Tryon's+Palace

Tryon's Palace

Tryon's Palace was built for Govenor William Tryon. It was completed in 1770 in New Bern. New Bern was just designated the New capital when the house was fininshed. The house consisted of three floors. The first floor was used for business matters of the colony. The Govenor had his office on the first floor. On the second floor the govenor and his family lived. Two additional buildings were aside from the house, one was a kitchen and one was a stable. In 1770 the Govenor moved into his new palace, only staying for a couple years. Tryon had lots of receptions and parties while he lived there. After Tryon moved to Manhattan, Josiah Martin lived there. Richard Caswell lived and worked into the palace. In 1779 the palace lost it's official status. The palace was onced used as a school and storage. Hay cought fire and burnt the house in 1798. In 1940's the Carolina citizens rebuilt the house and reopened it to the public in 1959.

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Battle of Alamance

Govenor Tryon thought that the Regulators would rise again, so he collected malitia from across the Costal Plains. Hugh Waddell, who was comander at Fort Dobbs, tried to march from Charlotte with others in an effort to surround the Regulators. Waddell could not cross the Yadkin River because there was thousands of shooting Regulators, so He marched westward from Hillsborough. Tryon ordered the milita to spread out on May 16, 1771. The Regulators ran out of ammunition because they had no commander and no orginazation.  