Person in the county’s record
1731–1796 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
4 works about Samuel Huntington are indexed here, as is one work by Huntington.
Works about or by Samuel Huntington. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.
Samuel Huntington, president of the Continental Congress, is among the writers in Governor Richard Caswell's letters for February 1780. The 32 images also name Griffith Rutherford, Craven County, Hillsborough and Orange County.
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Correspondence of Governor Abner Nash for October 1780, in 35 images, with Robert Salter among the writers. Names include Robert Howe, Samuel Huntington, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Caswell and Alexander Martin, and Hillsborough, Hyde and Pitt counties also appear.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
March 1780 letters of Governor Richard Caswell, in 63 images, from the last weeks of his first run as governor. John A. Lillington is among the writers, and Benjamin Lincoln, Samuel Huntington, John Rutledge and Charles Thomson are named, with Camden, Duplin, Hertford, Wayne and Orange counties.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Letters from November 1779, late in Richard Caswell's first period as governor, when the state constitution limited him to three successive annual terms. Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, is among the writers, and Samuel Huntington, Richard Henderson and James Williams also appear. Hillsborough and Halifax County are named. Twenty-nine images.
Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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