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Apr.-May, 1782 Jt. Select Comm., Reports and Papers (petitions, messages, etc.) April. 17-27
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Joint select committee reports and papers of the 1782 General Assembly at Hillsborough, covering 16 to 27 April. They answer the governor's messages and resolves of the Continental Congress and take up a petition from Wilmington inhabitants. Names include Alexander Martin, Abner Nash, Henry Pattillo, William Sharpe and John Springer; Quakers, slavery, soldiers' wages and the Continental Navy also appear. 116 pages.
House Joint Resolutions, May 10 - May 17
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
House joint resolutions of May 10 to 17, 1782, with petitions and committee reports, from the General Assembly session at Hillsborough. Subjects run from loyalists, treason and disabled veterans to land grants and public finance; Nathanael Greene, Waightstill Avery and Joseph Dickson are among the names. 89 images.
Senate Joint Resolutions, May 7 - May 15
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782
Senate joint resolutions of 7 to 15 May 1782, 76 images with messages, a committee report and petitions. Among them: Francis Newby of Franklin County, David Marshall of New Bern, and Dennis O'Bryan, George Duncan and Joseph Pitman of Granville County. Thomas Burke, Willie Jones and Waightstill Avery figure in the papers, and Hillsborough is among the places tied to them.
House Joint Resolutions: September 8-13
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
House joint resolutions of September 8 to 13, 1780, from the Hillsborough session, on provisions, allowances for Assembly members and jailers, and the accounts of commissaries and contractors. Governor Abner Nash, Memucan Hunt and Samuel Spencer are among the names. 67 images.
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