Indexed works
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Governor Alexander Martin (2nd Administration) Correspondence: January 12-November 27, 1792
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. · 1792
Governor Alexander Martin's correspondence from his second administration, 12 January to 27 November 1792, with some items from 1791, in 121 images. Oliver Wolcott Jr. is among the writers. Matters include taxation, tobacco, liquor, military pensions, debts and the army's clothing accounts, with William Blount, Benjamin Hawkins, Richard Caswell and Hillsborough named.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Session of November 1792-January 1793: Miscellaneous Court Cases
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1792
Court papers laid before the General Assembly in its session of November 1792 to January 1793, including grand jury presentments from Halifax District and from the Hillsborough District superior court and Orange County court, a complaint of John Den and a New Bern District judgment. Twenty-one images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, March 1788
Sevier, John, 1745-1815 · 1788
John Sevier, leader of the State of Franklin, is among the writers in Samuel Johnston's March 1788 papers. Other names include John Baptista Ashe, Benjamin Hawkins, Thomas Pinckney, James White and Richard Winn, with Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek affairs and Hillsborough also present. Thirty-four images.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Joint Select Committees: Reports and papers, May 20-June 3
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784
Legislative committee reports from 20 May to 3 June 1784, in 105 images, from the General Assembly's joint select committees. They answer memorials of James Kerr, a Rowan County commissioner, and David Miller of Rutherford County, and the account of Maurice Simmons of Charleston. Army supplies, Cherokee lands, Benjamin Hawkins, Willie Jones, prisoners of war and Hillsborough appear in the papers.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Joint Papers (April-May, 1780): Joint Select Committee Reports and Papers
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Reports and papers of the joint select committees of the North Carolina General Assembly from its April to May 1780 session, in 223 images. Items include a Virginia governor's letter on naval officers and duties at the Ocracoke channel, committee appointments, and Henry Mounger's petition on where Montgomery County's public buildings should stand. Orange County is among the many counties touched.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Material sent for perusal
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Papers laid before the North Carolina General Assembly for perusal in August and September 1780, 56 images. They include Governor Abner Nash's messages to members, one of them on clothing for the regular troops, resolutions of the Virginia Assembly, letters from Richard and James Ellis and from James Iredell, and John Reddy's petition. George Washington and the Board of War also appear.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
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Joint Papers (August-September, 1780): Miscellaneous Petitions and Accounts
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Petitions and accounts sent to the North Carolina General Assembly in August and September 1780, 29 images. Petitioners include inhabitants of Sullivan and Granville counties, William Collson, whose request was rejected, Charles McLean of Lincoln County, and Captains William Chronicle, David Cowan and James Jack. Loyalists, confiscations and paper money are among the topics.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Senate Joint Resolutions: August 30-September 13
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1780
Senate joint resolutions of 30 August to 13 September 1780, in the weeks after the defeat at Camden, 96 images. Among them are a rejected resolution about militia routed in South Carolina, a commission for Captain William Williams in the Invalid Corps, and a rejected request that General Horatio Gates gather the Continental troops. Hillsborough figures in the session.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Senate Joint Resolutions: October 19-November 10
North Carolina. General Assembly · 1779
Joint resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 19 October to 10 November 1779, in 176 images. George Pee of Lincoln County is exempted from taxes; other items concern Thomas Espey of Lincoln County, Archibald Gillespie of Onslow County, and exemptions in Granville and Pasquotank counties. Prisoners of war, counterfeiting, horse stealing, salt, ships and the Continental Army also come up.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
