{"1": {"fulltext": "REPORT\\nHON. DAVID L. SWAIN, LL.D..\\nHISTORICAL AGENCY\\nFOR PROCUKlNfi\\nDOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF THE HISTORY OF\\nNORTH-CAROLINA.\\nRALEIGH:\\nHOLDEN WILSON, PRINTERS TO THE STATE.\\n1857.", "height": "3311", "width": "2000", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class.\\nF\\n^s\\nr\\nBook\\nhi", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "REPORT\\nHON. DAVID L. SWAIN, LL.D.,\\nHISTORICAL AGENCY\\ny^ FOR PROCURING\\nI)\\nDOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF THE HISTORY OF\\nNORTH-CAROLINA.\\nI,\\n\\\\\\\\(^y\\nRALEIGH:\\nHOLDEN WILSON, PRINTERS TO THE STATE.\\n1857.", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "HISTORICAL AGENCY.\\nThe joint select committee, to whom was referred the mes-\\nsage of the Governor, with the accompanying papers from\\nthe Historical Agent of the State, have had the same under\\nconsideration, and respectfully report\\nThat the message of the Governor presents to the General\\nAssembly the report of the historical agent of the State, and\\nrecommends a contintiance of the agency.\\nThat the report of the agent consists of a series of letters\\neither written by or addressed to the agent, in the discharge\\nof the duties of his office, rei)ortiiig the progress made in the\\ncollection of material, and assigns satisfactory reasons for the\\ndelay on the part of the agent in the prosecution of the ex-\\ntended search for documentary history contemplated by the\\nLegislature. And, to the end that the fullest information may\\nbe given, that a memorial be made of the patriotic efforts on\\nthe part of the State authorities to garner up all that is valu-\\nable in the past history of the State, the committee do recom-\\nmend the printing of the report entire, not exceeding 300\\ncopies, to be distributed by order of the Genei-al Assembly.\\nAnd, furthermore, to cany out the praiseworthy purposes\\nof the Legislature, that created the agency, and that the\\nscattered and broken links of our colonial history may be\\ncollected and placed in the hands of the future historian, and\\nour story be told with truth, the committee do recommend\\nthe adoption of the accompanying resolution, providing for\\nthe continuance of the agencj\\nResolved^ That the agent ajipointed under the resolution of\\nthe last General Assembly, to procure documentary evidence\\nin relation to the History of North-Carolina, may, in case lie\\nshall deem it necessary to do so, examine the public archives,\\nand other sources of information of our sister States, as well", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "as the iiiotlier conntrj, upon the conditions set forth in tlie\\nsaid resolution, and report proceedings to the General Assem-\\nh!y at as early a period as may admit of the proper perform-\\nance of the duties assigned to him.\\nPAUL C. CAMERON, Chairman.\\nTo the HonorahU the General Assemhly\\nof tJie State of North- Carolina\\nI transmit herewith a report from the Hon. David L. Swain,\\nagent to procure documentary evidence of the history of the\\nState.\\nThe report will explain to you very fully what has been\\ndone, what it was the object of the agent to accomplish, and\\nthe circumstances w hich prevented his collecting any liistori-\\ncal materials from abroad.\\nThe copy of Tryon s Letter Book has been deposited in\\nthe Executive office, where it may be seen, and is subject to\\nyour disposition.\\nBy the terms of the resolution of the General Assembly,\\nhy virtue of which an agent was appointed, such agency\\nceases at this session of your honorable body.\\nI respectfully recommend the passage of a resolution, au-\\nthorizing the continuance of the agency, with authority to\\nthe agent to examine the public archives, and other sources\\nof information of our sister States, as well as those of the\\nmother country.\\nTHOMAS BRAGG.", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "REPORT.\\nChapel Hill, Decern. 1, 1856.