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1750–1826 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
3 indexed works are connected with this person.
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Phases of the westward movement in the Old Southwest, as Archibald Henderson set them out in 1919: the Transylvania colony, Richard Henderson's land company and the career of Isaac Shelby. The Seeman Printery produced the volume, 86 pages with two portraits. Its author held a professorship at Chapel Hill.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Durham record: Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826.
Resolutions of the House of Commons, February 12 to 14, 1781, among them a request for an express rider to General Greene for the latest news and a summons for Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Taylor to appear before the next Assembly. Cornwallis, King's Mountain and militia matters figure in them. 79 images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826.
Resolutions of 1 and 2 February 1781 before the North Carolina Senate, 33 images: a flag of truce to Charles Town carrying supplies for prisoners, a rejected purchase of arms taken at Kings Mountain, pay for John Haywood as secretary of the board of war, and Anthony Bledsoe's appointment as lieutenant colonel of militia. William R. Davie and Isaac Shelby are also named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826.
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