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.
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, February 1778
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789 · 1778
February 1778 correspondence of Richard Caswell, the first governor of independent North Carolina, in 108 images. George Washington, Henry Laurens, Charles Lee, George Wythe, Cornelius Harnett and John Penn are among the names, and the counties concerned include Chatham, Guilford, Surry, Wake and Orange.
Governors' Papers: Richard Caswell, Correspondence, November 1778
Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781 · 1778
Governor Richard Caswell's correspondence for November 1778, 96 images from the Governors' Papers. Caswell was chosen as the state's first governor by the provincial congress in December 1776. Writers include Cornelius Harnett, Allen Jones, Griffith Rutherford and Henry Laurens, and Continental Congress business sits beside matters from Hillsborough and from Chatham, Currituck, Edgecombe and Johnston counties.