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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Letter from William Tryon to Thomas Hart
Tryon, William, 1729-1788
March 16, 1771
Volume 08, Page 696


Newbern 16th March 1771.

Thomas Hart Esquire.

As it is the Intention of Government to raise a Body of Men to suppress the Insurrections in the Western Counties I am to desire to know whether it will be agreeable to you to furnish for one month from the 20th of April next Five hundred Men with Provisions on the same Terms you supplied the Troops assembled at Hillsborough in 1768. If you incline to accept this offer you will send me your Bond properly executed for that purpose.