Regulators of North Carolina

Progress Report

This is still very much a work in progress. I'm currently in the process of reading primary source material from the Colonial Records of North Carolina, which I will attach to the wikipage. I've also read Herman Husband's account of the Regulation, which I have attached. Once I have finished reading and attaching the Colonial Records of North Carolina, I plan to research Governor Tryon's collected works.

One question I had about the wikipage was how to address historiography (if I should address it at all). In my analysis section, should I describe the different historiographic approaches to the Regulation?

Project Description and Research Questions

Project Description

For my project, I intend to study anti-creditor movements during the pre-Revolutionary war period. More specifically, I plan to study the Regulator movement in North Carolina, identifying its causes, Regulator demands and responses to the movement.

Research Questions

Who were the Regulators? What were their grievances? How did this movement seek to address these grievances? What did the insurrection's ultimate failure demonstrate about the colony's economic, political and legal structure?

Primary Source Documents

Assorted Documents

• Fanning_Trial,_22_March_1769.pdf: Trial of Colonel Fanning for extortion.

• Letter_to_Herman_Husband,_14_Sept_1769.pdf: Letter to Herman Husband, detailing the difficulties that some backcountry farmers experienced in suing for extortion at the local courthouse.

• Assembly_Resolutions,_06_Nov_1769.pdf: Assembly resolutions discussing the collection of public funds, and subsequent address by Governor Tryon.

• Tax_Collection,_Rowan_County_1770.pdf: Sheriff describes Regulators' refusal to pay taxes in Rowan County

• Orange_County_Petitions.pdf: Petitions from Orange County

• Hillsborough_Riots_24_Sept._1770.pdf: An account of the Hillsborough Riots, which took place on September 4, 1770.

• Tryons_Response_to_the_Hillsborough_Riots.pdf: Attorney General McGuire? judges the incident a riot, not treason, and consequently recommends that the Assembly pass a Riot Act

• Anti-Regulator_Petition.pdf: An anti-Regulator petition, signed by Edmond Fanning.

• Johnston_Riot_Act.pdf: The Johnston Riot Act, enacted on January 15, 1771.

• Letter_from_Governor_Martin,_30_Aug_1772.pdf: Letter from Governor Martin describing his tour through the Western counties, and assessing the causes of insurrection.

• Letter_from_Governor_Martin,_16_March_1775.pdf: Letter from Governor Martin assessing political sympathies on the eve of the Revolution.

Herman Husband's "An Impartial Relation"

• An_Impartial_Relation,_First_Part.pdf: Herman Husband's "An Impartial Relation," printed in 1770. This document contains pages 1-25.

• An_Impartial_Relation,_Second_Part.pdf: Herman Husband's "An Impartial Relation," printed in 1770. This document contains pages 26-50.

• An_Impartial_Relation,_Third_Part.pdf: Herman Husband's "An Impartial Relation," printed in 1770. This document contains pages 21-75.

• An_Impartial_Relation,_Fourth_Part.pdf: Herman Husband's "An Impartial Relation," printed in 1770. This document contains pages 76-104, the final page in the tract.

-- ChrisFasano - 11 Nov 2009

• Letter_from_James_Iredell,_21_Dec_1770.pdf: Letter from James Iredell describing the Johnston Riot Act.

• Minutes_from_the_Assembly,_17_Dec_1770.pdf: Minutes from the Assembly following the Regulator insurrection. The Assembly addresses fraudulent land conveyances, official fees, the expansion of inferior courts, and empowering Presbyterian ministers to solemnize marriages.

• Minutes_from_the_Assembly,_17_Dec_1770.pdf: Minutes from the Assembly following the Regulator insurrection. The Assembly addresses fraudulent land conveyances, official fees, the expansion of inferior courts, and empowering Presbyterian ministers to solemnize marriages.