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	Richard Dobbs Spaight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Dobbs Spaight (25 March 1758–6 September 1802) was the Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795.
		Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony.
		Spaight was named to the United States House of Representatives in 1798, filling the unexpired term of Nathan Bryan; he was elected to a two-year term in 1799, serving until 1801, and associated with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Dobbs_Spaight (505 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in New Bern, North Carolina, Spaight was the son of North Carolina Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight.
		Spaight studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818; he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1819 and the North Carolina Senate in 1820, where he served until being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1823.
		Spaight was finally successful in 1835, becoming the last governor elected by the General Assembly under the North Carolina Constitution of 1776.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Richard_Dobbs_Spaight%2C_Jr. (256 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina,the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony.
		Spaight retired from politics for several years due to ill health; he returned to the state House of Representatives in 1792, was elected governor that same year, and re-approved by the General Assembly for twofurther two-year terms.
		Spaight was named to the United States House of Representatives in 1798, filling the unexpired term of Nathan Bryan ; he was elected to a two-year term in 1799, serving until 1801, and associated with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson.
	www.therfcc.org /richard-dobbs-spaight-46549.html (439 words)

	Spaight Richard Dobbs
		Spaight, Richard Dobbs (1758-1802) Signer of the Constitution: Born in New Berne, North Carolina, on March 25, 1758; Richard Dobbs Spaight lost his parents when he was eight years old.
		Spaight was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, was active in the proceedings and signed the Constitution when it was passed.
		Spaight was also a Presidential elector in 1793 and 1797, and a member of Congress from 1798 to 1801.
	www.multied.com /bio/nn/Spaight.html (285 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight was born at New Bern, NC of distinquished English-Irish parentage in 1758.
		In 1787, at the age of 29, Spaight joined the North Carolina delegation to the Philadelphia convention.
		Spaight met defeat in bids for the governorship in 1787 and the U.S. Senate 2 years later.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/spaight/spaight.htm (379 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight was born in New_Bern,_North_Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony.
		The General Assembly elected Spaight a delegate to the Continental_Congress between 1782 and 1785; he then served in the North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives from 1785 to 1787, and was named Speaker of the House.
		Spaight was named to the United_States_House_of_Representatives in 1798, filling the unexpired term of Nathan_Bryan; he was elected to a two-year term in 1799, serving until 1801, and associated with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas_Jefferson.
	www.erdmond.com /Richard_Dobbs_Spaight.html (425 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight retired from politics for several years to ill health; he returned to the House of Representatives in 1792 was elected governor that same year re-approved by the General Assembly for two two-year terms.
		During Spaight's term as governor sites were for the new state capital of Raleigh and the newly-chartered University of North Spaight served as chair of the university's of Trustees during his term as governor.
		Spaight was named to the United States House of Representatives in 1798 filling the unexpired term of Nathan he was elected to a two-year term 1799 serving until 1801 and associated with the Democratic-Republican party of Thomas Jefferson.
	www.freeglossary.com /Richard_Spaight (694 words)

	RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT
		Although a member of the North Carolina legislature, Spaight remained active in the militia, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in command of an artillery regiment.
		Spaight's participation in the mobilization of two American armies and his experiences in the state legislature reinforced the young Patriot's nationalist sentiments.
		In pursuing the interests of his constituents, Spaight concluded that the economic potential of the new nation, in particular that of its mercantile interests, could only be realized under a strong national government.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/RevWar/ss/spaight.htm (1774 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Richard Dobbs Spaight (25 March 1758 -- 6 September 1802) was the Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795.
		Spaight died on 6 September 1802, following injuries sustained in a duel with John Stanly, the Federalist Conressman who succeeded him in the House of Representatives.
		Spaight is bured in his home town New Bern
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Richard_Dobbs_Spaight (477 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight was born in (Click link for more info and facts about New Bern, North Carolina) New Bern, North Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony.
		Under the new North Carolina Constitution of 1787, Spaight was nominated for Governor, but was defeated; he was nominated for the (The upper house of the United States Congress) United States Senate in 1789 and was again defeated.
		During Spaight's term as governor, sites were chosen for the new state capital of (Capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina) Raleigh and the newly-chartered University of North Carolina.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/richard_dobbs_spaight.htm (564 words)

	R. D. Spaight, Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Richard Dobbs Spaight served as aide de camp to Governor Richard Caswell when he was a colonial army general.
		Spaight served several years in the state House of Commons, in the national Continental Congress, and at the federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
		The duel was held on September 5, 1802, and Spaight was mortally wounded on the fourth discharge.
	www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us /governors/SpaightSr..html (175 words)

	American Revolution - Richard Dobbs Spaight, American Patriot
		Throughout his short life Richard Dobbs Spaight, who represented North Carolina in the Constitutional Convention, exhibited a marked devotion to the ideals heralded by the Revolution.
		Spaight remained on active duty during the aftermath of the defeat.
		Spaight retired from public life in early 1792, but he was again returned to the state legislature later that same year.
	www.americanrevolution.com /RichardSpaight.htm (1766 words)

