Letter to Samuel Johnston, 1776 January 4

Contributor:

Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816 (addressee)

Name:

Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779; Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869

Timespan:

1775-1865

Date:

1776

Description:

Hewes informs Johnston of the Congress's plan to send two Presbyterian clergymen to North Carolina to explain the nature of the dispute between the colonies and Great Britain. Includes an engraving of Hewes drawn by J. B. Longacre.

Language:

English

Subject:

History

Form/Genre:

Engravings (prints); Portraits

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) + 1 engraving

Geographic Subject:

North Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865; North Carolina

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

At this time, Joseph Hewes was a delegate from North Carolina at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Samuel Johnston was a North Carolina planter and lawyer who presided over the provincial congress for North Carolina.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 621 Folder 19

Collection:

Hale Signers Collection