Inventory of the William Hooper Papers, 1770-1822

Collection Number 352-z


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

Collection Information


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Hooper, William, 1742-1790.
Title
William Hooper Papers, 1770-1822.
Call Number
352-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
3 items.
Abstract
William Hooper of North Carolina was a leader in the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Biographical sketch of William Hooper by his nephew Archibald Maclaine Hooper that appeared in the Hillsboro Recorder in 1822; a letter from John H. Craig, British commander at Wilmington, N.C., to Hooper, 1781, concerning business of the North Carolina revolutionary government; and a writ signed by Hooper in the 1770 Chatham County, N.C., case of Peter O'Neal versus. Charles Harrington.


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Administrative Information

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 William Hooper Papers, #352-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.

Craig, John H., fl. 1781.
Hillsboro recorder (Hillsborough, N.C.)
Hooper, Archibald Maclaine, 1775-1853.
Hooper, William, 1742-1790.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1783.
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Biographical Note

William Hooper of North Carolina was a leader in the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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Collection Overview

Biographical sketch of William Hooper by his nephew Archibald Maclaine Hooper that appeared in the Hillsboro Recorder in 1822; a letter from John H. Craig, British commander at Wilmington, N.C., to Hooper, 1781, concerning business of the North Carolina revolutionary government; and a writ signed by Hooper in the 1770 Chatham County, N.C., case of Peter O'Neal versus Charles Harrington.