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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Jones, Robert.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Jones, Robert.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Jones, Robert.
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
Governor William Tryon recommends men for the council, describes repairs needed to the colony's fortifications, and argues for the introduction of quitrents in these letters of 1770 to the Earl of Hillsborough. Samuel Cornell, Robert Jones and James Murray are among those named, with counterfeiting, currency, land sales and defence also at issue. The earl's title names the Orange County town.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Jones, Robert.
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
Colonial statutes sent to London, covering the acts the North Carolina general assembly passed at New Bern between December 1766 and January 1767, numbers 85 to 113, with one act from November 1764 added at the end. The acts deal with clergy, militia, sheriffs, courts, roads, crops and taxes, and name figures such as Arthur Dobbs, John Ashe and Robert Jones. Orange County and Hillsborough appear among the places legislated for. Reference CO 5/338.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Jones, Robert.
