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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: Hasell, James.
Letters and dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough, October 1768 - May 1769
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Governor William Tryon's correspondence with the Earl of Hillsborough for the months from October 1768 to May 1769, just after Tryon marched militia to Hillsborough to protect the court from the Regulators. Adam Matthew Digital reproduced the file, Colonial Office CO 5/301, in 2019. Topics include legislation, Anglican clergy, soldiers' wages, sheriffs, land and quitrents, trade and currency, taxes and education, the Catawba and the boundary line, roads, a murder case, punishment and prison, and people such as Richard Caswell, James Hasell and John Rutherford.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Hasell, James.
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 NC State record: Hasell, James.
Correspondence between Governor Martin and the Earl of Dartmouth, relative to improving public business and the resignation of John Bungwin
1773
Governor Josiah Martin wrote to the Earl of Dartmouth in 1773 about putting the province's public business in better order and about the resignation of John Bungwin from office, with appointments, customs, trade and the colony's finances in the same file. James Hasell and William Tryon are named. Orange County enters through the Earl of Hillsborough, whose title the county seat took.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Hasell, James.
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
Minutes of a council sitting at New Bern in 1771, sent on with the governor's correspondence, recording debate over trade and export embargoes and petitions from civilians on behalf of men sentenced to hang for stealing horses. Governor Tryon, James Hasell, Richard Henderson and Samuel Cornell take part. Hillsborough in Orange County is also named. Reference CO 5/314.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Hasell, James.
Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Hillsborough, numbered 1-2
1771
Two numbered dispatches of 1771 from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Hillsborough, covering the assembly, taxes and currency, the militia and the Regulators, the disbanding of troops, and hospitals, climate and epidemic disease. James Hasell, Hugh Waddell and Nathaniel Duckenfield are named. Orange County appears only in the earl's title, the source of the town name.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Hasell, James.
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James Hasell's letter to John Pownall regarding Swedish methods for making tar
1771
James Hasell wrote to John Pownall in 1771 about Swedish methods of making tar, a matter of weight for a colony whose naval stores trade rested on pitch and tar. Manufacturing, industry and health are mentioned, with New Bern among the places and Josiah Martin named. Orange County comes in through the Earl of Hillsborough, namesake of the county seat.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Hasell, James.
James Hasell's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding the insurgents in North Carolina
1771
A 1771 letter from James Hasell to the Earl of Hillsborough on the insurgents then active in North Carolina, covering rebellion, resistance, communications and administration. Josiah Martin is also named, with New Bern and Maryland among the places. The Orange County tie is the earl's title, carried by the town of Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Hasell, James.
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
An address from the governor's council in North Carolina, dated 1770, on counterfeit currency in circulation, the conduct of public officers, and a proposal to establish a public school in the province. Richard Caswell, James Hasell and Governor William Tryon are named. The Orange County tie is Hillsborough, the town that carries the secretary of state's title. From CO 5/314.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Hasell, James.
North Carolina minutes of council from February 13 to March 19 1771
1771
Council minutes for 13 February to 19 March 1771, kept at New Bern with James Hasell among those sitting, from the Colonial Office papers for North Carolina. Business includes petitions, local government, criminal cases and capital punishment for theft, shipping and an embargo, port and agricultural matters, and colonial disaffection touching French and Spanish interests. Wilmington and Hillsborough both appear.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Hasell, James.
North Carolina minutes of council from the 5th to the 9th of April 1770
1770
Five days of council proceedings, 5 to 9 April 1770, from the Colonial Office volume of North Carolina council and assembly minutes. Governor William Tryon, James Hasell, Brunswick and Salisbury figure in business over prorogation of the assembly, treasury matters and colonial disaffection over parliamentary sovereignty. The Orange County tie is the Earl of Hillsborough, the secretary of state the county town is named for.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Hasell, James.
North Carolina minutes of council in assembly from 5 December 1770 to 12 March 1771
1770
Minutes of the council sitting in assembly from 5 December 1770 to 12 March 1771, part of the Colonial Office run for October 1769 to April 1775. Business runs to legislation on land and the expansion of settlement, construction at Fort Johnston, taxes and treasury, counterfeit currency, education, town government, transport and hunting. William Tryon and James Hasell take part, and Hillsborough is among the places named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Hasell, James.
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