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Joint Select Committees: Reports and Papers, Apr. 20-May 18
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784
Joint select committee reports of the 1784 General Assembly, 20 April to 18 May, in 115 images. Judge Samuel Spencer's memorial, the petition of John Simpson and Richard Cogdell, and the claims of Dr. Miles King and Robert Hunter are among them. Other matters include loyalists, public debt, land grants, pardons, the French minister La Luzerne, and Hillsborough and Orange County business.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Spencer, Samuel, 1734-1793.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Spencer, Samuel, 1734-1793.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Hillsborough District: Minute Docket Superior Court Part 1, 1768-1788
United States. District Court (North Carolina: Hillsborough District) · 1768
Minute docket, part 1, of the Superior Court for the Hillsborough District, 1768 to 1788, spanning the late colonial court and the state courts set up after the 1776 constitution. Cases involve debt, estates, theft, horse stealing, murder, treason and slavery, and names include William Tryon, Richard Henderson, Maurice Moore and Richard Caswell. 234 images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Spencer, Samuel, 1734-1793.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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