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1731–1796 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
4 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by Samuel Huntington.
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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.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
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.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796.
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