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.
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: Sampson, 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 Duke record: Sampson, 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: Sampson, 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: Sampson, John.
Letters sent to the Earl of Hillsborough by William Tryon, enclosing mentioned council minutes relative to issues of piracy, trade, and taxation in North Carolina
1768
Council minutes on piracy, trade and taxation in North Carolina were enclosed with these 1768 letters from William Tryon to the Earl of Hillsborough. James Hasell, John Rutherford, Henry McCulloch, John Sampson, William Day and Thomas Hayward are named, with Brunswick as the place. Quitrents, Board of Trade business, land and appointments are among the subjects. One online resource in Colonial Office series CO 5/311.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Sampson, John.
