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The North Carolina Regulators causing trouble... A piece published by the Sons of Liberty...
The North Carolina Regulators causing trouble... A piece published by the Sons of Liberty...
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March 14, 1771
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 14, 1771
* North Carolina Regulators
* Pre Revolutionary War troubles
Page 6 has: "A letter from Williamsburg in Virginia...says 'The Regulators of North Carolina having threatened...to pay the Assembly a visit at Newburn [New Bern] in order to force them to enact what laws suit their notions of government, his Excellency Gov. Tryon has ordered the militia of several counties to repair to that place & to remain there during the session."
The Regulator movement was an uprising in North Carolina from 1766 to 1771 in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials whom they viewed as corrupt. Though the rebellion did not change the power structure, some historians consider it a catalyst to the American Revolutionary War.
The back page has a nice report taken from: "...a Letter from New York" which includes: "Our Assembly is now sitting...ordered to bring him to the bar...On his appearing there, the old Paper, signed 'Son of Liberty' was read to him, and... it was demanded of him whether he was the author or publisher: He answered that as the House had declared that paper to be a libel, and had voted a reward for apprehending the author or publisher..." with more.
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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