Indexed works
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
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.
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.
William Hillsborough's letter to the Governor Martin regarding riots and royal appointments to The Board of Trade
1771
A letter of 1771 to Governor Josiah Martin from the Earl of Hillsborough on riots and civil disturbance in North Carolina and on royal appointments to the Board of Trade. Militia, defence, loyalism, communications and trade run through it, with Nathaniel Duckenfield and Marmaduke Jones named. The town of Hillsborough carries the earl's title, which is the county connection here.
Documents concerning appointments to, and resignations from the Council of North Carolina
1770
Papers of 1770 on appointments to the Council of North Carolina and resignations from it, naming Samuel Cornell, Marmaduke Jones, Eustace McCulloch and James Murray, with Arthur Dobbs and William Tryon also mentioned. Judges, commissions and merchants are the recurring topics. The link to Orange County is the Earl of Hillsborough, whose title the county seat carries.
Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough
1769
Governor William Tryon's 1769 dispatches to the Earl of Hillsborough, ranging from quitrents, land surveys and timber to rice growing, housing, printing, a lottery, and the colony's enslaved people, women and children. Samuel Cornell, Benjamin Heron, Marmaduke Jones and Samuel Strudwick are among the names. Hillsborough was named for the earl, which is the local tie.
Orders in Council concerning appointments and legislative activity in North Carolina
1769
Orders in Council of 1769 on appointments and legislative activity in North Carolina. Land and surveying, land grants, quitrents, currency, imports, education, marriage, dissenters, a post office, riot and rebellion, and Scottish migration are among the subjects, with references to Edward Brice Dobbs, Nathaniel Duckenfield, Marmaduke Jones, Alexander McCulloch and James Murray. One online resource in Colonial Office series CO 5/302.
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Letters to William Tryon and representation to the King on the subject of several acts passed in North Carolina
1770
Several acts passed in North Carolina drew these 1770 letters to William Tryon and a representation to the King. Subjects range from judges, resignations and the frontier to Scottish migration, with Inverness and the Isle of Skye named, and include the Cherokee, a lottery and the boundary. One online resource in Colonial Office series CO 5/305.
