Indexed works
Works about or by William Sharpe. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Joint Resolutions: May 3-15
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
House joint resolutions of May 3 to 15, 1779, 146 images of resolutions, messages and petitions. The House appointed a chaplain and acted on requests from Walter Gibson of Bladen County, James Glasgow and Captain Francis Tartason, among many others, with matters of militia, taxation, land grants and schools.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Joint Resolutions: October 19-November 10
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
Joint resolutions of the House of Commons, October 19 to November 10, 1779: tax exemptions for people in Franklin, Orange and Wilkes counties, the disbanding of the state regiment, and a call for the Continental delegates to attend the Assembly. Supplies, prisoners of war and trade with the West Indies also appear. 192 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Sharpe, William, 1742-1818.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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