GASR_Colonial_LHP_176004_176005_05

No Carolina ss

George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France & Ireland King, Defender of the Faith & so forth

To The Sherriff of [blank space]

We command you to Summon and warn the ^(Inhabitants) Freeholders
within our said County of [blank space] to meet at the
Court House on the [blank space] day of [blank space] next, then and
there to Choose or Elect [blank space] Representative Duly Qualified [to?]
[Sit?] and Vote in the General Assembly of Our said Province When
soever or wheresoever the said Assembly shall be held, then and
there to consult on the Weighty & Arduous affairs of Government
Herein you are not to fail, And have you then and there this
Writt with your doings thereupon Witness our Trusty and
well beloved Arthur Dobbs Esq: & Capt General and Commander
in Chief in and over our Said Province at Brunswick the
Day of [blank space] 1760 and in the Thirty third year of His Majestys
Reign

Mr. Dorman

please to make out Writs as above for
[column 1]
x Chowan 5 Representv. x
x Perquimans 5 x
x Pasquotank 5 x
x Currituck 5 x
x Craven 2 x
x Carteret 2 x
x Beaufort 2 x
x Hyde 2 x
x Orange 2 x
x Northampton 2 x
[end column 1]

[column 2]
x Anson 2 x
x Rowan 2 x Freeholders
x N. Hanover 2 x
x Bladen 2 x
x Duplin 2 x
[note to right of column 2] Representatives [end note to right of column 2]
x Onslow 2 x
x Halifax 2 x
x Edgecomb 2 x
x Granville 2 x
x Bertie 2 x
[end column 2]

Also Writs for Edenton ^(x), Bathe ^(x) & New Bern 1 Member each limited to the Sheriffs
of those Counties, the forgoing all to warn the Inhabitants
Brunswick 1. to the Sheriff N. Hanover to warn Freeholders & Freemen
Wilmington 1 to the Mayor for the Freeholders

Please send them down as soon as possible

Yrs
Wm. Powell