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 State record: McCulloch, Alexander.
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: McCulloch, Alexander.
Collection of responses to the insurgents by various governors and settlers, and minutes of a council held at Hillsborough, 13th August 1768
1768
Governor William Tryon's council met at Hillsborough on 13 August 1768, and this file gathers its minutes together with replies to the insurgents from governors and settlers. People named include Tryon, James Hunter, William Butler and Tyree Harris, and subjects include rebellion, treason, taxes and civil disturbance. The setting is Orange County itself. Reference CO 5/312.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: McCulloch, Alexander.
Dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough
1769
Governor William Tryon's 1769 dispatches to the Earl of Hillsborough, ranging from quitrents, land surveys and timber to rice growing, housing, printing, a lottery, and the colony's enslaved people, women and children. Samuel Cornell, Benjamin Heron, Marmaduke Jones and Samuel Strudwick are among the names. Hillsborough was named for the earl, which is the local tie.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: McCulloch, Alexander.
An assembly held by the Upper House regarding various government affairs such as disturbances in the frontier settlements and the establishment of a town in Mecklenburg
1766
A sitting of the North Carolina upper house in 1766, taking up disturbances in the frontier settlements, a bill for a new town in Mecklenburg County, militia matters, petitions, taxes and appointments. William Dry, John Harvey, James Hasell and Governor William Tryon are among those present. Hillsborough, the Orange County seat, is among the places mentioned. From CO 5/312.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: McCulloch, Alexander.
Journal of the upper house of North Carolina, 3 February - 10 March 1764
1764
The upper house of the North Carolina legislature sat from 3 February to 10 March 1764, and its journal records appointments, the late war with France, dealings with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw, garrisons and ordnance, the Church of England clergy, hemp, the militia and the treasury. Governor Arthur Dobbs, John Ashe and James Hasell take part. Orange County is among the places named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: McCulloch, Alexander.
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Orders in Council concerning appointments and legislative activity in North Carolina
1769
Orders in Council of 1769 on appointments and legislative activity in North Carolina. Land and surveying, land grants, quitrents, currency, imports, education, marriage, dissenters, a post office, riot and rebellion, and Scottish migration are among the subjects, with references to Edward Brice Dobbs, Nathaniel Duckenfield, Marmaduke Jones, Alexander McCulloch and James Murray. One online resource in Colonial Office series CO 5/302.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: McCulloch, Alexander.
Minutes of a Council held at Hillsborough, 13 August 1768
1768
Minutes of a council meeting at Hillsborough, taken on 13 August 1768, with Orange County among the subjects. Those named include Governor William Tryon, Robert Palmer, John Rutherford, Alexander McCulloch and Samuel Studwick, and the listed topics are taxes, finance, the sheriff, the militia, oaths, resistance and law and order. From Colonial Office volume CO 5/312, North Carolina correspondence of the Secretary of State.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: McCulloch, Alexander.
