Indexed works
Works about or by Thomas Davis. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Joint Select Committees: Reports and papers, May 20-June 3
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, Thomas, -1790?.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
May 17: House bill to appoint a public printer and direct him in his office
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, Thomas, -1790?.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Senate Joint Resolutions: Apr 20-May 17
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, Thomas, -1790?.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Senate Joint Resolutions, May 16 - May 18
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Davis, Thomas, -1790?.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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