Francis L. Hawks papers, 1679-1964 [manuscript].

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Francis L. Hawks papers, 1679-1964 [manuscript].

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Scattered items relating to Francis L. Hawks's work in preparing his "History of North Carolina," consisting primarily of microfilm copies of items at the Episcopal Church Historical Society, Austin, Tex. Included are extracts from court records, church records, legislative and council journals, correspondence and other papers. Significantly represented is the correspondence of Clement Hall and that of John Stanly (1774-1834) relating to his disagreement with Richard Dobbs Spaight. Also included are lists of additional Hawks material in Austin, and two original items: a letter, 12 April 1858, to Hawks from historian George Bancroft, and a letter, 10 February 1860, from Hawks to North Carolina governor David L. Swain regarding a catalog of Bancroft's manuscript collection.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Swain, David Lowry, 1801-1868

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David Lowry Swain, lawyer, governor, and educator, was born near Asheville, N.C., in Buncombe County. His father, George Swain, was a Massachusetts native who settled in Georgia and served in the Georgia legislature and constitutional convention of 1795 before moving to the North Carolina mountains. Caroline Swain, his mother, was the daughter of Jesse Lane. Caroline Swain had four children with her first husband, David Lowry. She and George Swain had seven children, of whom David ...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802

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Spaight was a delegate to the U.S. Contential Congress, 1782-1785, from North Carolina, as well as the U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787, and signator to the U.S. Constitution. He was Governor of North Carolina, 1792-1795, held other public offices in the North Carolina and was in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1798-1801. From the description of [Letter] 1784 Aug. 22, Port Tobacco [to] Jacob Reed / Rich.d D. Spaight. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 433579619 Dele...

Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866

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American priest of the Episcopal Church, church historian, and North Carolina politician. From the description of Francis L. Hawks Letters [manuscript] 1852-1860. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420463382 American divine. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to an unidentified correspondent, [18]53 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470744 Protestant Episcopal clergyman, historian, and first president of the U...

Stanly, John, 1774-1833

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Hall, Clement, -1759

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