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James Hasell

“Acting governor, 1771; thrice Chief Justice, 1750-1766; President of the Council. Owned large library. Home 7 mi. S.E.”

State historical marker: D-72: James Hasell

28 works in the index name this person.

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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 and dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough, October 1768 - May 1769

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Keywords: legislation, clergy, Church of England, Protestantism, soldier, wages, sheriff, land, property, trade, currency, import, tax, education, children, Indians, Catawba, boundary, road, murder, customs, family life…

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…

Correspondence between Governor Martin and the Earl of Dartmouth, relative to improving public business and the resignation of John Bungwin

1773

Correspondence containing minutes of a council held in New Bern discussing matters of trade and appeals made by civilians on behalf of those sentenced to death for stealing horses

1771

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

1771

James Hasell's letter to John Pownall regarding Swedish methods for making tar

1771

James Hasell's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding the insurgents in North Carolina

1771

North Carolina minutes of council from February 13 to March 19 1771

1771

An address of His Majesty's Council in North Carolina regarding counterfeit currency, the conduct of public officers, and establishing a public school in the province

1770

North Carolina minutes of council from the 5th to the 9th of April 1770

1770

North Carolina minutes of council in assembly from 5 December 1770 to 12 March 1771

1770

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