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Nathaniel Duckenfield

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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…

Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough numbered 59-67, enclosing documents concerning the Regulators

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Keywords: council, naval stores, trade, oath, militia, defence, raising of troops, judge, court of law, sheriff, jury, voting, riot, tax, alcohol, finance, Regulators, skirmish, resignation, soldier, Provincials, Cherok…

Correspondence of Josiah Martin and the Earl of Hillsborough, including an enclosed letter by Mr. M. Howard, relating to instructions for trade, an embargo placed upon wheat and grain, and criminal activity in North Carolina

1772

Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Hillsborough, numbered 1-2

1771

William Hillsborough's letter to the Governor Martin regarding riots and royal appointments to The Board of Trade

1771

William Tryon's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough transmitting a copy of the Land Office Patents granted at a Court of Claims in New Bern, 30th Nov 1770

1770

Letter of Josiah Martin relative to counterfeit currency circulating in the Northern provinces and military expenses

1771

Letters to William Tryon and representation to the King on the subject of several acts passed in North Carolina

1770

Orders in Council concerning appointments and legislative activity in North Carolina

1769

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