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Size | 8 items |
Abstract | John Hawks (1731-1790) of North Carolina was an accountant and architect, best known as the designer of Tryon Palace, New Bern, N.C. The collection contains scattered drawings, correspondence, and other papers relating to buildings in Edenton, N.C., including a subscription list, 1767, for the building of a courthouse and prison; drawing of the cupola for a church, 1769; drawings for a prison, 1773; and a letter, 1857, from Robert Treat Paine concerning the transfer of these papers to the North Carolina Historical Society. Also included are architectural sketches, undated, of a church in Hillsborough, N.C., thought to be the work of John Hawks. |
Creator | Hawks, John. |
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, March 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021
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John Hawks (1731-1790) of North Carolina was an accountant and architect, best known as the designer of Tryon Palace, New Bern, N.C.
Back to TopThe collection contains scattered drawings, correspondence, and other papers relating to buildings in Edenton, N.C., including a subscription list, 1767, for the building of a courthouse and prison; drawing of the cupola for a church, 1769; drawings for a prison, 1773; and a letter, 1857, from Robert Treat Paine concerning the transfer of these papers to the North Carolina Historical Society. Also included are architectural sketches, undated, of a church in Hillsborough, N.C., thought to be the work of John Hawks.
Back to TopOversize Paper Folder OPF-3530/1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1767-1969 |
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Reel M-3530/1 |
Microfilm copy of papers, 1767-1969 |