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Richard Winn

1750–1818 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By Richard Winn

Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, December 1788

Winn, Richard, 1750-1818 · 1788

Letters to and from Governor Samuel Johnston in December 1788, 32 images. Richard Winn is among the writers, and John Sevier, the French Broad River country and the State of Franklin figure, along with Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek affairs. Johnston's administration saw Sevier arrested and Franklin come apart. Hillsborough is named.

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Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, August 1788

Stokes, Montfort, 1762-1842 · 1788

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.

Governors' Papers: Samuel Johnston, Correspondence, March 1788

Sevier, John, 1745-1815 · 1788

John Sevier, leader of the State of Franklin, is among the writers in Samuel Johnston's March 1788 papers. Other names include John Baptista Ashe, Benjamin Hawkins, Thomas Pinckney, James White and Richard Winn, with Cherokee, Chickasaw and Creek affairs and Hillsborough also present. Thirty-four images.

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