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Proposed bylaws drafted for the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, dated July 24, 1788. The document concerns Freemasons at Hillsborough in Orange County and Richard Ellis, active 1765 to 1790. Part of DigitalNC's North Carolina Memory collection, from the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Ellis, Richard, active 1765-1790.
Reports and papers of the joint select committees of the North Carolina General Assembly from its April to May 1780 session, in 223 images. Items include a Virginia governor's letter on naval officers and duties at the Ocracoke channel, committee appointments, and Henry Mounger's petition on where Montgomery County's public buildings should stand. Orange County is among the many counties touched.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Ellis, Richard, active 1765-1790.
Papers laid before the North Carolina General Assembly for perusal in August and September 1780, 56 images. They include Governor Abner Nash's messages to members, one of them on clothing for the regular troops, resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letters from Richard and James Ellis and from James Iredell, and John Reddy's petition. George Washington and the Board of War also appear.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Ellis, Richard, active 1765-1790.
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