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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size | About 75 items |
Abstract | The collection contains miscellaneous Revolutionary War papers, chiefly relating to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1781-1782. The collection includes letters, reports, invoices, and other papers of the North Carolina General Assembly and of Governor Richard Caswell concerning military activities and supplies, records of local proceedings, and other items. |
Creator | Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011; Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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The collection contains miscellaneous Revolutionary War papers, chiefly relating to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1781-1782. The collection includes letters, reports, invoices, and other papers of the North Carolina General Assembly and of Governor Richard Caswell concerning military activities and supplies, records of local proceedings, and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1774-1779 |
Folder 2 |
1780 |
Folder 3 |
1781 |
Folder 4 |
1782-1785 and undated |
Oversize Paper OP-2194/1 |
Map of battlefield at Stono Ferry, S.C., 1779The map is inscribed, "Donated by W. W. Huske, Fayetteville, N.C." |
Oversize Paper OP-2194/2 |
"Report of the legislative committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of keeping a body of militia on the frontier...," 1777 |
Reel M-2194/1 |
Microfilm |