Carolina currency were expressed in dollars instead of the British value…

Five-dollar bill of credit, 1778

North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778

Five-dollar bill of credit issued in 1778 and printed by James Davis in New Bern. When compared to the North Carolina's earlier engraved currencies, such as those of 1775 and 1776, this well-circulated bill from the sta…

One-fourth-dollar bill of credit, 1778

North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778

One-fourth-dollar bill of credit printed by James Davis in New Bern and issued in 1778. Title supplied by repository

Ten-dollar bill of credit, 1778

North Carolina. General Assembly (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 1778

Ten-dollar bill of creit printed by James Davis in New Bern and issued in 1778. At first glance it appears that this is a complete 1778 ten-dollar bill that was simply torn in half. They are, however, pieces from differ…

August-September, 1780: Joint Select Committees (Reports of and messages concerning)

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1763

August 31: re committee to devise ways and means to raise supplies for the army (messages only) August 31: governors' message referred to the committee appointed to prepare a bill to procure provisions for the army, etc…

Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Material sent for perusal

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1763

August 23 and 28: Governor Nash to the members present August 31: resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letter from Richard and James Ellis, letter from James Iredell, and petition of John Reddy September 4: messages re…

May 12: Senate bill to authorize James Davis to print and publish all laws currently in effect in the state

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1763

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