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The Papers of James Iredell 219
a fifth or fiftieth. I reprobate the rest of the order. It is proposed
with a good view, but they are miserably mistaken.
There will be no court here from what I can learn. No jury has
been appointed by the county court. I shall go from this in a day or
two. I wait with anxious suspence the event of Greens approxima-tion
to his Lordship as this will in a great measure decide whether
I shall be permitted to visit Hilsboro or not before I go to New-bern.
I expected a line from Mr. Smith or you by Paddy Master and
the more especially as you had obtained such interesting intelli-gence
from the capes of Virginia. Capt. Jones who arrived from
Richmond the day Marin came home informs us that 9 British
Ships of the line and 2 frigates are in the Chesapeak. If the Rhode
Island Captain has not falsified I fear the French ships had the
worst of the contest.
With my best and kindest regards to your lady and the family,
and to the family at Hayes, I am my dear Iredell, most affecty
your's
Wm. Hooper
RC (Johnson Papers, A&H). Endorsed "Halifax 29th. March 1781. W.
Hooper."
1 Alexander Martin (1740-1807) of Guilford County, a former member of
the colonial assembly and the provincial congresses, had fought with Wash-ington's
army in the northern states. Acquitted of a charge of cowardice at
Germantown, he subsequently returned to North Carolina and was appointed
to the Board of War upon its creation after the Battle of Camden. The Board
of War and its successor the Council Extraordinary shared authority with
the governor for military affairs. Clark, State Records, XXIV, 355-357, 378-
379; XVII, 786. Martin later served five elected terms as governor, repre-sented
the state in the Continental Congress, and attended the Federal Con-vention.
For a contemporary sketch, see Max Farrand, The Records of
the Federal Convention (New Haven: Yale University Press, 4 volumes,
1937), 111,96.
2 The psuedonymous reference has not been identified.
3 The records of the Council Extraordinary do not appear in the State
Records. The best account of raising supplies is in Robinson, Davie, chap. v.
Samuel Johnston to James Iredell
Philadelphia, April 2nd, 1781
Dear Sir
I have just had the pleasure of receiving your letters of the 11th
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| Full Text | The Papers of James Iredell 219 a fifth or fiftieth. I reprobate the rest of the order. It is proposed with a good view, but they are miserably mistaken. There will be no court here from what I can learn. No jury has been appointed by the county court. I shall go from this in a day or two. I wait with anxious suspence the event of Greens approxima-tion to his Lordship as this will in a great measure decide whether I shall be permitted to visit Hilsboro or not before I go to New-bern. I expected a line from Mr. Smith or you by Paddy Master and the more especially as you had obtained such interesting intelli-gence from the capes of Virginia. Capt. Jones who arrived from Richmond the day Marin came home informs us that 9 British Ships of the line and 2 frigates are in the Chesapeak. If the Rhode Island Captain has not falsified I fear the French ships had the worst of the contest. With my best and kindest regards to your lady and the family, and to the family at Hayes, I am my dear Iredell, most affecty your's Wm. Hooper RC (Johnson Papers, A&H). Endorsed "Halifax 29th. March 1781. W. Hooper." 1 Alexander Martin (1740-1807) of Guilford County, a former member of the colonial assembly and the provincial congresses, had fought with Wash-ington's army in the northern states. Acquitted of a charge of cowardice at Germantown, he subsequently returned to North Carolina and was appointed to the Board of War upon its creation after the Battle of Camden. The Board of War and its successor the Council Extraordinary shared authority with the governor for military affairs. Clark, State Records, XXIV, 355-357, 378- 379; XVII, 786. Martin later served five elected terms as governor, repre-sented the state in the Continental Congress, and attended the Federal Con-vention. For a contemporary sketch, see Max Farrand, The Records of the Federal Convention (New Haven: Yale University Press, 4 volumes, 1937), 111,96. 2 The psuedonymous reference has not been identified. 3 The records of the Council Extraordinary do not appear in the State Records. The best account of raising supplies is in Robinson, Davie, chap. v. Samuel Johnston to James Iredell Philadelphia, April 2nd, 1781 Dear Sir I have just had the pleasure of receiving your letters of the 11th |
