The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-03-13
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Executive Ofioe,
Rakigh, March 5lh, lsa5.
The undersigned most respectfully IN
viIcs public notice to The following reso-
luton, adopted By the General Assembly
II iis last session, viz:
Resolved, That his excellcncy, lhe Co
vernon, be, ard be is hereby authorized
and empowered 10 collect, IL possible. such
papers as may be necessary 10 complete
the series Of Letter Books. and have them
copied and arranged, under his superyl-
sion; and 10 obtain, as Ear rs practicable,
either the original papers. or copies of The
proceedings Of The several Town. County.
snd District Committees, organized 10 lie
Province, in compliance with the recon-
mendation Of tie Continental Congress Of
l774, for The purpose Of carrying into ei-
feet the Articles Of American Association,
and The proceedings Of the various Com
miltees and Council of Safety, subsequent
" convened under the authority Of the
Provincial Legislature, DC.
II will be observed ilat The Resolution
requires the collection Of two classes OF
Documents
LIST. The Correspondence Of the Ixec-
utive Department, from The adoption of
the Constitution in l776, ill the latter
part Of the year I7s4 when il was first
made the duty Of the Governor, by Act of
the General Assembly, to keep Letter
Book, for The purpose of recording all i'm
portan, letters. This period embraces The
entire Administrations Of the three first
Governors, viz: cAswELL, NASH and
BURKE. The Correspondence OF Cover
nor BURKE exists, as am informed, in a
good state Of preservation. and can be rea-
Oily obtained. 4 part of that Of Cover
nor CAswELL, has been found in the De-
partment of State, since the adjournment
of the Legislature, corresponding in the
Nos. Of the Packages, and in other parti-
culars, with memorandum left by him
Of his public papers, stated 10 have been
deposited in that Office; and the residue,
it Is believed, are also there. OF the pa
pers Of Governor NASH, none have been
as yet discovered, except Letters written
10 him by the Board of War of the State.
which held IFS session first at HILLSIDE
rough, and subsequently at Halifax, from
the 18th Of September, 1880, until the
Both of January, 1881, copies of which
are recorded on The Journal Of the Board,
preserved in the Department of State.
Frequen; entries also appear on that Jour-
nah of letters said TO have been received
from him, and numbered and fled" but
not copied. As his death occurred but a
few years after his administration, and du-
ring the early childhood Of his only sur
wing son, this gentleman, in reply TO in
quiries from me, is unable 10 give any in
formation respecting them. If yet in ex-
istenee, and not among the masses Of old
Documents in the Capitol, they may, most
probably, be found in the town Of New
bern, the residence of their Author during
the time he held the office Of Governor.
Cd. The second class of Documents, re-
la,es to the period which preceded the Or
ganlzation of the State Government under
the Constitution, from l774 to December,
1916. A large manuscript bound Volume,
in the Office Of The Secretary Of State, con-
tains the Journals of
l. A Provincial Convention, or Con-
gress, at Newben, on the 9th of August,
1870, at which were appointed the first
Delegates to the Continental Congress in
the following month.
2. A similar Convention at the same
place, Sd of April. l775.
3. A Congress at Hillsboroegh, goth
August, IT'S.
1. A Provincial council at Johnston
Court House, 18th of October, 1875.
IS. A Provincial Council at Johnston
Court House, 18th of December, 1875.
6. A Provincial Council at Newbern,
2sth FEBRUARY, l776.
Z. A Congress at Halifax, 4th of April,
l776.
8. Council of Safety at Wilmington,
9th June, 1875.
8. The Journal of the Congress, or
Convention, at Halifax, 18th of Novem-
Der, 1916, which formed the Constitution,
is in separate Volume.
The Provincial Congresses or Conven-
tons, and in their recess, the Provincial
Councils exercised all the general powers
of Government, Legislative, Judicial, and
Executive, from the dissolution OF the
Royal Government, until the present or
ganization. But besides these general de-
positories Of the Sovereign powers OF the
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