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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 276 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Declaration of Independence . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hooper , William 1742 -1790 (search)
Hooper, William 1742-1790
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; born in Boston, June 17, 1742; graduated at Harvard in 1760; studied law under James Otis; and went to North Carolina in 1764, settling in Wilmington in 1767.
He was a representative in the provincial legislature, and was a delegate to the first Continental Congress in 1774, in which he drew up an address to the inhabitants of Jamaica.
Soon after signing the Declaration of Independence he resigned his seat and returned home, where he subsequently took part in local public affairs.
He died in Hillsboro, N. C., in October, 1790.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 46 : (search)