“WAR OF THE REGULATION, 1768-1773.”

This is a miscellaneous collection of approximately 300 items. It consists of financial accounts and receipts; payrolls; enlistment records; pension claims; provisions returns; depositions made in defense of Husband; various petitions; returns of troop strength; and order books of Waddell and Tryon, one of which contains a manuscript map of Tryon’s camp and the battlefield at Alamance and a sketch showing the position of Tryon’s troops when drawn up for review at Smith’s Ferry near Johnston Court House, May 3, 1771. Included also are a photocopy of an account of conditions in North Carolina from the Connecticut Journal and New Haven Post Boy, December 3, 1773, and a typed copy of an account on the same subject from The Boston Evening Post, November 12, 1770.

“LEGISLATIVE PAPERS, 1689-1927.”

Of the many hundreds of items in this record group approximately one-third of those for the period 1768-1771 bears in some degree on the problem of the Regulators. Of interest are such papers as petitions from citizens asking that new counties be organized in the frontier region where they had to travel great distances to the seat of local government; acts establishing fees to be allowed local officials; legislative committee reports on various questions; claims for the payment of troops and for service rendered by private citizens in defeating the Regulators; claims and petitions for pensions from the wounded and the widows of the dead among the governor’s troops at Alamance; an address of Tryon to the legislature on the subject of the Regulators; testimony given in 1770 before the House by the sheriffs of Anson and Orange counties with respect to the action of the Regulators in their counties; various papers pertaining to the currency problem; orders concerning Fort Johnston, its troops, and supplies; and numerous petitions from the citizens of Orange, Rowan, Anson, and Granville counties.

“GOVERNOR'S PAPERS, 1694-1948.”

William Tryon, 1765-1771. Approximately fifty items relate to the Regulators. Included are requisitions and receipts for supplies; militia orders and reports; the governor’s [30] order book for the 1768 expedition to Orange County; a petition from citizens in the region under the domination of the Regulators asking for protection and relief; various reports on the activity of the Regulators; and a list of militia officers in each of the counties.

Josiah Martin, 1771-1775. About a dozen items pertain to the Regulators. There are several character affidavits for men suspected by the governor of being connected with the Regulators; petitions concerning some of the “outlawed” Regulators; and a proclamation against excessive fees.

“GOVERNORS' LETTER BOOKS, 1764-1897.”

William Tryon, 1764-1771. This volume has 295 pages of letters written by Tryon between 1764 and 1771. Many of the letters deal in some degree with the problem of the Regulators. A portion of the book, 165 pages, contains the minutes of the council, 1765-1771.

“GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, 1754-1939.”

Proclamation Book. William Tryon, 1766-1771; Josiah Martin, 1771-1775. This book, consisting of 116 pages, contains copies of the proclamations of both Tryon and Martin. Many of the proclamations pertain to the Regulators as a group while others deal with the individual leaders.

Commission Book, 1761-1773. This book, consisting of seventy pages, contains commissions issued by Governors Dobbs, Tryon, and Martin for posts in the civil government as well as in the militia. Tryon’s commission as governor of North Carolina is also included. Charters for the new counties of Guilford, Surry, Chatham, and Wake are also given.

Manuscript Collections, Duke University Library, Durham.

“GEORGE BANCROFT PAPERS, 1845-1861.”

Consisting of fifteen items, this collection contains typed copies of letters from Bancroft to David L. Swain, president of the University of North Carolina. Among other topics, this material relates to the Regulators. Tryon, Husband, and Fanning.

Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

“REGULATOR PAPERS, 1766-1775.”

This collection of twenty-four items contains copies of correspondence and papers of William Butler and five original manuscripts including letters of James Hunter and John Stringer, and fragments of a letter from Tryon.

Boyd, William K., editor. Some Eighteenth Century Tracts Concerning North Carolina. (Raleigh, 1927). Includes a number of the tracts issued by Husband and a sermon preach[31]ed in 1768 before Tryon and his troops by the Rev. George Micklejohn.

Corbitt, David L., editor. “Historical Notes,” in The North Carolina Historical Review, III, 3 (July, 1926), 477-505. Several articles from the Virginia Gazette dealing with affairs in North Carolina around 1771.

