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Letter to Samuel Johnston, 1776 January 4.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 621 Folder 19
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Carolina--History--1775-1865.
- North Carolina.
- History.
- Genre:
- engravings (prints)
- portraits
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (1 leaf) + 1 engraving
- Contained In:
- Hale Signers Collection. Folder 19.
- Place of Publication:
- 1776 January 4.
- Biography/History:
- At this time, Joseph Hewes was a delegate from North Carolina at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Samuel Johnston was a North Carolina planter and lawyer who presided over the provincial congress for North Carolina.
- Summary:
- Hewes informs Johnston of the Congress's plan to send two Presbyterian clergymen to North Carolina to explain the nature of the dispute between the colonies and Great Britain. Includes an engraving of Hewes drawn by J. B. Longacre.
- OCLC:
- 155866281
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