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Richard Dobbs Spaight

Richard Dobbs Spaight of New Bern, who had signed the U.S. Constitution, spoke eleven times in its favor at the 1788 state convention in Hillsborough, arguing in vain for ratification. He represented New Bern in the General Assembly from 1781 to 1783 and served three terms as governor, from December 1792 to November 1795.

Source: NCpedia: Spaight, Richard Dobbs (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)

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John Heritage Bryan (1798-1870) Collection

Bryan, John Heritage, 1798-1870 · 1716

Papers of Bryan, New Bern lawyer, legislator, and Whig congressman (1825-1829). Correspondence chiefly reflects social life in towns and plantations of eastern North Carolina (1820s-1860s), primarily in New Bern and Ral…

State Archives of NC

Miscellaneous Collection

State Archives of North Carolina. Private Manuscripts Archivists · 1689

This is a collection of miscellaneous items such as letters, deeds, grants, surveys, wills, leases, miscellaneous items, that also included a number of photcopies and transcripts from other repositories. Writers, letter…

State Archives of NC

Spaight, Richard Dobbs: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

1 photograph in the Society's UNC Faculty and Administration binder: Portrait of NC Governor Richard Spaight.

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  1. General Assembly at Hillsborough opens the western land office and passes an act of pardon Meeting at Hillsborough, the Assembly re-elected Alexander Martin governor and chose Hugh Williamson, Benjamin Hawkins, Abner Nash and Richard Dobbs Spaight as… People: Alexander Martin, Abner Nash, Hugh Williamson, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Richard CaswellColonial and State Records of North Carolina: Minutes of the North Carolina Senate, Apr 18 to May 17, 1783 (vol. 19, pp. 129–232)
  2. General Assembly at Hillsborough cedes the state's western lands to Congress The spring 1784 Assembly at Hillsborough passed an act ceding to Congress the state's claim to lands west of the Appalachian Mountains and an act giving Congre… People: Alexander Martin, Hugh Williamson, Thomas Benbury, Richard Dobbs SpaightColonial and State Records of North Carolina: Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1784 (Apr 19 to Jun 03, 1784; vol. 24, pp. 543–649)
  3. Hillsborough Convention declines to ratify the Constitution Meeting at St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough, delegates defeated a motion to ratify the Constitution 184 to 84 on August 1, 1788. On August 2 they voted to … People: Samuel Johnston, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Willie Jones, James IredellColonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 22, pp. 1-35: Minutes of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention at Hillsborough
  4. Meeting in Hillsborough, UNC's trustees vote to place the university within fifteen miles of Cyprett's Bridge Twenty-five of the university's forty trustees gathered at Hillsborough on August 2, 1792, and on August 4 voted to build within fifteen miles of Cyprett's Bri… People: Alexander Martin, Hugh Williamson, Richard Dobbs SpaightDocumenting the American South: Site Selection for the University of North Carolina
  5. UNC holds its first public examination, announced by Governor Spaight The University's first public examination took place at Chapel Hill on July 13, 1795, after notice appeared in the newspapers over the signature of Governor Ri…Search the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, Vol. 1 (1907)

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