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Benjamin Heron

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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…

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 of Mr Robinson and Mr Pownall respecting payments ordered to Governor Bruce of Bermuda relative to the revenues arising to the Crown from land sales and leases there, and complaints made by customs officers of Rhode Island

1771

Correspondence of Governor Tryon and enclosed copy of the minutes of Council held at Brunswick, April 14 1769

1769

Correspondence of Governor Tryon and the Earl of Hillsborough containing and relative to returns records of arms, accoutrements, and taxables in North Carolina

1769

Correspondence relative to regulations of land and schemes for a regular collection of Quitrents in North Carolina

1769

Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough

1769

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