Dobbs County, NC - 1st 1788 Dobbs Vote

State of North Carolina

His Excellency Samuel Johnston Esquire Governor, Captain General &
Commander in Chief of the said State

To the Sheriff of Dobbs County - Greeting

Whereas it hath been made appear to me, that the Ballots taken by you
at the late General Election for Delegates, to the State Convention,
were forceably & violently seized and taken from you by some riotous
and disorderly persons so that you had it not in your power to ascertain
who were the persons who had the greatest number of Votes, and therefore
cannot make a Return of any Persons as duly elected to serve as delegates
in the said Convention: And whereas a number of respectable Inhabitants
of the said County have, by Petition, represented to me that the
Inhabitants of the said County are desirous that I should appoint another
Day for the purpose of electing Delegates to represent them in the said
Convention

I do therefore recommend to such of the Inhabitants of Dobbs County 
aforesaid, as are entitled to vote for Representatives in the house of
Commons to meet at the Court House of the said County on the fourtenth &
fifteenth days of July next, then and there to elect five Freeholders
to represent them in the State Convention to be held at the Town of
Hillsborough on the third Monday in July next, and I do hereby require
you to give notice to the Inhabitants to meet accordingly and that you
attend at the same time & place and conduct the said Election in the
manner prescribed by the Resolve of the last General Assembly held at
Tarborough

Given under my Hand & Seal at Arms at Edenton this 28th day of June
in the twelfth year of the Independence of America & in the year of our
Lord 1788
                                       Sam Johnston

By his Excellencys Command
Wm Johnston Dawson PL

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