	Original Artwork: Dennis Lyall: Richard Dobbs Spaight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Richard Dobbs Spaight was one of three Founding Fathers who died as a result of a duel over politics.
		Richard Dobbs Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina in 1758.
		Spaight was elected by the legislature to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
	www.windriverstudios.com /EB5TCSMV.htm (442 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Wilson married Mary Vail, the widow of Frederick Jones esq., their daughter, Elizabeth, married in 1756, Richard Spaight, Secretary of the Crown in the Province of North Carolina; Justice of the Supreme Court and Member of the Council of Gov. Arthur Dobbs, 1757-1763.
		Here was born in 1758 their son, Richard Dobbs Spaight, the first native Governor of North Carolina 1792-1795.
		In this plot are interred the remains of Richard Spaight, 1730-1763 "Madame" Mary Vail Moore, 1705-1764 Gov.
	searches.rootsweb.com /usgenweb/archives/nc/craven/cemeteries/spaight1.txt (239 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight fue elegido en 1781 y sirvió otra vez hasta 1783.
		Spaight se retiró de la política por varios años debido a la mala salud; él volvió a la cámara del estado de representantes en 1792, fue elegido el gobernador que el mismo año, y re-aprobado por la Asamblea General para dos términos de dos años más.
		Spaight sirvió como silla del tablero de administradores de la universidad durante su término como gobernador.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ri/Richard%20Dobbs%20Spaight.htm (521 words)

	The Story of Richard Caswell
		At the age of sixteen Richard and his brother, William, came to North Carolina on horseback with letters of introduction and rec-ommendation from the governor of Maryland to North Carolina's royal governor, Gabriel Johnston, at New Bern William was given employment in the secretary's office.
		Richard became an officer in the troop of horse of the Johnston County militia.
		Dobbs County was organized in 1759 and this subsequently be-came Lenoir in 1791.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nclenoir/caswell.htm (6369 words)

	Richard Dobbs Spaight
		SPAIGHT, Richard Dobbs, governor of North Carolina, born in New Berne, North Carolina, 25 March, 1758: died there, 6 September, 1802.
		His father, Richard, was a member of the king's council in 1757, and secretary of North Carolina under the crown in 1762.
		Governor Spaight was a member of the Constitutional convention of 1837, which transferred the election to the popular vote.
	www.famousamericans.net /richarddobbsspaight (596 words)

	RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT - LAND GRANT SIGNED 05/30/1795 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Purchase of 640 acres of land in Burke County, North Carolina by William Tate and Robert Tate for thirty shillings an acre.
		Richard Dobbs Spaight served as Governor of North Carolina from 1792-1795, after previously having served in the state legislature (1781) and as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1783-1785) and the U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787).
		On September 6, 1802 Spaight, then a North Carolina State Senator, died from wounds inflicted in a duel with John Stanly, his opponent and successor in Congress.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/6_2003/revolutionary/RICHARD_DOBBS_SPAIGHT.htm (327 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight, Richard Dobbs (1758-1802) - Gov. and Rep. from N. Jan. 20, Aug. 18, and Dec. 22, 1796; May 27, Aug. 22, and Nov. 20, 1798; Jan. 6 and May 15, 1799; De.
		Richard Dobbs, scattered letters, April - July, 1809, from Haywood to Mrs.
		Feb. 18, Richard Barum, friend and client of George W. Haywood, formerly of Wake County, withdrawing lawsuit against "old Rodgers" and the Williams family.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/h/Haywood,Ernest (14956 words)

	National Constitution Center: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Spaight, born into a distinguished family of English and Irish descent, was orphaned at the age of eight and his guardians sent him to Ireland in order to insure he was well educated.
		In 1792 Spaight returned to politics, this time in a successful campaign for the governorship.
		At the age of forty-four, Spaight was killed in a duel with a Federalist politician.
	www.constitutioncenter.org /explore/FoundingFathers/NorthCarolina.shtml (1509 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Richard Dobbs Spaight
		Richard Dobbs Spaight was an active patriot of North Carolina during the Revolution, and he remained firm in the faith when the British seemed completely triumphant in the South.
		He was an active and influential member of that body, and strongly advocated the adoption of the federal constitution in North Carolina.
		Spaight was elected governor of the State, and in that position his energy and ability were conspicuous.
	www.colonialhall.com /spaight/spaight.php (212 words)

	Introduction to the Constitutional Convention by Gordon Lloyd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Nelson, colonial heroes and Signers of the Declaration, refused to attend.
		29-year-old Richard Dobbs Spaight, preacher, essayist, and mathematician Doctor Hugh Williamson, and land speculator William Blount—who later earned the dubious honor of being the first member expelled from the United States Senate—made up the core of the delegation that had a major impact on the course of the debates in July.
		The head of the Georgia delegation was William Few who was joined by Abraham Baldwin, William Houstoun, and 49-year-old William Pierce, one of the poorest attendees in terms of income—thus he has no official portrait—who nevertheless left us rich sketches of the delegates.
	www.teachingamericanhistory.org /convention/intro.html (2940 words)

	Richard Henry Lee
		He was member of the committees for stating the rights of the colonies, for enforcing commercial non-intercourse with Great Britain, and for preparing suitable addresses to the king and to the colonies -- Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Georgia, and the Floridas -- that had not sent delegates to the congress.
		Eight states being assembled, the United States in Congress assembled, proceeded to the election of a President, and, the ballots being taken, the honorable Richard Henry Lee was elected.
		Richard Henry Lee died in 1794 at the age of sixty-two.
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