Original documents from the Lords Proprietors to Governor Stephens and Governor Carteret, 1664-1675

Title

Original documents from the Lords Proprietors to Governor Stephens and Governor Carteret, 1664-1675

Date

1664 - 1675

Creator

["Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685."]

Place

["Albemarle County (historical, 1663-1689), North Carolina, United States"]

Local Call Number

VC.46.1-3

Document Details

Title

Original documents from the Lords Proprietors to Governor Stephens and Governor Carteret, 1664-1675

Date

1664 - 1675

Creator

["Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685."]

Rights

All rights held by the State Archives of NC. Permission to publish must be obtained from the registrar in writing.

Description

These original documents are from the Lords Proprietors to Governor Samuel Stephens and Governor George Carteret, during the years 1665 to 1675. At this time not all 97 documents have been scanned, as they are scanned they will be added to the collection. (See also, P.C. 224.1-224.3) Settled before the granting of the Carolina Charter, the Albemarle region became the County of Albemarle under the Lords Proprietors. With the failure and abandonment of the Charles Town settlement in Clarendon County in 1667, Albemarle County remained the only organized government in Carolina. Although Carolina was headed formally by the eight Lords Proprietors, the functional government of Albemarle was vested in the governor and his Council, in conjunction with the Assembly, which was elected by the freeholders. Beginning in 1664 the governors were commissioned by the proprietors and were given extensive executive, legislative, judicial, and administrative powers. The governors directed relations with Indian tribes and with other colonies| conducted exchanges with the mother country| issued warrants for land grants| and commanded the military and naval forces in his territory. In general, Albemarle was a colony characterized by disorder, confusion, minimal growth, and even armed revolt. The reasons for these problems were numerous, including Albemarle's geographic isolation due to swamps, dense forests, and shallow inlets, sounds, and rivers. Following the establishment in 1670 of Charles Town on the Ashley and Cooper Rivers in the southern region of Carolina, the Proprietors turned their attention in that direction and away from Albemarle.

Subject

["North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Great Britain--Colonies","Colonization--History"]

Index Terms

Local Call Number

VC.46.1-3

Place

["Albemarle County (historical, 1663-1689), North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1600-1763) Colonial period"]

Digital Collections

["Treasures"]

Source Collections

["Lord Proprietors and Albemarle County Records. Vault Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Format

["Administrative records"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Notes Public

Old Call Number: V.C. 19

Identifier

VC_19_Lords_Proprietors_Documents

Original documents from the Lords Proprietors to Governor Stephens and Governor Carteret, 1664-1675

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