ALS, 1776 April 17 : Halifax, North Carolina, to Joseph Hewes, Philadelphia.

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ALS, 1776 April 17 : Halifax, North Carolina, to Joseph Hewes, Philadelphia.

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Written while Hooper attended the North Carolina Provincial Congress, he here describes military and political conditions in North Carolina: " ... There are at Wilmington about 2700 men chiefly Militia & Minute Men. Governour Martin [deposed loyalist governor of N. Carolina] is near Brunswick with 35 Vessels great & small armed & unarmed. Clinton is with him expecting Cornwallis with 4000 men. With a few musquets [sic] & those bad, no cannon, little powder must we oppose them---but the spirit of this people is equal to anything." He speaks also of a trip through Virginia to Halifax; of the increasing support of the people of N. Carolina and Virginia for Separation.

4 p. ; 37 x 23 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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