Strong Malt Beer of America.. 3 0 Do of Great Britain per Quart... 76 A Quart of Punch with Loaf Sugar, lime juice and half pint of Rum 7 6 12 6 By order, JAS. CRAVEN, Clk. Cur. Gallon of Oats or Corn.. Claret per bottle... A Pint of Punch with Brown Sugar. A Breakfast British Ale & Beer bottled & wired in Great Britain... TABLE OF RATES FOR ORDINARIES, 1746. North Carolina, Chowan County-Ss. July Chowan Court 1746. PRESENT HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES. It was then and there ordered, That the Several Ordinary Keepers Take out a Copy of ye following Rates and Keep the same up according to Law, viz as each is to take and receive for. Maderia wine p Quart & so in proportion... Vidonia Wine p Quart & so in proportion. Strong Malt Beer of America p Quart or bottle. A diet of fresh meat, wheat Bread & small Beer. Lodging p. night A Gallon of Oats or Corn... Pasturage or stabling a horse p. night. Claret p. bottle A Breakfast Rum p. gallon & so in proportion. A Quart of Flip with half pint of Rum on it. Strong Malt Beer or Porter of Great Britain, Quart or bottle A Quart of Punch with Brown Sugar.. British Ale or Beer Bottled or wired in Great Britain.... N. B. If any person or persons presume to take any higher or greater price for Liquors than above rated, on complaint and proof thereof made before any two Justices of ye peace within the said County, shall forfeit their Lycences and further be Lyable to the Penalties by Law prescribed. By order. JAS. CRAVEN, Clk. Cur. PRISON BOUNDS IN 1747. THE OLD COURT HOUSE, &c. (Original in Court House at Edenton, N. C.) "State of North Carolina, Chowan County:-Ss. In Obedience to an Order of Chowan County Court appointing us the Subscribers to lay off the Prison Bounds in Edenton, we have according to the Directions of the said Court laid off the same, as appears by the above plan, and which Bounds is contained within the black line as appears by the said plan. Given under our hands the 26th day of October, Anno Domi, 1747. From the above valuable paper we are not only informed as to the Prison Bounds allowed Debtors and persons charged with minor offences, but it also contains the location of the first Court House built in the Colony and used for the first time Nov. 18, 1718, from the above diagram it is absolutely settled that it stood on the South side of King Street, facing the present building built some time after 1747. The prison seems to have stood where the Court House now stands, the Court House referred to in the diagram was a wooden structure to which Col. Wm. Byrd in his Westover Mss. referred in 1729, as having the appearance of a "common tobacco barn." We do not know when the present Court House was erected, but incline to the opinion that it was between 1767 and 1775. There was in 1747, on the Court House lots, "a building to hold the Assembly in" called "The Councill Chamber." From an order issued by the Chowan County Court, July Court 1744, directed to Mr. James Craven and Dr. Abraham Blackall, to lay off four acres at the corners, it appears that the first Legislative Building in North Carolina, stood on the North side of King Street," close on the back side of the new prison so far as the Council Chamber and Prison lots, &c. (See Vol. 1, No. 3, page 453, N. C. Hist. and General Register.) A "Public Warehouse" had been built on the Court House lots, but nothing has appeared so far to indicate its exact location, possibly it was erected at the foot of the lots, next to the water, for convenience in transferring the goods stored therein to vessels for shipment, we may, as in the above instance, stumble upon some record yet, that will show the spot where it served the public. 442 FIVE POUNDS. THIS BILL of Five Pounds shall be current in all payment in North Carolina according to an Act of Assembly made Novem. Endorsed on the back by Rebecca Smith and Thomas Harlo. The above is an exact copy of a 5 pound note found in the Court House at Edenton, N. C. It was fiat money but answered every purpose as it was taken for taxes and as reports show, when paid over to the Collectors, was destroyed by a committee for that pur pose. PETITION OF INHABITANTS OF MATCHAPUNGO. To the Honorable Robert Daniel, Esq., Deputy Govern'r, and the rest of the Honorable Members in Counsel. The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Matchapungo. May it please your honours. Wee whose names are hereunto subscribed do humbly address yr honours not only in behalf of ourselves the subscribers, but of all the Inhabitants of this place most humbly praying