Houston, William Churchill, approximately 1746-1788

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Houston was a delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutuional Convention from New Jersey. He was a professor (1771-1783) at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and lawyer -- Walton from Georgia was in the Continental Congress, (1776-1778), served as Governor of Georgia (1779-1780), the U.S. Congress (1780-1871), served as Chief Justice of Georgia (1783-1789), Governor of Georgia (1789-1790) and in the U.S. Senate (1795-1796).

From the description of [Documents] / W. Houston. 1783-1785. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302525
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creatorOf Houston, William C. Order app. committee (House of Assembly) signed, 1779 Apr. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Houston, William Churchill, ca. 1746-1788. ADS, 1780 September 6, In Congress. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives, 1743-1984 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn William Livingston papers, 1749-1782 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Livingston, William, 1723-1790. William Livingston papers, 1749-1782. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Stewart, Charles, 1729-1800. Family papers, 1768-1877 Houghton Library
creatorOf Houston, William Churchill, ca. 1746-1788. Papers, 1779. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786. Papers, 1777-1780 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Stevens family. Papers, 1663-1959. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Parker family. Papers, 1680-1936. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Houston, William Churchill, ca. 1746-1788. [Documents] / W. Houston. Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Stevens family. Stevens family papers, 1663-1959. New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf Dickinson, Philemon, 1739-1809. ALS : Hermitage, near Trenton, N.J., to William Churchill Houston and James Mott, Princeton, 1778 July 29. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Voorhees, John Vredenburgh, 1819-1899. New Jersey correspondence, 1773-1954. Rutgers University
referencedIn Hornblower family. Hornblower family papers, 1725-1953 1804-1860. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Anderson family. Papers, 1762-1950. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Johnson, Ebenezer Alfred, 1813-1891. Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hornblower family. Papers, 1760-1900. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Continental Congress collection, 1773-1798.
referencedIn Paterson, William, 1745-1806. William Paterson docket, 1785-1788. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIa, 1743-1806 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Parker family (Perth Amboy, N.J.). Parker family papers, 1676-1946 1760-1820. New Jersey Historical Society Library
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