Record #:

22060

Author(s):

Sikes, Walter

Abstract:

This article examines 18th century Edenton resident, colonial leader, and Continental Congress delegate Joseph Hewes. A Quaker merchant, Hewes was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence who died in Philadelphia in 1779 at the age of fifty.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 4 Issue 5, Sept 1904, p24-36, por

Subject(s):

Hewes, Joseph, 1730-1779; North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775