Inventory of the North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Papers, 1784-1842
Collection Number 424-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- North Carolina. General Assembly.
- Title
- North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Papers, 1784-1842.
- Call Number
- 424-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 100 items.
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the North Carolina General Assembly Legislative Papers, #424-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Bounties, Military--North Carolina--History--18th century.
- Fraud--North Carolina--History.
- Land grants--North Carolina--History.
- North Carolina--Officials and employees--History--19th century.
- North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- North Carolina. General Assembly--History.
Related Material
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North Carolina Judicial Papers (#391-z); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Overview
The collection includes records of early North Carolina state legislatures, consisting chiefly of papers, 1784-1809, pertaining to land fraud cases involving state officials, including correspondence and committee reports, messages between various governors and the two houses of the legislature, material from the legislative investigation, and petitions. The fraud involved land granted to Revolutionary War soldiers. Also included are miscellaneous papers, consisting of resolutions, governors' messages, and items for various legislative committees, 1793-1842.
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Series 1, Papers pertaining to land fraud cases
Series 2, Miscellaneous papers.