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[Identification of item], in the William Richardson Davie Papers, #1793, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Cherokee Indians--Missions.
• Crockett family.
• Davey 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.

William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) was a lawyer, state legislator, Revolutionary officer, member of the United States 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.

In part, photostatic and typed transcript copies. 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.