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State Archives of North Carolina"},{"label":"Language","value":["English"]},{"label":"Description","value":"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. 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