Indexes to Documents Relative to North Carolina During the Colonial Existence of Said State: Now on File in the Offices of the Board of Trade and State Paper Offices in London: Transmitted in 1827: By Mr. Gallatin, The the American Minister in London, and Now Published by Resolution of the Legislature of 1842-43: Under the Direction of the Public Treasurer

Raleigh, NC: T. Loring, 1843. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Scarce. These indexes were prepared in response to an 1827 request made by the governor of North Carolina to Arthur Gallatin, the American minister in London, for his assistance in procuring documents held by the English government pertaining to the early history of North Carolina. The detailed indexes are for documents issued from 1663 to 1777. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards and red leather title label. Leather and boards are chipped, scuffed, and stained. Front hinge is cracked but text block is still attached. Some pages are creased by what appears to be pressure from another book. Scattered foxing throughout not affecting legibility. Ownership label of English banker and politician Richard Biddulph Martin on half title page. A decent copy of this uncommon publication. Octavo. 120 pages. AMERSTATE/071321.