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James Jack

1731–1822 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Miscellaneous Petitions and Accounts

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Petitions and accounts sent to the North Carolina General Assembly in August and September 1780, 29 images. Petitioners include inhabitants of Sullivan and Granville counties, William Collson, whose request was rejected, Charles McLean of Lincoln County, and Captains William Chronicle, David Cowan and James Jack. Loyalists, confiscations and paper money are among the topics.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Jack, James, 1731-1822.

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Background context: NCpedia: James Jack NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 507 Orange County pages naming James Jack DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for James Jack NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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