Abner Nash letters, 1777-1783 [manuscript].

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Abner Nash letters, 1777-1783 [manuscript].

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Letters to and from Nash, Revolutionary governor of North Carolina, 1780-1781, and member of the Continental Congress, mostly concerned with state business in regard to military affairs.

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Nash, Abner, 1740-1786

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Abner Nash (August 8, 1740 – December 2, 1786) was an American lawyer and statesman. He notably served as the second Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782 before representing North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 until his death. Born at Templeton Manor, his family's plantation in Prince Edward County in the Colony of Virginia, Nash attended rural schools and read law before being admitted to the bar in Virginia. He began his political career there,...