2006-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2006
MARTIN, Alexander (1740-1807) In 1774, Martin was elected to the Colonial Assembly in North Carolina; he fought in the Continental Army at the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He resigned his commission in 1777 and returned to North Carolina, where he served in the North Carolina Senate during periods from 1778 to 1782, in 1785, and from 1787 to 1788. In 1782, the General Assembly elected him North Carolina Governor; he served until 1784. Martin was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. A Federalist, Martin was elected the first governor of North Carolina under the North Carolina Constitution of 1789. Term-limited as Governor, Martin was elected to the United States Senate and served there for a single term from 1793 to 1799. As a member of Congress, he opposed the Jay Treaty but supported the Alien and Sedition Acts. Also an advocate for education, Martin served on the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1790 until his death in 1807. Partly-printed Document Signed, “Alex Martin” 1p. oblong folio on fine laid paper, December 20, 1793, Newbern, North Carolina, being a land grant for Joseph Loftin Senr., for 130 acres of land lying along the Neuse River. VG.
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