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Men of Good Estates: Wealth Among North Carolina's Royal Councillors

Record #:
21233
Abstract:
During North Carolina's colonial period members of the Royal Council were deemed 'men of good estates' and therefore the elite of North Carolina politics and society. The Royal Council served as the upper house of the Colonial Assembly as well as a higher court and board of advice and consent to the chief executive.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 49 Issue 1, Jan 1972, p72-82, il, por, f