Restrictions to Access

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Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Jamestowne Society. First North Carolina Company Records #5243, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Sara M. Jones of Durham, N.C., in October 2005 (Acc. 100247).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Associations, institutions, etc.--North Carolina.
• Jamestown (Va.)--History.
• Jamestowne Society. First North Carolina Company.
• Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Societies, etc.

The Jamestowne Society, First North Carolina Company, was organized in December 1986. Members are descendants of early English ancestors who helped found the Jamestowne settlement in Virgina in 1607.

Records include annual reports, by-laws, correspondence, and newsletters of the Jamestowne Society, First North Carolina Company, whose members are descendants of founders of the Jamestowne settlement in Virginia. Correspondence is largely with members and officers of the organization regarding events and membership. Files on prospective members contain correspondence with individuals seeking membership in the First North Carolina Company of the Jamestowne Society. Also included are materials from semi-annual meetings held by the organization.