Letter to [James Iredell, Edenton.]
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Title
Letter to [James Iredell, Edenton.]
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Signers to the Declaration of Independence
North Carolina
Names
Hooper, William (Author)
Iredell, James (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1785-07-06
Place: Hillsboro, N.C.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S. 4 pp. Fo
Abstract
Sends this by a messenger who is to assist [Isaac] Pinto with horses in his progress; the court at Wilmington went on in the old dilatory mode; overbearing conduct of Germanicus on the bench, leading to a dispute with [Archibald] MacLaine; necessity of reforming the courts; he hopes that Iredell and [Samuel] Johnston will have a large share in the work; absence of proper material with which to form the officers required by the constitution; they must do with such stuff as they have until the academies and colleges supply something better; progress of Hillsboro; illness and melancholy of Gen. [Thomas] Clark.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 3951
Archives EAD ID: 276370
Archives Components ID: 1427
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 38902f30-6a42-0139-5481-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to [James Iredell, Edenton.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1785. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/38902f30-6a42-0139-5481-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1785). Letter to [James Iredell, Edenton.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/38902f30-6a42-0139-5481-0242ac110002
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