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| This General Assembly met in New Bern from November 19th through December 29th in 1785. | ||
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(aka George H. Berger) |
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| * Richard Dobbs Spaight was elected Speaker of the House of Commons. John Hunt was appointed Clerk. John Haywood was appointed Assistant. | |
| ** With the unsanctioned creation of the "State of Franklin," the counties of Greene, Sullivan, and Washington sent no delegates to the NC General Assembly in 1785. | |
| (1) James Terry was accused of being an ardent Loyalist and British sympathizer during the late war, and deemed unworthy of keeping his seat in the House of Commons. The House issued a Writ for a new election on December 28th - for the next General Assembly. | |
| (2) Thomas Jordan, Jr. was deemed ineligible on November 29th since he was already an Entry Taker on the date of his election. The House ordered a new election for December 6th and 7th. On December 13th, Thomas Jordan, Jr. qualified and retook his seat in the House of Commons - the people had re-elected him. | |
| (3) On December 28th - the day before this General Assembly closed - the House of Commons recorded that Nehemiah Norman had died, and they issued a Writ for a new election on that date. | |
| << 1784 |
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