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Abstract:
William Hooper was a native of Massachusetts. He came to North Carolina as a young lawyer in 1764 and later married Anne Clark of Wilmington. He became an ardent supporter of independence from England and is one of three North Carolinians who signed the Declaration of Independence. His support of independence was not without cost, and his home, his fortune, and his health were lost in the interest of the new nation.
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This is a re-print of a biographical sketch of William Hooper, signer of the Declaration of Independence, that first appeared in the Hillsboro Recorder in November-December of 1822, published in four parts. The sketch was written by Hooper's nephew, Archibald Maclaine Hooper, and the preface to the sketch was written by his great-great-grand-daughter Mrs. Spier Whitaker, nee Fannie De Berniere Hooper.
Abstract:
Small article about William Hooper, native of Boston, began his law practice in Wilmington, NC in 1767, started in politics, was chosen a NC delegate to the Continental Congress and became a signer of the Declaration of Independence.