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John Armstrong

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Governors' Papers: William Hawkins Correspondence, March 1813

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. · 1789

William Hawkins (b. 1777 - d. 1819), North Carolina's seventeenth governor, attended Princeton and received his law license in 1797. In 1801, he was appointed by Governor James Turner to negotiate a settlement with the …

John Armstrong papers, 1764, undated.

Armstrong, John, 1725-1795 · 1764

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