\\nSir: In my letter of the 20th November, 1855, I advised\\nyour Excellency of the course I had pursued, and the progress\\nI had made under the resolutions ot the last General Assem-\\nbly, au^horizhig you to appoint an agent to obtain from the\\nproper offices in London documentary evidence in relation to\\nthe history of the State, and from Harvard University a copy\\nof Governor Tryon s Letter Book,\\nI had the pleasure, a few weeks thereafter, to receive a copy\\nof the Letter Book, prepared with extraordinary neatness and\\naccuracy, under the supervision of Jared Sparks, LL.D., by\\nthe late James W. Harris, Esq., of Cambridge. Mr. Harris s\\nreceipt for the stipulated compensation for services so faith-\\nfully rendered, amounting to $108, is enclosed. This sum,\\nwith the addition of one per cent, premium on the check re-\\nmitted, may be deposited to my credit in the Bank of tlie\\nState. The Letter Book is also sent herewith.\\nSince the receipt of 3 our letter of the 15th May, 1855, re-\\nquesting my attention to this subject, no opportunity has been\\nneglected to obtain all the information in my power in rela-\\ntion to documentary evidence of our history at home or\\nabroad. I have taken great pains to ascertain the sources\\nwhence materials may be drawn, and the extent to which\\nthey exist in this and other States, in order to satisfy myself\\nwhether it is necessary to extend researches to the mother\\ncountry, and to prepare myself in this event for the intelligent\\nperformance of the trust committed to me.\\nI suppose there are few important papers in North-Caro-\\nlina which reflect light upon the Colonial P^ra, which are not\\nin my possession, or at my command.\\nTo the kind attention of Tristam L. Skinner, Esq., of Eden-", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "6\\nton, I am indebted tor permission, obtained b}- him from the\\nCountv Court of Chowan, to transmit to me four folios, con-\\ntaining all the records of the General Court and Court of\\nChancery of JSTorth-Carolina, from 101)7 to 1730, and to James\\nE. Norlleet, Esq., of Edenton, for two volumes custom house\\nrecords of Port Roanoke, from 1725 to 1743. The judicial\\nrecords are not merely of great but indispensable importance\\nto the historian. I have given a receipt for them to the Clerk\\nof Chowan court, and have stipulated to return them in rea-\\nsonable time. I trust, howevei that you will be able, through\\nthe intervention of the General Assembly, to secure perma-\\nnent possession of them for the State.\\nThe librality of Thomas P. Devereux, Esq., has enriched\\nthe Archives of the Historical Society ot the Universit} with\\na neat and accurate copy of all the portions of the Letter\\nBook of his ancestors, Thomas and Cullen Pollock, which pos-\\nsess historical value.\\nThou as Pollock was, as you are aware, Deputy to one of the\\nLords Proprietors of Carolina, during a period of thirty years,\\nand was at one time at the head of the government, as Presi-\\ndent of the Council. In the latter character he assumed the\\nreins of government, on the demise of Governor Hyde in\\n1712, and dischai-ged the duties of the executive department\\n^vith eminent prudence and discretion, in the midst of some\\nof the most dangerous emergencies in our history. He was a\\nmember of the council, and sustained the legitimate authority\\nof Governor Glover during the entire pej iod of Cary s rebel-\\nlion, and his correspondence exhibits no inconsiderable por-\\ntion of all the information accessible at present in relation to\\na civil commotion, which, in its consequences, threatened,\\nand too nearly produced, the extinction of the colony.\\nYirsrinia and South-Carolina have laid the best possible\\nfoundation for the construction of their history in the publi-\\ncation of their statutes at large, with illustrative documents,\\nnotes, and references. Both of these collections, but espe-\\ncially the former, the earlier and better work, are deeply in-\\nteresting in connection with our histor} and serve to show", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "the importance of similar attention on our part to forgotten\\nand neglected records.\\nThe trustees of the State Library, (the Governor and Judges\\nof the Supreme Court) have recently made a judicious begin-\\nuiug, which it is to be hoped will, in due time, result in the\\naccomplishment of a like enterprise, on the part of North-\\nCarolina.\\nIn 1715, the General Assembly revised and re-enacted the\\nwhole body of statute law then in force. There was no\\nprinting office in the Province, and twelve manuscript copies\\nwere prepared, and one deposited in the clerk s office of each\\nPrecinct Court.