Samuel Hopkins papers, 1796-1823.

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Samuel Hopkins papers, 1796-1823.

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These are letters written by General Samuel Hopkins, an associate of Richard Henderson, who served as a general with the Kentucky Militia, a judge, a state legislator, and as U.S. Congressman. Most of Hopkins' letters concern the frontier settlement of Henderson, land dealings, agriculture and agricultural prices, river commerce, and some of his political activities. The majority of the letters were written to Walter Alves of Orange County, North Carolina, who was the son of James Hogg, one of the original members of the Transylvania Company. There are also three letters written by Hopkins to Hogg and one to Colonel Thomas Hart, another original member of the Transylvania Company. There are also two letters present to Samuel Goode Hopkins from his father while the son was studying at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Hart, Thomas, -1808

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Alves, Walter, 1768-1819

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Landowner, state legislator, and university trustee, of Orange Co., N.C.; had considerable land holdings in several southern states. From the description of Walter Alves plantation inventory, 1807 Sept. 30. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 644143262 Landowner. From the description of Walter Alves correspondence, 1797-1815. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449722 Walter Alves of Orange County, N.C., was the son of James Hogg (1730-1804) and ...

Hopkins, Samuel, 1753-1819.

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Samuel Hopkins was born in Albermarle County, Va. During the Revolutionary War, he served under George Washington, and was captured in the Siege of Charleston. He moved to Kentucky in 1796, there serving as a judge and in the state House and Senate. During the War of 1812 he led Kentucky troops to Vincennes. After the war he served another term in the House of Representatives. From the description of Orderly book, 1812. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 252307...

Hogg, James, 1729-1805

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Scottish emigrant to Orange County, N.C., circa 1774. From the description of James Hogg papers, 1772-1824. WorldCat record id: 23032562 James Hogg came to North Carolina from Scotland about the year 1774, and settled near Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C. He quickly became prominent in the community and during the Revolutionary War he sided with the Revolutionary party. His brother, Robert, a merchant of Wilmington, N.C., who had been in the colony for some tim...