Skip to content

Person in the county’s record

Richard Phelps

The index holds 2 works for Richard Phelps so far. Search further, by name: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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.

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.

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.

Research sources

Additional research sources

Other catalogs to search and local organizations that can help.

More to discover

Keep Reading Local

The Friends connect people with new library materials, local writers and publishers, and resources documenting Orange County.

Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026