\\nThe existence of this revisal was unknown during a long\\nseries of years, until about a quarter of a century ago, when\\ntwo mutilated and moth-eaten copies were discovered in the\\noffice of the Secretary of State. Two or three years since, a\\nthird imperfect copy was presented to the Rev. Dr. Hawks,\\nby William B. Rodman, Esq., of Washington. A successful\\neffort is in progress, to secure, by a collation of the three de-\\nfective manuscripts, a perfect copy of our earliest revisal\\nand the work admirably executed by the Rev. Dr. Wheat, of\\nthe University, wall soon be ready for the State Library.\\nIt is, perhaps, unnecessary to enter into further details with\\nrespect to domestic sources of historical information. I ven-\\nture to intimate, nevertheless, the confident opinion, that very\\ninteresting materials will reward proper research in the pub-\\nlic offices of Virginia, and the archives of the Historical So-\\ncieties of South-Carolina and Georgia.\\nIn relation to documentary evidence abroad, I deem it\\nmerely necessary to direct your attention to the accompany-\\ning correspondence, which may be examined in the numeri-\\ncal order in which it is presented, and wliich will sufficiently\\nexplain itself.\\nYou will perceive that owing to diplomatic difficulties be-\\ntween this country and England, and occurrences which for\\na time prevented cordial intercourse between Mr. Crampton\\nand the American Secretary of State, I was subjected to una-\\nvoidable embarrassment and delay in the prosecution of my", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8\\ndesigns. In relation to this matter, I am under great obliga-\\ntions to my friend Mr. Dobbin, the Secretary of the Navy,\\nwho, though oppressed by official duties, rendered more ar-\\nduous and onerous by delicate health, co-operated most cordi-\\nally and effectually, in my attempts to accomplish the purpo-\\nses of the General Assembly.\\nMy agency, as you are aware, expires by the limitation im-\\nposed by the resolution under which I have been acting, with\\nthe present General Assembly. If further services of a simi-\\nlar character shall be desired and of the necessity for fur-\\nther research, my former and present communication will af-\\nford the means of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion the\\nGeneral Assembly will of course allow further time, and au-\\nthorize proper research in the archives ol our sister States,\\nas well as the mother country.\\nI have the honor to be,\\nWith high consideration,\\nYour obedient servant,\\nD. L. SWAIN.\\nTo his Excellency, Thomas Bkagg.\\n[l. HON. JAMES C. DOBBIN TO D. L. SWAIN.]\\nWashington, December 4th, 1855.\\nDear Sir: I snatch a moment from the political bustle\\nagitating the federal metropolis, to perform simply a courteous\\nduty of acknowledging the receipt of your truly interesting\\nand patriotic letter. I intend to avail myself of the first op-\\nportunity, and endeavor to help you in the laudable enter-\\nprise in which you are engaged.\\nJust at this 2)articular time it may not be decorous to open\\nthe subject to Mr. Crampton. We are personally on very\\ngood terms indeed, and I know he is quite accommodating.", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "Be assured the subject shall not escape mj attention and\\nactive co-operation.\\nAccept assurances of the high respect\\nOf your friend and obedient servant,\\nJ. C. DOBBIN.\\n[ll. SAME TO SAME.]\\nWashington, February 20, 1856.\\nMy Dear Sir You are right in your conjectures, that at\\npresent our relations with Mr. Crampton forbid my asking\\nany favor of him. It is to be regretted but his conduct was\\ninconsiderate and improper. I enclose you a letter of intro-\\nduction to Mr. Dallas, Whenever you address him, enclose\\nit, and I have no doubt he will cheerfully do what he can.\\nOur relations with England are not pleasant just now.\\nHer construction of the treaty of 1850 is singularly erroneous.\\nShe has unquestionably violated it. Her recruitment of sol-\\ndiers in our terrritory was equally wrong, and offensive to our\\npride. She might venture that^ in a little German principal-\\nity but not in a country claiming to be her equal. She di-\\nrected Mr. C. to be particular and not violate our law, but to\\nget soldiers. Her apology is, I am so7 ry if your feelings\\nare hurt \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^hui Cramjjton did nothing wrong, and we find\\nno fault with himP I hope it may all he settled. We donH\\nwant war vje are for peace but honor.