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William Dry

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Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Dartmouth numbered 21-24, enclosing copies of legislation

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Keywords: finance, court of law, debt, council, judge, wages, assembly, currency, voting, tax, oath, litigation, appointment, sheriff, inheritance, prisoner, Irish, customs, resignation, land, quitrent, land grant, surv…

Letters from William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners, enclosing legislation and accounts of the ship 'Brigantine Fox'

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Keywords: council, death, appointment, judge, court of law, legislation, assembly, construction, Parliament, manufacturing, textiles, cotton, family life, poverty, ships and sailors, timber, export, import, pitch and ta…

Governor Martin's letter to the Earl of Dartmouth whilst aboard the Cruiser Sloop of War, notifying him that communication with Charles Town is totally cut off and of increasing influence of revolutionary committees

1775

Correspondence of Governor Tryon and enclosed copy of the minutes of Council held at Brunswick, April 14 1769

1769

Correspondence of Governor Tryon and the Earl of Hillsborough containing and relative to returns records of arms, accoutrements, and taxables in North Carolina

1769

An assembly held by the Upper House regarding various government affairs such as disturbances in the frontier settlements and the establishment of a town in Mecklenburg

1766

Minutes of Council enclosed within a letter sent by William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding civil disturbances in Orange County, trade, and threats of piracy in the province

1768

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