Richard Caswell (1729-1789) Papers, PC.242

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Richard Caswell (1729-1789) Papers, PC.242

Descriptive Summary

Title
Richard Caswell (1729-1789) Papers
Call Number
PC.242
Creator
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789
Date
1733-1790
Extent
0.200 cubic feet
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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Collection Overview

Papers of Caswell of Kinston, delegate to Continental Congress (1774-1776), major general of the state militia (1780-1781), and governor (1776-1780, 1785-1787), including journal of trip by Caswell to Philadelphia for first Continental Congress (Sept.-Nov., 1774); letter to son William describing journey to Philadelphia in May, 1775, and military preparations in Virginia, Maryland, and Philadelphia; letters to Caswell from Francis Locke, William R. Davie, and Abner Nash, and from Caswell to Nathanael Greene about campaign in the Carolinas (1780-1781); contemporary copies of letters to Brig. Gen. Henry W. Harrington from Caswell and Horatio Gates (frag., n.d.); letter about land in Tennessee from Arthur Campbell of Virginia (1782); suggestions for legislation from Christopher Neale (1783); and note from James Glasgow recommending a doctor (1789). Also in collection are list of slaves (1781?) and letter about Caswell's estate. Photocopies of Caswell papers in the Emmet Collection of the New York Public Library and in the Library of Congress include statement of members' allowances by General Assembly committee of accounts (1756); messages from Governor Caswell to the assembly (1777); and correspondence of Caswell while governor (1777-1779) with John Penn, Cornelius Harnett, Jethro Sumner, John Rutledge, Joseph Hewes, James Hogun, and Benjamin Lincoln and as militia general (1780-1781) with Horatio Gates, Baron de Kalb, Griffith Rutherford, John Donaldson, Nathanael Greene, William Caswell, and Alexander Lillington. Other photocopies include letters from Benjamin Hawkins to Edward Salter about armed brigantines chartered for the state (1779); from Gov. Patrick Henry about schemes for European settlements in western lands to teach and protect the Indians (1785); and from Governor Caswell to Massachusetts Gov. James Bowdoin about delegates to trade convention at Annapolis (1786).

Contents of the Collection

Misc. Business, 1733-1789
PC.242.001.01
Photstats from other collections, Camden 1780 period, circa 1780
PC.242.001.02
Photostats from other collections, circa 1780
PC.242.001.03
Report - Committee of Accounts. [Photocopy], 1756
PC.242.001.04
Caswell Journal, 1774
PC.242.001.05
Correspondence. Includes letters of Joseph Hewes and John Penn [Photocopies from Emmett Collection], 1770-1786
PC.242.001.06
Richard Caswell to William Caswell, May 11, 1775
PC.242.001.07
Richard Caswell to his son [William], April 18, 1776
PC.242.001.08
Messages to General Assembly, 1777
PC.242.001.09
Francis Lock to Richard Caswell, August 29, 1780
PC.242.001.10
Richard Caswell to General Greene, February 24, 1781
PC.242.001.11
Notes, Richard Caswell to John Rutledge, April 28, 1781
PC.242.001.12
Abner Nash to Richard Caswell, April 28, 1781
PC.242.001.13
Misc. Business [Enclosure in Nov.8, 1782, Campbell to Caswell], November 8, 1782
PC.242.001.14
Arthur Campbell to Richard Caswell, November 8, 1782
PC.242.001.15
R. Caswell to Richard Ellis, November 9, 1782
PC.242.001.16
Chris[tophe]r Neale to Richard Caswell, April 11, 1783
PC.242.001.17
Peter Clifton to Richard Caswell, October 13, 1783
PC.242.001.18
Mich[eal] Hearn to Richard Caswell, March 5, 1784
PC.242.001.19
J. Glasgow to Richard Caswell, January 20, 1785
PC.242.001.20
Richard Caswell to William Blount, February 18, 1789
PC.242.001.21
Richard Caswell to Francis Child, July 30, 1789
PC.242.001.22
J[ames] Glasgow to Richard Caswell, April 20, 1789
PC.242.001.23
Outlaw to Winston Caswell, December 23, 1789
PC.242.001.24

Subject Headings

  • Caswell, Richard
  • Caswell, William
  • Locke, Francis
  • Davie, William R.
  • Nash, Abner
  • Greene, Nathanael
  • Harrington, Henry W.
  • Gates, Horatio
  • Campbell, Arthur
  • Neale, Christopher
  • Glasgow, James
  • Penn, John
  • Harnett, Cornelius
  • Sumner, Jethro
  • Rutledge, John
  • Hewes, John
  • Hogun, James
  • Lincoln, Benjamin
  • De Kalb, Baron
  • Rutherford, Griffith
  • Donaldson, John
  • Lillington, Alexander
  • Hawkins, Benjamin
  • Salter, Edward
  • Henry, Patrick
  • Bowdoin, James
  • United States. Continental Congress
  • North Carolina. General Assembly
  • United States. Continental Navy Officers
  • Governors
  • Travel
  • Generals
  • Major Generals
  • Military campaigns
  • Brigadier Generals
  • Physicians
  • Slaves
  • Slave Patrols
  • Land
  • Administration of estates
  • Legislation
  • Delegates
  • Officer
  • Militia
  • Militia Service
  • Committees
  • Accounts
  • Finance
  • Allowances
  • Europeans
  • Settlements
  • Indians
  • Teaching
  • Trade
  • Congresses and conventions
  • Protection
  • Brigs
  • Deadly Weapon
  • Armored Vessels
  • Kinston (N.C.)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Virginia
  • Maryland
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • North Carolina--Militia
  • United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
  • Western Lands
  • Massachusetts
  • Annapolis (Md.)