North Carolina General Assembly legislative papers, 1784-1842 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary: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 committess, 1793-1842