Richard Green Cowper Letters, . 1791; 1794; 1843-1866

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Richard Green Cowper Letters, ., 1791; 1794; 1843-1866

Richard Green Cowper Letters, . 1791; 1794; 1843-1866

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Richard Green Cowper (fl. 1846) was a resident of Murfreesboro, N.C. The collection includes a letter, 1794, from George Washington at Philadelphia to Christoper Cowper, of Suffolk, Va., acknowledging the receipt of $450 relative to the sale of some land, and a typed transcription of a deed and mortgage for the land; an indenture, 1843, signed by Richard S. Cowper, sheriff of Hertford County, N.C.; two letters, 1846, to Richard Green Cowper, sojourning in Mariana, Fla., written by his wife at Murfreesboro, N.C., giving home news; a letter (typed transcription), November 1861, from Samuel A. Riddick of Hertford County, N.C., at Camp Ruffin, a Confederate training facility; and an acknowledgement, 1866, to George Vernon Cowper (1846-1916), a student at the University of North Carolina, from William H. Seward (1801-1872).

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection