Record #:

29270

Author(s):

Payne, Peggy

Abstract:

William Tryon, fourth royal governor of North Carolina, sent numerous handwritten letters to his family in England. The letters described plans for a Newbern Villa, the bilious disorder of his stomach, and his two-month trip exploring the region he was to govern from 1765 to 1771.

Source:

Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Jan 1981, p38-41, por, map

Subject(s):

Tryon, William, 1729-1788