\\nYour friend,\\nJ. 0, DOBBIN.\\n[m. D, L. SWAIN TO HON. GEOEGE M. DALLAS,]\\nChapel Hill, 1st March, 1856.\\nSir: The enclosed note from the Hon, James C. Dobbin,\\nexplains the reasons which render it proper and necessary for", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nme to address you upon tlie present occasion. The accom-\\npanyino; volume, entitled Indexes to Documents relative to\\nNorth-Carolina during the Colonial existence of the State,\\nwill serve the purpose of explaining more fully and clearly,\\nthe objects I have in view, and the nature of the duties which,\\nat the instance of Governor Bragg, acting under the author-\\nity of resolutions of our last General Assembly, I have under-\\ntaken to perform.\\nThe volume referred to, a manuscript copy of which was\\ndeposited by Mr. Gallatin in the ofiice of the American Le-\\ngation, in London, in 1827, shows that in the office of the\\nBoard of Trade and in the State-Paper Office, many docu-\\nments and records of great value, in connection with the his-\\ntory of North-Carolina, are on file, and that permission for\\nsuch agent as the State might designate for the purpose, was\\nmost courteously given, to take copies of all or any portion,\\nthat might be desired. I wish to obtain through you, a re-\\nnewal of the courtesy and liberality.\\nCarolina was, as you are aware, originally a Proprietary\\nGovernment. The first charter was dated 24th March, 1663\\nthe second on the 30th of June, 1665. These charters grant-\\ned to the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Albemarle, Lord\\nCraven, Lord Berkley, Lord Ashley, Sir George Carteret,\\nSir William Berkley and Sir John Colleton, all the lands be-\\ntween the southern boundary of Virginia (36\u00c2\u00b0 30 on the\\nnorth, and the 29th parallel of latitude on the south, and\\nfro)n the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific ocean on the west.\\nThe Proprietary Government existed from 1663 to 1729, (a\\npei iod of sixty -six years,) wlien all the Proprietors relinquished\\nthe sovereignty, and all of them, with the exception of Lord\\nGranville, surrendered the title to the soil to the crown. He\\nretained the riglit of soil, and in 1714: his eighth part was\\nconveyed to liim in severalty, by metes and bounds. It em-\\nbraced the area between the southern boundary of Virginia,\\nand a line parallel with it, at the distance of about 66 miles\\nsouth, and extendino; from the Atlantic on the east to the Pa-\\ncific on the west. This title Lord Granville retained until tlie\\nAmerican revolution, and in the early years of the present", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "11\\ncentury attempted to maintain it before tlie Circnit Court of\\nthe United States, at Raleigh, on the ground that the change\\nof government worked neither forfeiture nor escheat of his\\nlands. The suit was ultimately removed, by writ of error, to\\nthe Supreme Court of the United States, where it abated, by\\nthe death of the Earl during the late war with Great Britain.\\nFrom the beginning of the royal government, in 1729, until\\nthe opening scenes of the revolution, in 177-i, these indexes\\nshow that ample materials for the elucidation of our history\\nare to be found in the public offices in London. The obscure\\nperiods about which comparatively little is known, are from\\n1663 to 1729, embracing the existence of the Proprietary\\nGovernment and the early years of the revolutionary war.\\nMr. Gallatin supposed, apparently wnth good reason, that\\nmuch information in relation to the former period might be\\nobtained by the examination of unarranged files in the office\\nof the Board of Trade, of records entitled Proprieties and\\nCarolina. See his letter to Governor Burton and the accom-\\npanying communications from the Secretary of the Board of\\nTrade, and Lord Dudley, Principal Secretary of State for\\nForeign Affairs, pages 3, 4, 5, 6 of the pamphlet referred to.\\nI venture to anticipate satisfactory results from such an\\nexamination, bat to guard against disappointment, desire to\\nmake proper arrangements for the further prosecution of my\\nresearches, if it shall be found necessary.