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Salary of Joseph Martin, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Martin, Alexander, 1740-1807 · 1789
Salary papers for Joseph Martin, 1784 to 1789, covering his work as agent and then superintendent of Indian affairs, first for Virginia from 1777 and for North Carolina from 1783 to 1789. The documents bear the signatures of Governors Alexander Martin and Richard Caswell. Eighteen images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Martin, Joseph, 1740-1808.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, April 1788
Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816 · 1788
Governor Samuel Johnston's letters from April 1788, a few months into his term. Frontier matters run through them: the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek nations, the breakaway State of Franklin, Joseph Martin, Alexander McGillivray and the Spanish envoy Diego de Gardoqui. Surry County and Hillsborough are named. Twenty-four images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Martin, Joseph, 1740-1808.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, July 1788
Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816 · 1788
July 1788, the month a state convention met at Hillsborough to weigh the federal Constitution, fills 62 images of Governor Samuel Johnston's papers. Correspondents include Henry Knox, Thomas Pinckney, Montfort Stokes, Joseph Martin and Stockley Donelson, and the State of Franklin and Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek affairs recur.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Martin, Joseph, 1740-1808.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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