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“One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence. His home is 150 yds. W. Was buried a few yds. W.”
State historical marker: G-4: William Hooper 1742-1790
8 works in the index name this person, and 8 more are by them.
What it was and why it mattered
Newspapers, photographs, and records of the time
Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
Papers relating to Hooper, lawyer, legislator from New Hanover and Orange counties, and delegate to Continental Congress (1774-1777), including letter from Commissary General Joseph Trumbull describing the siege of Bost…
August 31: re committee to devise ways and means to raise supplies for the army (messages only) August 31: governors' message referred to the committee appointed to prepare a bill to procure provisions for the army, etc…
Richard Caswell was elected governor of the state by the provincial congress in December 1776 and was re-elected to annual terms under the constitution by the General Assemblies of 1777, 1778, and 1779. The constitution…
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