\\nChalmers, in the composition of his Political Annals, seems\\nto have had many papers at his command, in relation to our\\nearly history, to which no subsequent writers have had access.\\nWilliamson (Hist. N. C, vol. 1, p. 9, pref) states that he\\napplied to Chalmers for permission to take copies from his\\ncollections, which was discourteously refused.\\nGrahame (Col. Hist. U. S., vol. 1, p. xii) seems to have been\\nfavored with ready admission to the library of the distin-\\nguished American annalist. He adds little, however, to our\\nprevious stock of information about the Proprietary Govern-\\nment. I suppose, therefore, that the papers must have passed\\nfrom the hands of the Secretary before the sojourn of Gra-\\nhame in London, and may be found among the unarranged", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nrecords referred to by Mr. Gallatin, or that they were restored\\nto the Lord s Proprietors, who held the ofiice of Palatine, at\\nthe successive periods to M hich they relate. If the latter\\nsupposition shall prove to be w^ell founded I presume that the\\nlieads of these noble houses will receive with favor an appli-\\ncation through the Amei ican Legation for copies of such\\npapers as may serve to illustrate their own history, as well as\\nthe annals of Carolina. Mr. Bancroft promised me, some\\ntime since, to enter into a correspondence with Lord Shafts-\\nbury, upon this subject, but I have not yet been advised of\\nthe receipt of any communication from the latter.\\nIn relation to our revolutionary history, I have recently\\nbeen so fortunate as to obtain a pei-fect copy of the Letter\\nBook of Governor Tryon, and the Journals of the Council,\\nduring the entire period of his administration, from October,\\n1764, to June, 1771, containingvery full as well as authentic\\ndetails in relation to the commotion produced by the passage\\nof the Stamp Act and the war with the Regulators. The\\noriginal was purchased for Harvard College, in 1845, by Mr.\\nStevens, of a bookseller in London. The recovery of this\\nimportant record suggests the enquiry whether the Letter\\nBook of Tryon s successor, Josiah Martin, the last of our royal\\nGovernors, may not be obtained from some source, and thus\\nsupply in connection with the Tryon Papers, a continuous\\nofficial narrative of the leading events in the revolutionary\\nhistory of i^ortli-CaroHna.\\nThere was probably no single loyalist, who, throughout the\\nAmerican revolution, rendered such efficient services to the\\nmother country, as John Hamilton. At the beginning of the\\nwar, he was the leading merchant in the province. He com-\\nmanded a regiment under Lord Cornwallis during the inva-\\nsions of 1780 and 1781, and was a gentleman of ability, in-\\ntelligence and integrity. For many years subsequent to the\\nrevolution, he was his Brittanic Majesty s Consul at l^orfolk.\\nMajor Craig, Avho in 1812, was Sir James Henry Craig,\\nGovernor-General of Canada, took possession of Wilmington,\\nearly in 1781, preparatory to the second invasion of Lord\\nCornwallis. He maintained his position until the surrender", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "13\\nof Yorktown rendered his retreat necessary, in the autumn\\nof the following year. Governor Burke and suite were his\\nprisoners in September, 1781, and the Governor was, under\\nhis orders, confined for some months, as a prisoner of State.\\nThe papers of these two gentlemen, if they can be obtained,\\nwill probably be found to be not less interesting and impor-\\ntant, than those of Governors Tryon and Martin.\\nI do not wish to go abroad until 1 shall have satisfied my-\\nself with respect to the nature and extent of the collections\\nthat can be made in our own country. My present plan is to\\nvisit London, not earlier than May, 1857. May I venture to\\nask, in behalf of the State of North-Carolina, that such pre-\\nvious enquiries and arrangements may be made, as may com-\\nport with your convenience, and enable me to accomplish, as\\nnearly as may be practicable, the wise and liberal pui-poses\\ncontemplated by our General Assembly.\\nI have the honor to be,\\nWith high consideration,\\nYour obedient servant,\\nD. L. SWAIN.\\n[rv. HON. a. M. DALLAS TO HON. J, C. DOBBIN.]\\nLondon, Aug. 18, 1856.