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Robert Jones

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Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Dartmouth numbered 21-24, enclosing copies of legislation

2019 · Adam Matthew Digital

Keywords: finance, court of law, debt, council, judge, wages, assembly, currency, voting, tax, oath, litigation, appointment, sheriff, inheritance, prisoner, Irish, customs, resignation, land, quitrent, land grant, surv…

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…

Documents concerning appointments to, and resignations from the Council of North Carolina

1770

William Tryon's letters to the Earl of Hillsborough, recommending councilmembers, repairs to be made to fortifications, and the introduction of quitrents in North Carolina

1770

Acts passed at the general assembly of North Carolina held at New Bern, 1 December 1766 to 31 January 1767 (nos. 85-113), plus an additional act passed 27 November 1764 (no. 64)

1764

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