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Record #:
44802
Author(s):
Winslow, Jr., Raymond A.
Abstract:
Colonial North Carolina was very aware of the economic disruption caused by the ease at which debtors could disappear from the province without paying creditors. In 1715, a law establishing the ship owners submit s security bond to prevent exportation of debtors. Abstracted in the article here are some 35 vessel bonds posted at the Edenton port in 1759.
Source:
North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal (F253 .N882A), Vol. 17 Issue 1, February 1991, p2-5
Subject(s):
Bonds--Vessel Bonds 1759 (Edenton)
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