Record #:

21165

Author(s):

Grant, C.L.; Davis, Gerald H.

Abstract:

This article looks at the deathbed preparations undertaken in January of 1812 by Benjamin Hawkins, principal agent to the Indians south of Ohio, as he suffered from \"a severe fit of pleurisy,\" with no expectation of recovery. One of those last actions was to legally marry his common-law wife of more than a decade, Lavinia Downs. The episode passed, however, and Hawkins' health was much improved four days later. Shortly after, a letter was written by the Moravian missionary who performed the marriage, Karsten Petersen, detailing the events that had transpired. A reprint of the letter is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 54 Issue 3, July 1977, p308-314, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

Record #:

27874

Author(s):

Severens, Martha R.; Staples, Kathleen

Abstract:

A study of a painting of Benjamin Hawkins and the Creek Indians explored its relationship to Thomas Jefferson’s policy for the assimilation process during the first decade of the nineteenth century. Hawkins, a former North Carolina senator, was appointed to implement and oversee the civilization plan. Signs of assimilation are apparent in the painting, but they do not reflect an absolute change in the Creek social structure.

Source:

Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts (NoCar N 6520 .J67), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Winter 2003, p1-38, il, por, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Creek Indians--North Carolina; Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816