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Thomas Owen

1735–1803 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Senate Joint Resolutions (August 12-19)

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1778

Joint resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 12 to 19 August 1778, 47 images. They include setting up a Board of Auditors, paying Thomas Owen, a rejected plan to let county courts call out militia against Tories, and leave for Col. Ebenezer Folson to sell public guns. Hillsborough figures in the session's business.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Owen, Thomas, 1735-1803.

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Background context: NCpedia: Thomas Owen NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry
Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 64 Orange County pages naming Thomas Owen DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Thomas Owen NC LIVE 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
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form

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