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Mary Claire Engstrom photographic collection, 1930s-1979 (bulk 1950s-1976).
Engstrom, Mary Claire, 1906-1997 · 1934
Photographs gathered by Mary Claire Engstrom (1906-1997), dated from the 1930s to 1979 with most falling between the 1950s and 1976, about 2,140 items in 4.4 linear feet in UNC's North Carolina Collection. Subjects include historic buildings in Hillsborough and Orange County, the Alexander Dixon House, the Nash Hooper Graham House, Bingham School, Nash and Kollock School, the Hillsboro' Military Academy, Carrboro views, and the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
Session of November 1792-January 1793: Miscellaneous Petitions (1 of 2)
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1792
First of two folders of miscellaneous petitions to the General Assembly, November 1792 to January 1793. Petitioners include Andrew Burke, Edward and Thomas Munford, Elizabeth Allen and the inhabitants of Goose Creek, on matters ranging from debts, canals and fisheries to crime and county boundaries. Orange County is one of many places named. Eighty-eight images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Session of November-December 1789: Joint Select Committees: Reports and papers, December 3 - December 14
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1789
Reports and papers of joint select committees of the General Assembly, 3 to 14 December 1789. They include a report on warrants drawn for Colonel Alexander Outlaw's guard station on the Tennessee River and one on a petition of Timothy Riggs, Rutherford County surveyor. Orange is among the counties named. Seventy-seven images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
May 12: House bill to appoint certain persons to revise all the laws currently in force in the state (laid over)
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784
Laid over in May 1784, a House bill naming men to revise all the laws then in force in North Carolina. James Iredell, Samuel Johnston and Abner Nash are connected with it, along with the printing of the laws. From the General Assembly's Hillsborough session; three images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Papers: Material sent for perusal
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1783
Material sent to the North Carolina General Assembly for perusal in 1783, 16 images. Richard Caswell, Abner Nash and Samuel Ashe appear, and the papers touch on admiralty, the courts, public debt and the Continental Congress.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Apr.-May, 1782 Jt. Select Comm., Reports and Papers (petitions, messages, etc.) April. 17-27
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Joint select committee reports and papers of the 1782 General Assembly at Hillsborough, covering 16 to 27 April. They answer the governor's messages and resolves of the Continental Congress and take up a petition from Wilmington inhabitants. Names include Alexander Martin, Abner Nash, Henry Pattillo, William Sharpe and John Springer; Quakers, slavery, soldiers' wages and the Continental Navy also appear. 116 pages.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Senate Joint Resolutions, May 7 - May 15
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Senate joint resolutions of 7 to 15 May 1782, 76 images with messages, a committee report and petitions. Among them: Francis Newby of Franklin County, David Marshall of New Bern, and Dennis O'Bryan, George Duncan and Joseph Pitman of Granville County. Thomas Burke, Willie Jones and Waightstill Avery figure in the papers, and Hillsborough is among the places tied to them.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Senate Joint Resolutions: February 1-2
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1781
Resolutions of 1 and 2 February 1781 before the North Carolina Senate, 33 images: a flag of truce to Charles Town carrying supplies for prisoners, a rejected purchase of arms taken at Kings Mountain, pay for John Haywood as secretary of the board of war, and Anthony Bledsoe's appointment as lieutenant colonel of militia. William R. Davie and Isaac Shelby are also named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
August-September, 1780: Joint Select Committees (Reports of and messages concerning)
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Reports and messages of joint select committees from August and September 1780, when the General Assembly met at Hillsborough after the defeat at Camden. Committees worked on supplies and provisions for the army and the adjustment of public claims. Horatio Gates, Richard Caswell, Abner Nash, William Hooper, hospitals, surgeons, cavalry and wagons all appear. 88 pages.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governor Abner Nash correspondence: May 2, 1780-June 2, 1781, n.d.
Martin, Alexander, 1740-1807 · 1780
Abner Nash's correspondence as governor from 2 May 1780 to 2 June 1781, with some undated pieces, in 68 images that include letters and resolutions. Nash served as the state's second governor, 1780 to 1781. Topics include military bounties, prisoners of war, debt, wages, the Continental Army and the French navy, with Hillsborough and Orange County among the places concerned.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Abner Nash, Correspondence, August 1780
Williams, William · 1780
Governor Abner Nash's letters for August 1780, the month of the American defeat at Camden, in 51 images. William Williams is among the writers, and Richard Caswell, Alexander Martin, Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress are named, as are Hillsborough and Chatham, Hyde and Pasquotank counties.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Abner Nash, Correspondence, October 1780
Salter, Robert · 1780
Correspondence of Governor Abner Nash for October 1780, in 35 images, with Robert Salter among the writers. Names include Robert Howe, Samuel Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Caswell and Alexander Martin, and Hillsborough, Hyde and Pitt counties also appear.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Nash, Abner, Approximately 1740-1786.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Records of the time 5
- Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, Aug 20 to Sep 10, 1775 (vol. 10, pp. 164–220)Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
- Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 15, pp. 3-4: Letter from Horatio Gates to Abner Nash, July 19, 1780
- Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1780 (September session; vol. 24, pp. 344–357)Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
- Minutes of the North Carolina House of Commons, Apr 16 to May 18, 1782 (vol. 16, pp. 1–177)Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
- Minutes of the North Carolina Senate, Apr 18 to May 17, 1783 (vol. 19, pp. 129–232)Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
- The thirty published volumes of records, 1662–1790, transcribed and searchable
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Abner Nash Library card An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
