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.
Letters and Dispatches from Josiah Martin to the Earl of Hillsborough and the Lords Commissioners
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Dispatches from Josiah Martin, the last royal governor of North Carolina, to Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, the secretary of state for the colonies for whom the Orange County seat is named, and to the Lords Commissioners in London. Adam Matthew Digital reproduced the file, Colonial Office CO 5/303 part 1, in 2019. Topics include women, medicine and health, land grants, the courts and litigation, German and Protestant migration to the frontier, the Regulators, riot and treason, salt and alcohol imports, Spanish shipping and crime.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Jones, Thomas.
Miscellaneous Collection
State Archives of North Carolina. Private Manuscripts Archivists · 1689
The State Archives' Miscellaneous Collection: letters, deeds, land grants, surveys, wills, leases and other single items dating from 1689 to 2017, some as photocopies or transcripts from other repositories. Writers and subjects vary widely, governors and generals among them, and Orange County figures among the many places touched.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Jones, Thomas.
