The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-03-21
Colonial History OF North Ca
F8fIna.

!. HISTORICAL SKETCHES 81 COL. CrILroR
Dudley.
|. Tyrnn was susreedei ii tie aelmini.lra
: linn q lie government IL .soFlli CaI0iin
about The rnd IL It'll. 81 beginning 4
lss2. II palliies he appeared 10 he mo
derair snd lemporlsing. hul like IL IRE
decrssofs. attached % lhs surpassed ante
resls 81 t;Ieal Iiri ain aud ulrdirni ii III.
flaisdalrs 81 Ihe crown. and lie inSlrur
lions u is ministers. For The first lsa
seais d h. admissions. there Was ]
lsalm o. kinl IL Ielilargy a. 10 passing
e'cn's. PeFsading lie people Of North | i,
folina; but ID - lhsir ssmpallues were
awakened. when IL was known Thai lie
British Parliament hal passed lie Boston
Pom bill. BY Mliirh that port was 10 lie
shut up ALTER The isi day 81 June. and liz
eommeree cut "a from all parts q lie
world; ant This rInel MEASURE vas 10 be
enfTre,l BY a large army Of British troops
and powerful ilcei. Then The people
swnke and hsgan 10 lo.,k about them.
/ This bill arrived Ia The Spring 81 i574.
during The session of lie llnnsr 81 Bur.
lgesses. and threw Tie Assembly into q
iermenl, which prevented business from
progressing. Gov. Marlin found The
members refractory and nnyieldlng 10 his
measures. lie could not procure The pas
sage 0f his money bills. las Il was usual
" called,l nor succeed in any olher 81 his
iasnrlle or ministerial measures. The
House adjourned in di.conlenl and dis
gust and The minds Of lie people were
alarmed and agiIaled. While these things
we're lransac,,ng in Newhern. The seal of
Gn,ernmeni. in l174. The writer &c these
sketches attained his eighteenth year. and
had his name Immediately enrolled on The
muster lisi Of the tnmn company &c milf
Tia. IN Halifax, and in month 81 lwo al-
forwards had an opportunity. for the first
time. Of seeing Goyernr Martin in his
own town, lur Two OF three wrecks. se,e.
ral times every day in the office where he
wrole.
II is well known 10 many that King
Charles the % granted 10 eight Lords
proprielors thai extensive trarl Of coun-
Try lying south of Virginia. and extending
along The Atlantic coast 10 81. Mays river
which divided il from The FIori,las, and
west to the Mississippi river. now inclu-
ding The two Carolinas and Georgia. The
Lords proprictors (of whom The Earl Of
Grensille was one) AFTER a frnilless at
Tempt 10 c0lonize tile country, from their
own ignorance, cupi,liiy and dissatisfaction
with their purchase from The crown. all
surrendered. for stipulated price, their
grant into The lands Of The King, except
Lord Grcnyille, who retained his share.
one degree IN breadth, from what is lhr
Virginia line. in the north 10 The .onih,
and extending from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi, IN the west. After the sur
render Of the other Lords proprielnrs, The
country was divided into North and South
Carolina, and Grenyille opened a land Of
flee IN his share Of the former province,
and placed an agen, there, for tie tliSpo.
sal Of lands, on low Terms, subject how
ever 10 The payment Of an annual Tax,
called qnit.rents. 10 himself and his heirs,
forever, hesides surveyors fees, the cost
Of registration Of patents, &c. &c. For
several years previous 10 The ,lsiurban-
ces in America. Col Joseph Montfnrt, Of,
Halifax, wealthy merchant, and also
The Royal Treasurer, had been The agent
for The heirs Of Lord Grenylle. though lis
FAR back as | can Iecollect or had any
knowledge Of such transactions. The land
office Of Lord Granville had been shut
up: but The mullilarious papers including
duplicates Of patents belonging 10 that Of
flee, still remained IN the hands Of Col.
Nonifnrt; bnt after The passage Of the
Boston Port Bill was known in North Ia
rolina, and General Gage with his fleet
and army had arrived al Boston. III pur.
snance Of The ministerial plan, Governor
Martin, with his private Secretary, Mr..
Nelson. repaired 10 Halifax, with written
instructions and an order from The heirs
Of Grenville. 10 receive all The papers of
every description belonging 10 that office.
This WIS early in The summer &c It'll.
al which Time the writer was something
more than eighteen years old. and was as.
slslanl clerk in the counting house and The
Treasury Office. The Treasurer was a
man advanced in years. Of a feeble consii-
tuition and sickly temperament, then Ian
gushing on the bed Of sickness, BIZ, 4
Wing and although Governor Martin and
his suite were his guests for several weeks,
and no doubt used much pnrsuasion and
address 10 gel the papers into his hands,
yet the Treasurer at first demnrrci. and
! for some time wayered about their delive-
~, until lie could consult his friends about
The propriety Of the measures, evidently
showing a repngnance IL delivering them
10 his Excellency al all. AL last he con.
scented, and procuring confidential friend
i for he was unable 10 attend himsclf) to
Isnperiuiend and direct six or eigh, clerks.
Iall Young men. among them myself, in
The business Of taking schedule or IN
ventory, moi only Of The duplicate grants.
but Of every other paper belonging 10 the
office, opening and designating ,heir i'm.