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Collection Number: 00104

Collection Title: Thomas Burke Papers, 1763-1852.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Size 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 481 items)
Abstract Thomas Burke was a native of Ireland who emigrated first to Virginia where he practiced medicine, then to North Carolina (1771) where he was a lawyer. He served in the provincial congress; was a delegate to the Continental Congress; and was governor, 1781-1782. The collection is the papers of Thomas Burke. Burke's early papers deal with personal and business affairs. Later papers pertain to public affairs while he was governor and include both civil and military materials of the Revolutionary period. Also included are papers relating to the settlement of Burke's estate.
Creator Burke, Thomas, ca. 1747-1783.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Thomas Burke Papers, #104, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
All or part of this collection available on microfilm.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Jordan, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, September 2020

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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Thomas Burke (circa 1747-1783) was a native of Ireland who emigrated first to Virginia where he practiced medicine, then to North Carolina (1771) where he was a lawyer. He served in the provincial congress; was a delegate to the Continental Congress; and was governor, 1781-1782.

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The collection is the papers of Thomas Burke. Burke's early papers deal with personal and business affairs. Later papers pertain to public affairs while he was governor and include both civil and military materials of the Revolutionary period. Also included are papers relating to the settlement of Burke's estate.

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481 items.

The series is Thomas Burke's personal papers. Primarily originals, it includes correspondence, poems, and various other materials. Folders 20 through 26 may have some relation to Samuel Johnston.

Folder 1a

Original finding aid material

Folder 1b

1763-1769

Oversize Paper OP-104/1

Letter of complaint from P. Gordon against John Baird to William Tryon and the Council of the Province of North Carolina, 1769?

Items of dispute include the price of a slave and other goods.

Folder 2

1770-1772

Folder 3

1773-1777

Folder 4

1778-1779

Folder 5

1780

Oversize Paper OP-104/2

A motion before Congress and the vote on that motion, 10 February 1780

Folder 6

January 1781-June 1781

Folder 7

July 1781

Folder 8

August 1781

Oversize Paper OP-104/3

List of returned prisoners and their crimes, 15 August 1781

Oversize Paper OP-104/4

Letter, 22 August 1781

Folder 9

September 1781-December 1781

Folder 10

January 1782

Folder 11

February 1782

Folder 12

March 1782

Folder 13

April 1782

Folder 14

May 1782-June 1782

Folder 15

July 1782-December 1782

Folder 16

1783-1789

Folder 17

1791-1852

Folder 18a

Undated

Folder 18b

Letter book, "Volume I," 10 July 1781-20 July 1781

Folder 19

Copies of poems by Thomas Burke, undated

Folder 20

1765-1771

Folder 21

1772-1773

Folder 22

1774-1776

Folder 23

1777-1780

Folder 24

1782-October 1783

Folder 25

November 1783-1845

Folder 26

Undated

Reel M-104/1-6

M-104/1

M-104/2

M-104/3

M-104/4

M-104/5

M-104/6

Microfilm

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