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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 Cardinal record: Rutherford, John.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Rutherford, John.
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: Rutherford, John.
Governor Martin's letter to the Earl of Dartmouth whilst aboard the Cruiser Sloop of War, notifying him that communication with Charles Town is totally cut off and of increasing influence of revolutionary committees
1775
Writing in 1775 from aboard the sloop of war Cruiser, Governor Josiah Martin told the Earl of Dartmouth that communication with Charles Town was entirely cut off and that revolutionary committees were gaining ground. John Ashe, William Dry and John Rutherford are named, and the places include Fort Johnston, the Cape Fear and Hillsborough, the town named for the Earl of Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC State record: Rutherford, John.
William Tryon's letter to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding a message from the assembly which he has enclosed
1771
Tryon's letter of 1771 to the Earl of Hillsborough forwards a message from the assembly, and a companion version reports the recent victory over rebel forces and the events after their surrender: oaths, disbandment, land grants, petitions from widows and children, and a capital sentence touching Benjamin Merrill. Richard Caswell, John Rutherford and Robert Palmer are named, and Hillsborough appears among the places.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Rutherford, John.
Government Journal documenting insurgent activates and advances
1768
A colonial government journal from 1768 tracking the movements of insurgents in the North Carolina backcountry, with entries on the militia, sheriffs, tax collection, supplies and the intelligence reaching the council. William Churton, James Hunter, John Rutherford and George Sally appear in it, and the journal concerns Hillsborough and Orange County, the ground at the center of the Regulator unrest. Filed at CO 5/312.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Rutherford, John.
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William Tryon's letters and enclosed papers sent to the Earl of Hillsborough relating to land warrants, patents, and legislation in North Carolina
1770
Letters and enclosed papers sent by Governor William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough in 1770 on land warrants, patents and legislation in North Carolina, with quitrents, taxation and treasury business alongside. John Rutherford is named, and Brunswick appears among the places. The Orange County tie is the earl's name, carried by the town of Hillsborough.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Rutherford, John.
John Rutherford's letter to Governor Tryon relative to passing a good quitrent law in the provinces and recommending districts to purchase
1769
John Rutherford wrote to Governor Tryon in 1769 in favour of passing a sound quitrent law in the provinces and recommended districts for purchase. Fines, rents, petitions, government revenue and land also figure, with England among the places. Orange County enters by the Earl of Hillsborough's name alone, the title the county seat carries.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Rutherford, John.
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: Rutherford, John.
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 Duke record: Rutherford, John.
Minutes of Council enclosed within a letter sent by William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough regarding civil disturbances in Orange County, trade, and threats of piracy in the province
1768
Council minutes enclosed with a letter from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough in 1768, covering civil disturbances in Orange County, trade and threats of piracy in the province. Edmund Fanning, James Hasell, John Rutherford, William Dry and John Sampson are named, with Hillsborough and Brunswick as places. Reference: Colonial Office volume CO 5/312, North Carolina correspondence of the Secretary of State.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Rutherford, John.
Orders of His Excellency for the troops under orders to march to Hillsborough, and proceedings and resolutions of the Council of War held at Hillsborough camp
1768
Marching orders of 1768 for troops sent to Hillsborough, with the proceedings and resolutions of the Council of War at the Hillsborough camp. Artillery, supplies, transport, food, weaponry, quartering and troop movements are subjects, with references to John Abraham Collet, Maurice Moore, Robert Palmer, John Rutherford, Rowan County, Salisbury and Halifax. One online resource in Colonial Office series CO 5/312.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Rutherford, John.
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