Cornelius Harnett letters, 1777-1778 [manuscript].

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Cornelius Harnett letters, 1777-1778 [manuscript].

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Letters from Harnett in Philadelphia and York, Pa., to his friend and neighbor, William Wilkinson, of Wilmington, N.C., containing messages for Mrs. Harnett, information on provisions and prices in the North, political and military news, and occasional comment on the work of the Continental Congress.

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Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781

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Cornelius Harnett (April 10, 1723 – April 28, 1781) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American merchant and statesman from Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a leading American Revolutionary statesman in the Cape Fear region, and a delegate for North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779 where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Born in Chowan County in the Province of North Carolina, his family moved to Brunswick Town and Wilmington during his youth. As ...

United States. Continental Congress

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...

Wilkinson, William, fl. 1777-1778.

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