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22085
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An enthusiastic biographical sketch of Wilmington merchant, planter, and Revolutionary War statesman Cornelius Harnett, Jr.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 5 Issue 3, Jan 1906,
p171-201, il
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38971
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Cornelius Harnett, Jr., was a native of Chowan County, raised in the Cape Fear region and became a prosperous merchant in Wilmington, NC. In 1754, he was elected to represent Wilmington, NC in the General Assembly. After the Stamp Act in 1765, Harnett became a leader of resistance against British rule in North Carolina. Harnett was a member of the Provincial Congress, President of the NC Council of Safety, and elected to the Continental Congress in 1777. When Wilmington was invaded by the British in 1781, Harnett was captured and died from exposure in an open blockhouse.
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Carolina Trees & Branches
(NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 2, April 2017,
p38-39
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