Fries, Adelaide L., editor. Records of the Moravians in North Carolina. (Raleigh, 1922-47). 7 volumes. Many references to the Regulators in volumes I and II covering the period 1752-1775.

Hudson, Arthur P. “Songs of the North Carolina Regulators,” in The William and Mary Quarterly, IV, 4 (October, 1947), 470-485. Many songs of the Regulators not to be found elsewhere.

Pennsylvania Journal: And Weekly Advertiser. July 11, 1771. Contains a letter from James Hunter, dated “Orange, Nov. 23, 1770,” to Maurice Moore, New Bern, setting forth the case of the Regulators, answering a series of questions asked by Moore, and then asking him four questions.

Powell, William S., and others, compilers and editors. The Regulators in North Carolina: A Documentary History, 1759-1776, (Raleigh, 1971).

Saunders, William L., and Walter Clark, editors. The Colonial and State Records of North Carolina. (Raleigh and elsewhere, 1810-1914). 30 volumes. The standard source book for early North Carolina history.

Johnson, Elmer D. “The War of the Regulation: Its Place in History.” Unpublished master’s thesis, University of North Carolina, 1942. 182 pp. Attempts to determine the importance of the War of the Regulation.

London, Lawrence F. “Sectionalism in the Colony of North Carolina.” Unpublished master’s thesis, University of North Carolina, 1933. Discusses the Regulators in the east-west controversy, pages 55-89.

Bailey, William H., Sr. “The Regulators of North Carolina,” in The American Historical Register, III (Nov., Dec., 1895, Jan., 1896), 313-334, 464-471, 554-567. An old but careful study of the subject.

Bassett, John S. “The Regulators of North Carolina (1765-1771),” in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1894. (Washington, 1895). pp 141-212. The standard work on the Regulators.

Carraway, Gertrude S. “The Regulators,” in Greensboro Daily News, March 28, 1926. A popular account. (Author’s name given as “Gertrude E. Carraway.”)

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Caruthers, Eli W. A Sketch of the Life and Character of the Rev. David Caldwell …including … some account of the Regulation. (Greensborough, 1842). Presents the Regulators in a very favorable light.

Fitch, William E. Some Neglected History of North Carolina. (New York, 1905). Strongly sympathetic to the Regulators.

Hawks, Francis L. “Battle of Alamance and the War of the Regulation,” in William D. Cooke, editor. Revolutionary History of North Carolina. (Raleigh, 1853). Contains some interesting information on the poetry of the Regulators and prints extracts of some of Husband’s pamphlets.

Haywood, Marshall D. Governor William Tryon, and His Administration in the Province of North Carolina, 1765-1771. (Raleigh, 1903). An account presenting Tryon in a favorable light.

Henderson, Archibald. “Document Sheds Light on Tryon’s Tyranny,” in The News and Observer (Raleigh), February 23, 1941. Reprints in full a letter from James Hunter to Maurice Moore.

Henderson, Archibald. “Life and Times of Richard Henderson,” in The Charlotte Observer, March 16, 23, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, and June 1, 1913. A popular study of Henderson, a member of the official class in the conflict with the Regulators.

Henderson, Archibald. “The Origin of the Regulation in North Carolina,” in American Historical Review, XXI, 2 (January, 1916), 320-332. A study of the beginnings of the conflict.

Lazenby, Mary E. Herman Husband, A Study of his Life. (Washington, 1940). Biographical study of Husband.

Middleton, Lamar. Revolt U.S.A. (New York, 1938). Contains a discussion of the War of the Regulation as one of a series of revolts in America between 1677 and 1894.

Nash, Francis. Hillsboro, Colonial and Revolutionary. (Raleigh, 1903). A history of the town of Hillsboro.

Raper, Charles L. North Carolina, A Study in English Colonial Government. (New York, 1904). A study of the organization and operation of the colonial government of North Carolina.

Swain, David L. “The War of the Regulation,” in North Carolina University Magazine, IX, 3 (October, 1859); IX, 6 (February, 1860); IX, 8 (April, 1860); X, 1 (August, 1860). One of the earliest studies of the conflict.

Waddell, Alfred M. A Colonial Officer and His Times, 1754-1773. A Biographical Sketch of Gen. Hugh Waddell, of North Carolina. (Raleigh, 1890). A biographical study of Waddell containing a chapter devoted to the War of the Regulation.