Record #:

28786

Author(s):

Browning, Andrew H.

Abstract:

Richard Dobbs Spaight’s education in Ireland strongly influenced his political and philosophical beliefs which would have an effect on America’s independence from Great Britian. Being orphaned, the future North Carolina governor and signer of the Constitution was sent to Ireland for his education where the Irish were sympathetic of the developing American cause. Spaight’s time in Ireland and at the University of Glasgow prepared him to be a Revolutionary Patriot and an ally of James Madison and the Federalists at the Constitutional Convention.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 94 Issue 2, April 2017, p127-149 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Spaight, Richard Dobbs Sr., 1758-1802; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

28787

Author(s):

Fonvielle, Chris E.

Abstract:

The burning of the British Fort Johnston by Patriot militia on July 19, 1775 is largely overlooked by historians of the American Revolution in the South. This incident is where the first shots of the American Revolution in North Carolina occurred, not at the battle of Moores Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. This was an act of sabotage against property owned by King George III and of rebellion against the king of England. This event stopped Gov. Josiah Martin from changing his seat of government, a planned southern military campaign, and marked the end of the royal government in North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 94 Issue 2, April 2017, p150-201 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fort Johnston (Brunswick County); North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783