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John Wright Stanly

1742–1789 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Session of November 1792-January 1793: Miscellaneous Court Cases

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1792

Court papers laid before the General Assembly in its session of November 1792 to January 1793, including grand jury presentments from Halifax District and from the Hillsborough District superior court and Orange County court, a complaint of John Den and a New Bern District judgment. Twenty-one images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Stanly, John Wright, 1742-1789.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Miscellaneous Petitions and Accounts

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780

Petitions and accounts sent to the North Carolina General Assembly in August and September 1780, 29 images. Petitioners include inhabitants of Sullivan and Granville counties, William Collson, whose request was rejected, Charles McLean of Lincoln County, and Captains William Chronicle, David Cowan and James Jack. Loyalists, confiscations and paper money are among the topics.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Stanly, John Wright, 1742-1789.

NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

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