Dobbs, Arthur (1689-1765), colonial governor of North Carolina

A History of the Ecological Sciences, Part 25. American Naturalists Explore Eastern North America: John and William Bartram*

“…Dobbs became governor of North Carolina in 1754 (Snapp 1999), and William Bartram visited him there in July 1761. (John Bartram visited the governor of North Carolina on 8 August 1765, but it was not Dobbs, who had died on 28 March.)…”