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The index holds 2 works for Philemon Hawkins so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
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Reports and messages of joint select committees from August and September 1780, when the General Assembly met at Hillsborough after the defeat at Camden. Committees worked on supplies and provisions for the army and the adjustment of public claims. Horatio Gates, Richard Caswell, Abner Nash, William Hooper, hospitals, surgeons, cavalry and wagons all appear. 88 pages.
Bill of 6 September 1780 for a specific provision tax, a levy paid in goods such as corn, wheat, flour, pork, beef, rye, oats and rice for the Revolutionary war effort. The 26 images take in sheriffs, justices, oaths and the Quakers, Moravians, Mennonites and Dunkards, with Abner Nash, Archibald Maclaine and Benjamin Williams named. Hillsborough figures in the session.
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