Indexed works
Works about or by Cornelius Harnett. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
By Cornelius Harnett
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, November 1778
Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781 · 1778
Governor Richard Caswell's correspondence for November 1778, 96 images from the Governors' Papers. Caswell was chosen as the state's first governor by the provincial congress in December 1776. Writers include Cornelius Harnett, Allen Jones, Griffith Rutherford and Henry Laurens, and Continental Congress business sits beside matters from Hillsborough and from Chatham, Currituck, Edgecombe and Johnston counties.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Letters from William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners, enclosing legislation and accounts of the ship 'Brigantine Fox'
2019 · Adam Matthew Digital
Letters from Governor William Tryon to the Lords Commissioners in London, with enclosed legislation and the accounts of the ship Brigantine Fox, reproduced by Adam Matthew Digital in 2019 from Colonial Office file CO 5/300. They show the range of a governor's business: council appointments, judges and courts, assembly acts, cotton manufacturing, poverty, naval stores, rice, tobacco and indigo, currency, the Tuscarora, education, marriage, debt and customs. Hillsborough is among the places named, and people include William Johnston, Richard Henderson, Cornelius Harnett and Samuel Strudwick.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Harnett, Cornelius.
Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): messages concerning procedure and balloting
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Messages about procedure and balloting at the North Carolina General Assembly's August to September 1780 session, 21 images. Names include Cornelius Harnett, Archibald Maclaine, Alexander Martin and John Penn, with nominations to the Council of State and the Board of War among the business.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Joint Resolutions: May 3-15
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
House joint resolutions of May 3 to 15, 1779, 146 images of resolutions, messages and petitions. The House appointed a chaplain and acted on requests from Walter Gibson of Bladen County, James Glasgow and Captain Francis Tartason, among many others, with matters of militia, taxation, land grants and schools.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
House Joint Resolutions: October 19-November 10
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
Joint resolutions of the House of Commons, October 19 to November 10, 1779: tax exemptions for people in Franklin, Orange and Wilkes counties, the disbanding of the state regiment, and a call for the Continental delegates to attend the Assembly. Supplies, prisoners of war and trade with the West Indies also appear. 192 images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, August 1778
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 · 1778
August 1778 letters of Governor Richard Caswell, 17 images. Cornelius Harnett, John Penn, William Sharp and the Continental Congress appear, along with Hillsborough and Orange County.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, February 1778
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 · 1778
February 1778 correspondence of Richard Caswell, the first governor of independent North Carolina, in 108 images. George Washington, Henry Laurens, Charles Lee, George Wythe, Cornelius Harnett and John Penn are among the names, and the counties concerned include Chatham, Guilford, Surry, Wake and Orange.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Provincial Council of Safety Correspondence, August 1776
North Carolina. Council of Safety · 1776
Council of Safety papers for August 1776: journal, resolutions, petitions, a proclamation and letters, much of it to or from Cornelius Harnett, the council's president. The council served as North Carolina's interim government during the War for Independence. Topics include the Cherokee and Creek nations, and Hillsborough and Orange County appear. 168 images.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
William Hooper (1742-1790) Papers
Hooper, William, 1742-1790 · 1773
Papers of William Hooper, lawyer, legislator for New Hanover and Orange counties and delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777, dated 1773 to 1810. They include a March 1776 letter from Commissary General Joseph Trumbull on the siege of Boston, a letter about medicines and one from the loyalist Mary Middleton about a vessel. Hooper signed the Declaration of Independence and later lived in Hillsborough. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.1141.
Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Harnett, Cornelius.
Session of November-December, 1771: Joint Resolutions, November 28-December 23
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1771
Joint resolutions of the General Assembly, 28 November to 23 December 1771, passed in the months after the Battle of Alamance. They favor claimants such as James Alford of Wake County, Robert Howe, Wilmington jailer David Pollock and John Fulford, whose money had burned, and touch on disabled veterans and widows. Seventy-one images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Provincial Council of Safety Correspondence, not dated
North Carolina. Council of Safety · 1763
Undated papers of the Provincial Council of Safety, North Carolina's interim government in the Revolution, largely letters written by or to its president, Cornelius Harnett. Topics range over the Cherokee and Creek nations, Wake County, Hillsborough and Orange County. 55 images.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Miscellaneous Collection
State Archives of North Carolina. Private Manuscripts Archivists · 1689
The State Archives' Miscellaneous Collection: letters, deeds, land grants, surveys, wills, leases and other single items dating from 1689 to 2017, some as photocopies or transcripts from other repositories. Writers and subjects vary widely, governors and generals among them, and Orange County figures among the many places touched.
Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Harnett, Cornelius.
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