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James Henry Craig

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William Hooper papers, 1770-1822

Hooper, William, 1742-1790 · 1770

Papers of William Hooper (1742-1790) covering 1770 to 1822, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 352-z, with a microfilm copy made by the university library in 1974. Topics include North Carolina politics and government during the Revolution, on Sir James Henry Craig, on Archibald Maclaine Hooper and on the 'Hillsboro recorder', the Hillsborough newspaper.

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November 6, 1781 Burke is admitted to parole as a prisoner of war on James Island Held first as a prisoner of state after Fanning's men delivered him to Major Craig at Wilmington, Burke was admitted to parole on James Island outside Charleston. Loyalist refugees on the island, outlaws from the state he had governed, left him in what he called hourly danger of assassination. People: Thomas Burke, James Henry CraigDocumenting the American South: Letter from Thomas Burke to Nathanael Greene (Jan 19, 1782)

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Read contemporary evidence: Letter from Thomas Burke to Nathanael Greene (Jan 19, 1782) Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for James Henry Craig NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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