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Peter Mallett

1744–1805 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

4 works about Peter Mallett are indexed here.

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  1. Swain asks Jefferson Davis to exempt university students from the draft Acting on a trustee resolution of October 8, President David L. Swain wrote from Chapel Hill to Jefferson Davis asking that the remaining students be spared from conscription. He reported 63 students left of the 430 enrolled in 1860 and fifteen young men of the village already killed. The Conscript Office then told the district enrolling officer to grant the exemptions. People: David L. Swain, Peter Mallett Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: Jefferson DavisStephen B. Weeks, The University of North Carolina in the Civil War (1896), scan p. 35

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Apr.-May, 1782: Propositions and Grievances - report and papers

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

Report and papers of the Committee of Propositions and Grievances at the April and May 1782 session of the General Assembly in Hillsborough. Petitions come from the District of Salisbury, Isaac Newton, William Lansdell and Rutherford County officers on behalf of George Russell's wife. Other matters include bribery, prisoners of war, courts martial, the ship Prince of Wales, William Blount and Peter Mallett. 154 pages.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Mallett, Peter, 1744-1805.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

House Joint Resolutions, May 10 - May 17

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

House joint resolutions of May 10 to 17, 1782, with petitions and committee reports, from the General Assembly session at Hillsborough. Subjects run from loyalists, treason and disabled veterans to land grants and public finance; Nathanael Greene, Waightstill Avery and Joseph Dickson are among the names. 89 images.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Mallett, Peter, 1744-1805.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Papers (April-May, 1780): Miscellaneous statements, certificates, and protest

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Miscellaneous statements, certificates and a protest laid before the North Carolina General Assembly in April and May 1780, in twelve images. Topics include militia, prisoners of war, the ships Rainbow and Sally, pork for the army and county jails, with Orange among the counties named.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Mallett, Peter, 1744-1805.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Material sent for perusal

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Papers laid before the North Carolina General Assembly for perusal in August and September 1780, 56 images. They include Governor Abner Nash's messages to members, one of them on clothing for the regular troops, resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letters from Richard and James Ellis and from James Iredell, and John Reddy's petition. George Washington and the Board of War also appear.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Mallett, Peter, 1744-1805.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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