- Documenting the American South: Colonial and State Records of North . . .
At a Congress begun and held at the town of Halifax, in the county of Halifax, the 4th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1776 It being certified that the following persons were duly elected and returned for the respective counties and towns, to wit:
- Members of the Fourth Provincial Congress - North Carolina
Members of the 4th Provincial Congress April 4 - May 14, 1776 in Halifax Click Here to view or download an Adobe PDF document of the Journal of the 4th Provincial Congress
- Provincial Congress, Halifax, April 1776, Journal - North Carolina . . .
This volume features the Halifax Resolves of North Carolina, adopted on April 12, 1776, by the Fourth Provincial Congress These resolutions advocated for independence from British rule, underlining the delegates' desire for sovereignty in the Continental Congress
- Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress - Wikipedia
On April 13, 1776, the delegates formed a committee to start working on a North Carolina Constitution, which was ratified in December by the Fifth North Carolina Provincial Congress In April 1776, the congress passed a resolve to move loyalists while allowing them to dispose of their property
- The journal of the proceedings of the Provincial Congress of North . . .
Originally published: Newbern : Printed by John Davis, 1776 "Reprinted in pursuance of a resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, passed at the session of 1830-'31 "
- The Halifax Resolves - NCGenWeb
Six years prior to the American Constitution and three months prior to the creation of the Declaration of Independence the "Halifax Resolves" were written making it the first document in the American colonies promoting a full and complete separation from Great Britain
- April 12, 1776 The Halifax Resolves – passed by the
North Carolina’s Fourth Provincial Congress met in Halifax, North Carolina in April, just a short time after the Patriot’s victory at Moore’s Creek Bridge
- Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress | American Revolutionary War . . .
The Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress was the fourth meeting of the North Carolina Provincial Congress, the revolutionary emergency legislature which usurped the authority of the Governor and General Assembly of the Province of North Carolina
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