Early Governors' Papers

STATE of NORTH CAROLINA By his Excellency, Benjamin Williams, OUR GOVERNOR, CAPTAIN GENERAL, AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN AND OVER THE STATE AFORESAID.

To all to whom these presents shall come, Know Ye, tThat The Name "Will. White" subscriber to the copy of hte Reslution hereunto annexed in the proper hand writing of William White Esquire, who was at the time of signign the same, and now is the Secretary for the aforesaid State.

Therefore all due Faith, Credit, and Authority, is and ought to be had and given to his Proceedings and Certificates as such.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto let my Hand, and cuased to be affixed the Great Seal of the State, in the city of Raleigh, this first Day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and five and in the XXVI^th Year of the Independence of the United States of America.

[Benjamin Williams|B. Williams]]

BY THE GOVERNOR [J.W. Perron?] Secry.

State of North Carolina

By his Excellency, Benjamin Williams, OUR GOVERNOR, CAPTAIN GENERAL, AND COMMANDER IN CHIEIF IN AND OVER THE STATE AFORESAID.

To all to whom these presents shall come, Know Ye, That the Name "Will. White" subscribes to the Copy of the Resolution hereunto annexed in the proper hand writing of William White Esquire, who was at the time of signing the Same, and now is the Secretary for the [illegible] State.

Therefore all due Faith, Credit, and Authority, is and ought to be had and given to his Proceedings and Certificates as such.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State, in the City of Raleigh, this first Day of January in the Year of our Lord one Thousand eight Hundred and two and in the XXVI th Year of the Independence of the United States of America.

BY THE GOVERNOR, B Williams

W. [Perion?] Secry

Executive Office, N.C. Raleigh, April 10th, 1816

Sir,

I have the honor to transmit to your excellency a copy of the Laws passed at the last Session of the General Assembly of this State.

With respectful Consideration,

Your obedient servant, Will. Miller

The Governor of Tennessee

February and sometime in the same month books were opened at Bolivar + [Middleton?] in Hardeman + at [Leaker?], Raleigh and Memphis in Shelby County at the end of 10 days the commissioners at Raleigh returned the stock book with about forty five shares on it. Matters lay so no return from any other place until in June myself and some others here wishing to see the road under way applied to the commissioners here to subscribe. The commissioners stated to us that they had no evidence that more that the 45 shares at Raleigh had been taken + we must take all the balance amounting to more than sixty thousand dollars if we wanted the Books closed - W. did so + they forthwith advertised for an election upon this [+ the?] Raleigh book-

On the day of [action?] a [member?] came from Hardeman + Shelby stating that they were share holder but instead of returning the books there to the commisio= ner here, [cary?] the Court House bill themselves, went into the Court House, resolved themselves into a meeting of stockholders handed in their books to that meeting + proceded to an election.

Sometime after the signing of the Bill and after the meeting was organized by calling in stockholders on the [illegible] book to the chair two of the commisio= :ners here (Jones + Henry) went into the Court House and stayed a short time until they saw from the [co?] on [foot? fact?] that it was determined by the meeting as they considered [illegible] and less of the rights is

share holders here to control the election in a way not to allow us a fair vote according to the stock on [hold?] left the house + refused to participate in the meeting or make any return of the stock book at this place- I understand some writing from Bolivar states that the Book here was presented + then withdrawn [sic]. The statement is false- It [illegible] was presented I [believed?] it had been + was under that impression until the day after. In fact until the day after I thought the meeting was held by the commissioners from [other?] points acting [seriously?] with the Com^rs Law. So far from the stock book having been presented the following are the facts When W. A. Jones went to the Court House he carried [out?] this + the Raleigh Book in his pocket When he got there he went with but one of his Co-Commissioners (Henry) Ball not alluding one of the stockholders on the [Raleigh, N.C.|Raleigh]] book (I believe) asked Mr. Jones to let him to look at but in so doing did not consider or intent it a return to the meeting. Jones one [illegible] called on him for the stock book at this place + he + Henry expressly + positively refused to return it to that meeting. When they left the House which was before any voting for directors commenced they carried this book with them + would ban taken the Raleigh Book also but that in the excite=