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4 indexed works are connected with this person.
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Legislative committee reports from 20 May to 3 June 1784, in 105 images, from the General Assembly's joint select committees. They answer memorials of James Kerr, a Rowan County commissioner, and David Miller of Rutherford County, and the account of Maurice Simmons of Charleston. Army supplies, Cherokee lands, Benjamin Hawkins, Willie Jones, prisoners of war and Hillsborough appear in the papers.
Amendments to a House bill of May 1784 appointing a public printer for the state and setting out his duties. The printer Thomas Davis is connected with it. Six images from the General Assembly's Hillsborough session.
North Carolina Senate resolutions of 20 April to 17 May 1783, 42 images. They favor William Moore and Philip Thomas, recommend an annuity for John Benton, weigh an allowance for John Haywood Jr., and reject a measure against Henry Irwin Toole as executor of Joseph Moore of Edgecombe County. Governor Alexander Martin and the peace treaty figure in the session, as does Hillsborough.
Resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 16 to 18 May 1782: naming Thomas Davis public printer, favoring Joseph Pitman of Edgecombe County, obtaining clothing for Continental officers and soldiers, and answering a memorial of John Huske. Nathanael Greene, Jethro Sumner and the Battle of Eutaw Springs are among the names. 51 images, with Hillsborough tied to the session.
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