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#1793
WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE PAPERS
Summary

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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820.
Papers, 1758-1819.
152 items (0.5 linear ft.).

In part photostatic and typed transcript copies.

Davie was lawyer, state legislator, Revolutionary officer, member  of the
U.S. Constitutional Convention, Federalist governor of North Carolina, and
peace commissioner to France, and was influential in the founding of the
University of North Carolina.  He moved from Halifax County, N.C., to
Lancaster District, S.C., in 1805.

These papers include letters to, from, and about Davie and his family.  Two
long narratives pertain to Davie's Revolutionary War experiences as a
cavalry officer in North and South Carolina and as commissary general to
Nathanael Greene.  Other papers, of scattered dates, relate to Davie's
varied activities and to his family and the related Crockett family, with
only a few items later than 1805.  Also present is a copy of a report of
William Richardson, Presbyterian minister, on his mission to the Cherokee
Indians, 1758.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Cherokee Indians--Missions.
   Crockett family.
   Davie family.
   Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820.
   Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
   Indians of North America--Missions.
   North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
   North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
   Presbyterians--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   Richardson, William, fl. 1758.
   South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
   United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.

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