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Herman Husband

“Leader during War of the Regulation, 1768-1771; a reformer and pamphleteer. Later in Whiskey Rebellion in Pa. Lived nearby.”

State historical marker: K-62: Herman Husband 1724-1795

13 works in the index name this person.

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The sword of peace : Hermon Husbands and Quaker heritage

Couch, Jack · 1974

UNC

A church quarrel and what resulted

White, Julia S. · 1900

Correspondence of the Earl of Hillsborough and Governor Martin concerning ammunitions at Fort Johnston, the Powder Act of South Carolina, and insurgents approaching New Bern

1771

Journal of the North Carolina assembly, 5 December 1770 - 26 January 1771

1770

George Bancroft letters,

Bancroft, George · 1845

Fifteen letters (transcripts) to David L. Swain, president of the University of North Carolina, relating to the history of the state. Topics include the Regulators, Loyalists, Mecklenburg Declaration, Governors William …

Letter from Governor Martin (no.4) regarding six rebels sentenced to death and the location of Herman Husbands

1771

Letters from William Tryon (Jan-Feb 1771) regarding appointments to Council, legislation and moves towards the restoration of public tranquillity

1771

Letters from William Tryon (Apr 1769) regarding ordnance stores for Fort Johnston, recent unrest in relation to taxes and the acquittal of Herman Husbands

1769

Orange County (N.C.) court records, 1769-1771.

1769

UNC

Letter from the Earl of Hillsborough to William Tryon regarding a petition to introduce paper money as legal tender

1768

John Allen (1749-1826) Papers

Unknown · 1756

Papers of the family of John Allen of Alamance Co., including Granville land grant (Orange Co., 1756) and copy of will (Chester Co., Pa., 1769) of his father John, Sr.; grants, plats, and deed for land in Orange and Cha…

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State Archives of North Carolina. Private Manuscripts Archivists · 1689

This is a collection of miscellaneous items such as letters, deeds, grants, surveys, wills, leases, miscellaneous items, that also included a number of photcopies and transcripts from other repositories. Writers, letter…

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