that some speedy and effectual method may be taken for restraining the Insolency and continued abuse of the Matchapungo Indians by killing and destroying our hoggs and beating one of our neighbours for endeavcring to prevent the same as likewise the threatening to take our lives away for discovery of these there Villanies to prevent wh King Charles in his own person (whether out of policy to see how wee would report it or out of Real Kindness to us wee knew not) came down in the night to give us **** since wh and in this instant they continue unpardonably insolent both in there speeches and actions. In all things rather showing a desire to a War with us than a peace, and here accordingly settled themselves nigh a Wildernesse where upon the least Intimation they can easily repair without being pursued: Wherefore these things being taken for trouble, as we are ready to prove, Do therefore hope and confidently beleave that your honours, will find it part of yor Christian duty to see us defended from these barbarous heathen, and that wee may not live in such dayly Jeopardy of our lives. Wee likewise return our most humble and unfeigned thanks to the Honourable Governr for his kind and affectitonate Lett'r by wch encouragement wee are emboldened to give yor honours this further information not doubting but to obtain reliefe by such ways as your honours shall think fitt to prescribe and yor Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray. Nicholas Daw, Charles Smith, John Britt, Richard Batchlear, Simon Foscue, Henry Slaid, Richard Jeffries, James Welch, Robert Malones, Henry Eborn, Roger Mountearg, Wm. Winn. RELATING TO THE INDIANS, 1703. Mr. Barro, this is to give you some understanding that Samuel Slockum hath Receaved that the Indians do intend for to Cut us all of wich has put a bundance of people in a very great fright wich is so much that they are for leaving the Country arount, which a upon I sent for him and examined him upon oath, wich is as follows. No more at present but our loves to you and yours, and to brother Joseph. I am your friend and Servt. October ye 20, 1703. to command, LYONELL READING. Samuel Slockum did declare before me upon oath, that there was a Indian named Wehuna did ask him whether the English did intend to make war or no and he said no, and the Indian sade that we do under stand that you do intend for to make war with us by Severall of our Indians, ware upon he saide the Indians are now fully Resolved for to make trial of it for to see which is the ardiest, and Samuel Slockum saith that several others Indians has told him that thare is 2 pertiqlar towns dos intend for to make war and that one and all are agreed for it except 3 Indians, men if the Garde 2 towns wich are very much against it, but as for any of the other towns as yet are not agree as yet to make war with the English and further this Deponent saith not. LYONELI. READING. So if you think fitt so carry this in with you and give his honer account of it. [This affidavit was made in Bath county and refers to the Indians in this section who were very troublesome, we have as yet to find any evidence of the slightest trouble with any of the Indians on the North side of the Albemarle Sound, or East of the Chowan River, from the first there seems to have prevailed the most friendly relations between them and the whites.-EDITOR.] Pamlico in North Carolina, Feb. 29, 1703-4. To ye Honble ye Gov'r and Counsell wee whose names are und'rwritten doe Hum present to your Honrs. That wee have great reason to believe yt ye neighbouring towns of ye Tuscororah Indians are of late dissatisfied with ye Inhabitants of this place and severall actions and discourses of ye bare-river Indians and more than ordinary familiarity of late yt is between them and ye Tuscororas Indians is to believe yt they are Indeavouring to persuade them yt ye English here desires a war against them *** *** *** if yor Honor does not speedily take sum Care in ye matter; wee may receive sum prejudice from them the wch wee suppose might be prevented and yt sum of ye Chiefs of ye Indians would come in to yor Honrs if you would speedily please to send a good Interpreter here with orders what to doe and such of us yor Honrs shall apoint are ready to goe with such an Interpreter, Wee pray yt yor Honrs will take some speedy care in ye promises for our preservation as to goe without shall soon not one remain. Yr. Hum. Servts., Lyonell Reading, Richard Smith, Nicholas Tyler, Thos. Dereham, Levi Truewhitt, Wm. Brite, Isum Legge, Wm. Powell, Edward Gatlin, Thos. Pierce. |