Continental Congress Delegates Collection, PC.364

Letters from William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn in Philadelphia, one to Richard Bennehan (Jan., 1776) about Presbyterian ministers Elihu Spencer and Alexander McWhorter sent to preach the patriot cause (Jan., 1776); and three to N.C. Council of Safety (Aug.-Sept., 1776) concerning destruction of the Cherokee nation, ammunition, plans for salt making and for an ironworks in Chatham Co., recruitment of Continental soldiers, the Battle of Long Island and American retreat, and likelihood of British invasion of the state. Letter from the U.S. Board of Treasury to the North Carolina congressional delegates (Aug., 1786) concerns cooperation between state Comptroller Francis Child and James Hindman, U.S. commissioner to settle accounts with the state.