Joshua Sharpe papers, 1747-1761 [manuscript].

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Joshua Sharpe papers, 1747-1761 [manuscript].

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Petitions, letters, memoranda, and affidavits (mostly draft copies) related to the colonial government of North Carolina. Fourteen items, 1747-1750, are papers of the London solicitor Joshua Sharpe concerning a dispute over the apportionment of the North Carolina General Assembly. Six items, 1756-1760, concern Henry E. McCulloh's difficulties with the Crown and the Granville proprietor over the terms under which he had been granted lands. Two items, 1760-1761, concern a dispute between Governor Arthur Dobbs and the General Assembly over choosing a colonial agent in London.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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