Record Series and Collections

1782

Recorded Copy Reference: WB-AB/484 (WB = WillBook)

Location where will was filed and probated: New Hanover County

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1731

Concerning suspension of Edmund Porter from the Council. Enclosed in Gov. George Burrington to Board of Trade. 4 September 1731 (21.1.29.1.1).

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1731

Representations, with Burrington's replies concerning assistant justices and Sir Richard Everard. Includes marginalia by Burrington. Enclosed in Gov. Burrington's despatch of 1 July 1731 (21.1.28.1.16)

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Volume and Page References: Volume:IV; Page:68; Folio:1

1775

News of battle in Boston; awaits supplies from Gen. Gage; dismounting of guns from Ft. Johnston and evacuation of garrison to merchant ships; hopes colonies will soon be reduced to obedience; recommends royal proscription for Harnett, Ashe, Howe, and ...

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1757 - 1847

Bound typed copies of 128 letters and papers relating to North Carolina in the Emmet Manuscripts, New York Public Library, including deeds, estate papers, petitions, a resolution of the Second Provincial Congress with 67 signatures approving the ...

1776

Copy of resolution of Council of Safety concerning Mrs. DuBois and Mrs. Maclain [?] and their families; signed by Cornelius Harnett.

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1909

Memorials concerning losses in N.C.; schedule "of the Particulars of Mr. McCulloh's Landed Property in North Carolina, with the Valuations thereof"; schedule of his personal property there; "A List of sundry Surveys or Tracts of land lying in the ...

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Memorials concerning his losses in N.C. (incl. one from Henry McCulloh, 11 May 1778); misc. correspondence concerning same, incl. copy of letter from Cornelius Harnett, Philadelphia, 20 Dec 1778, copy of letter from James Iredell, Edenton, 21 Nov 1778; ...

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1994

Grave of Cornelius Harnett, showing marker and inscription.

1994

Painting of "Hilton", the home of Cornelius Harnett.

1994

Photo of the monument to Cornelius Harnett in Wilmington.

1773 - 1810

Papers relating to Hooper, lawyer, legislator from New Hanover and Orange counties, and delegate to Continental Congress (1774-1777), including letter from Commissary General Joseph Trumbull describing the siege of Boston (Mar., 1776); one concerning ...

1689 - 2017

This is a collection of miscellaneous original materials, and a portion of photocopies and transcripts from other repositories. Historical periods represented include the colonial era, Revolutionary War, post-Revolutionary War; Civil War, ...