Person in the county’s record
4 indexed works are connected with this person.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Governor Samuel Johnston's correspondence for June 1789, 14 images. Francis Child is among the writers, and George Washington, newly inaugurated as president, is named. Bertie County, Hillsborough, the State of Franklin and Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek matters also appear.
Papers laid before the North Carolina General Assembly for perusal in August and September 1780, 56 images. They include Governor Abner Nash's messages to members, one of them on clothing for the regular troops, resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letters from Richard and James Ellis and from James Iredell, and John Reddy's petition. George Washington and the Board of War also appear.
Correspondence received by the North Carolina General Assembly during its August to September 1780 session, 14 images. Governor Abner Nash, Samuel Johnston, Willie Jones, Martin Armstrong and George Washington are among the names, and the letters deal with militia, loyalists and the war in South Carolina and Georgia.
February 1778 correspondence of Richard Caswell, the first governor of independent North Carolina, in 108 images. George Washington, Henry Laurens, Charles Lee, George Wythe, Cornelius Harnett and John Penn are among the names, and the counties concerned include Chatham, Guilford, Surry, Wake and Orange.
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