Indexed works
Works about or by Richard Phelps. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Letters and dispatches from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough, October 1768 - May 1769
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Governor William Tryon's correspondence with the Earl of Hillsborough for the months from October 1768 to May 1769, just after Tryon marched militia to Hillsborough to protect the court from the Regulators. Adam Matthew Digital reproduced the file, Colonial Office CO 5/301, in 2019. Topics include legislation, Anglican clergy, soldiers' wages, sheriffs, land and quitrents, trade and currency, taxes and education, the Catawba and the boundary line, roads, a murder case, punishment and prison, and people such as Richard Caswell, James Hasell and John Rutherford.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Phelps, Richard.
Governor Tryon's letter to Richard Phelps, commenting upon an Act concerning pedlars and delivering news of Princess Louisa's death
1768
Richard Phelps received this letter from Governor William Tryon in 1768, with comments on an act concerning pedlars and news of the death of Princess Louisa. Trade, legislation, the Board of Trade and Parliament are mentioned, and Brunswick and Hillsborough appear among the places. The Orange County town had taken its name from the earl then serving as secretary of state.
Included because: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Phelps, Richard.
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