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satisfactory communication with the other governmental bodies.
Unlike the systems adopted by the other colonies, the North
Carolina Council of Safety was not charged with authority to
enforce the acts of the Congress locally. Such power was
entrusted to the local committees. The central Council was
thus forced to rely for success chiefly on public sentiment,
which they themselves were largely responsible for creating.
In addition, the Council also faced the task of dealing with
a province divided between the wealthy merchants and planters
of the east, the small, isolated farmers of the west, and,
between the two, the Scottish Highlanders and the Regulators,
one loyal to England", and the other loyal to none but them-
selves.^ In this atmosphere and under these conditions the
Provincial Council was called upon to organize an army of
people divided in loyalty, supply it without the aid of fac-
tories, maintain it with insufficient funds, and direct it
against an enemy which was, in all ways, superior.''
The primary task of, the Council was in the handling of
military affairs, with the first priority being given to the
securing of supplies. Attempts were made to obtain from all
"friends to America," from whatever source, powder, saltpetre,
^Connor, Cornelius Harnett, p. 112} Agnes Hunt, The
Provincial Committees of Safety of the American Revolution
(Cleveland, 1904), P T2f2,
^Connor, Cornelius Harnett. pp. 112-113.
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McCarty, Jerry L. The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776, thesis, January 1970; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131213/m1/90/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .