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1729–1824 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
9 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes 3 works by Charles Thomson.
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.
September 1785 letters of Richard Caswell, written during his second period as North Carolina's governor. Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, is among the correspondents, and Hillsborough appears in the month's business. Sixty-three images.
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.
Governor Caswell's papers for September 1779 run to 26 images. Charles Thomson writes for the Continental Congress, and John Jay and John Ashe also appear, along with Rutherford County in the west. The Revolutionary War is the backdrop, and Orange County is among the places concerned.
August 1788 papers of Governor Samuel Johnston, 42 images. Montfort Stokes, Hugh Williamson, Richard Winn and Charles Thomson are among the correspondents. Relations with the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek peoples and the State of Franklin run through the month, and Hillsborough is named.
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.
July 1779 correspondence of Governor Richard Caswell, in 53 images, with Isaac Gregory among the writers. John Jay, Baron von Steuben, Griffith Rutherford, Charles Thomson and the Continental Congress are named, along with Camden and Orange counties.
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.
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.
Richard Caswell's correspondence for August 1777, in 81 images, from his first year as governor of the new state. He wrote some of the letters himself. Waightstill Avery, John Hancock, Charles Lee, Hardy Murfree and Charles Thomson are named, and the counties concerned include Anson, Bladen, Camden, Chatham, Dobbs and Orange.
November 1777 correspondence of Governor Richard Caswell, 22 images, with William Cray Sr. among the writers. Alexander Martin, Charles Thomson, Northampton County and Orange County are named.
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