Indexed works
Works about or by George Washington. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Session of November-December 1796: Joint Committee Reports: Others
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1796
Assorted joint committee reports from the General Assembly of November and December 1796, including one on the petition of John Willis, rejected, one on the land laws and one on the petition of Christopher Taylor. Topics range from land grants, surveys and lotteries to fishing, Tennessee and Native Americans. George Washington and Orange County are both named. Seventy-one images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, June 1789
Child, Francis · 1789
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Material sent for perusal
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Miscellaneous Correspondence
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, February 1778
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 · 1778
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.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Washington, George, 1732-1799.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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