Richard Bennehan Papers, PC.320

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Richard Bennehan Papers, PC.320

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Title
Richard Bennehan Papers
Call Number
PC.320
Creator
Bennehan, Richard
Date
1771-1790
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Letters to Bennehan, Hillsborough merchant and planter, chiefly on land in Maryland and social and business matters such as manufacture of linen. Other subjects are Gov. Josiah Martin's progress to Hillsborough (June, 1772); the Virginia Assembly and Richard Henderson's purchases in Transylvania; and assumption of state debts by the federal government. Correspondents include John Baptista Ashe, Thomas Hart, Richard Henderson, William Hooper, Samuel Johnston, William Johnston, and Henry E. McCulloh.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Bennehan, Richard
  2. Martin, Josiah
  3. Henderson, Richard
  4. Ashe, John Baptista, 1748-1802
  5. Hart, Thomas
  6. Hooper, William
  7. Johnston, Samuel
  8. Johnston, William
  9. McCulloh, Henry E.
  10. Virginia Assembly
  11. Merchants
  12. Plantation Owners
  13. Land
  14. Business
  15. Linen
  16. Textile manufacturers
  17. Manners and customs
  18. Governors
  19. Debts, Public
  20. Purchasing
  21. Hillsborough
  22. Maryland
  23. Transylvania
  24. United States--Politics and government