Indexed works
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Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Dartmouth numbered 21-24, enclosing copies of legislation
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Governor Josiah Martin's numbered dispatches 21 through 24 to the Earl of Dartmouth, with copies of North Carolina legislation enclosed, reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office file CO 5/303 part 2. Subjects include finance and currency, debt and the courts, judges' wages, the council and assembly, voting and taxes, oaths, litigation, sheriffs, inheritance, prisoners, Irish settlers, customs, quitrents, land grants, surveying and mortgages. Names include Arthur Dobbs, William Dry, Willie Jones, John Rutherford and Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Dry, William.
Letters from William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners, enclosing legislation and accounts of the ship 'Brigantine Fox'
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Letters from Governor William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners in London, with enclosed legislation and the accounts of the ship Brigantine Fox, reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office file CO 5/300. They show the range of a governor's business: council appointments, judges and courts, assembly acts, cotton manufacturing, poverty, naval stores, rice, tobacco and indigo, currency, the Tuscarora, education, marriage, debt and customs. Hillsborough is among the places named, and people include William Johnston, Richard Henderson, Cornelius Harnett and Samuel Strudwick.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Dry, William.
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
Writing in 1775 from aboard the sloop of war Cruiser, Governor Josiah Martin told the Earl of Dartmouth that communication with Charles Town was entirely cut off and that revolutionary committees were gaining ground. John Ashe, William Dry and John Rutherford are named, and the places include Fort Johnston, the Cape Fear and Hillsborough, the town named for the Earl of Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Dry, William.
Correspondence of Governor Tryon and enclosed copy of the minutes of Council held at Brunswick, April 14 1769
1769
Governor William Tryon's correspondence for 1769 with a copy of the council minutes taken at Brunswick on 14 April, covering treaty and boundary talks with the Cherokee, complaints brought before the board, militia and sheriffs, and the dissolution of the assembly with writs for a new election. James Hasell, William Dry and Lewis DeRosett attend. The Earl of Hillsborough, namesake of the Orange County seat, receives it.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Dry, William.
Correspondence of Governor Tryon and the Earl of Hillsborough containing and relative to returns records of arms, accoutrements, and taxables in North Carolina
1769
Governor William Tryon's letters to the Earl of Hillsborough from 1769, forwarding returns of arms, accoutrements and taxable persons in North Carolina. The same file carries his reports on suppressing insurgents, on land grants and quitrents, on the defence of the coast at Fort Johnston, and on paper currency and the appointment of Mr McCulloh. Orange County is present through the Earl, whose title named Hillsborough. CO 5/312.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Dry, William.
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
A sitting of the North Carolina upper house in 1766, taking up disturbances in the frontier settlements, a bill for a new town in Mecklenburg County, militia matters, petitions, taxes and appointments. William Dry, John Harvey, James Hasell and Governor William Tryon are among those present. Hillsborough, the Orange County seat, is among the places mentioned. From CO 5/312.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Dry, William.
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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
Council minutes enclosed with a letter from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough in 1768, covering civil disturbances in Orange County, trade and threats of piracy in the province. Edmund Fanning, James Hasell, John Rutherford, William Dry and John Sampson are named, with Hillsborough and Brunswick as places. Reference: Colonial Office volume CO 5/312, North Carolina correspondence of the Secretary of State.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Dry, William.
