Inventory of the Richard Caswell Papers, 1776-1914

Collection Number 145-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789.
Title
Richard Caswell Papers, 1776-1914 (bulk 1776-1785).
Call Number
145-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
31 items.
Abstract
Richard Caswell was governor of North Carolina, general in the state forces during the Revolution, state comptroller, and speaker of the state senate. The collection is primarily correspondence relating to North Carolina and United States military and political issues of the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary periods.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
various dates
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Richard Caswell Papers, #145-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789.
Governors--North Carolina.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1783.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
North Carolina. Militia.
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Biographical Note

Richard Caswell (1729-1789) was governor of North Carolina, general in the state forces during the Revolution, state comptroller, and speaker of the state senate.

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Collection Overview

The collection is primarily correspondence relating to North Carolina and United States military and political issues of the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary periods.