\\nJfy Dear Sir: Your letter of the 4tli instant, accompanied\\nby another addressed to yourself by Ex-Governor Swain, with\\nabound pamphlet of Indexes to Colonial Documents, N.\\nC, reached me yesterday. I will give the purposes of Gov.\\nSwain every aid in my power, especially as soon as I feel\\nsomewhat relieved of the Central American negotiation, which\\nis tapering to the signing point. There may be difficulties in\\nascertaining the locus in quo of the displaced records, for the\\nbest employe here is reluctant and unreliable in making a\\nprivate search, without assurance of compensation for trouble.", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nand of copying, if successful. You shall hear from me again,\\nhowever, at an early day.\\nAlways faithfully yours,\\nG. M. DALLAS.\\nHon. J. C. Dobbin, (fee.\\n[v. SAME TO SAME.]\\nLondon, August 22, 1856.\\nMy Dear Sir: Since writing the enclosed, I have had the\\npleasure to meet Mr. Somerby, an American gentleman well\\nknown to Gen. Gushing, who was kind enough, at my request,\\nto examine the State-Paper Office, and other receptacles of\\nrecords, and whose familiarity with the operation enables him\\nto say at once\\n1. That there are many papers readily accessible connected\\nwith the Colonial history of North-Carolina, not adverted to\\nin the volume of Indexes sent by Governor Swain, some at\\ndates as early as 1661, and multitudes subsequent to 1775.\\n2. That South-Carolina has already obtained abstracts of\\nsuch papers, as, under the general label of Carolina papers,\\nwere of dates anterior to the separation, and of these it is\\npresumable Governor Swain could easily obtain copies from\\nCharleston.\\n3. That abstracts of all the papers connected with North-\\nCarolina, whether in the State-Paper Office, the British Muse-\\num, or elsewhere, can certainly be had but the trouble and\\nexpense would be great, and unless Gov. Swain prefers coming\\nhimself, to superintend the proceeding here, Mr. Somerby\\nthinks he could secure all sufficient abstracts by directing and\\nguiding a copyist, if the sum of \u00c2\u00a3100 were, in advance, placed\\nunder the control of some one here, to be applied exclusively\\nto that object.\\nMr. Somerby is already engaged in pursuing a similar search\\nand examination for the State of Maine. He tells me that a\\nbill was introduced into Congress, authorising an appropria", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "15\\ntion of 20,000 dollars, to enable the government to get all the\\ncolonial documents from the office here, and that Mr. Mason,\\nMr. Clayton and Mr. Pearce were its friends, but he does not\\nknow its fate.\\nVery truly and respectfully yours,\\nG. M. DALLAS.\\nHon. J. C. Dobbin, c.\\n[VI. D. L. SWAIN TO UON. J. C. DOBBIN.]\\nChapel Hill, Sept. 10, 1856.\\nMy Dear Sir: I am greatly obliged, by the receipt of\\nyour note of the 6th, and the accompanying communications\\nfrom Mr. Dallas of the IStli and 22d ult. I have availed my-\\nself of your permission to take copies of the latter, and in\\ncompliance with your request, I now return the originals.\\nThe principal object I desired to attain, through the inter-\\nvention of Mr. Dallas, was a renewal of the courtesy exhib-\\nited to the State in the correspondence between Mr. Gallatin,\\nMr. Lack and Lord Dudley, in 1827, in the permission to\\ntake copies of documents in the public offices in London, and\\nmore especially to ascertain whether a like permission could\\nbe obtained from Lord Clarendon, and the other representa-\\ntives of the original Lords Proprietors of Carolina. Upon\\nthese subjects I hope to hear from him, when relieved from\\nthe diplomatic difficulties and labors, which require immedi-\\nate and constant attention.\\nIn the mean time you will greatly oblige me, by transmit-\\nting this note to him as an acknowledgment of his kindness.\\nWith a hope that a brief sojourn among your friends in\\nFayetteville may have the effect to enable you to return to\\nyour duties in improved health and spirits,\\nI am very sincerely and truly.\\nYour friend and servant,\\nD. L. SWAIN.\\nHonorable J. C. Dobbin.", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\n[VII. J ABED SPARKS LL.D. TO D. L. SWAIN.]\\nCAMBRroGE, February 1, 1856.\\nMy Dear Sir: In regard to tlie first inquiry in your letter\\nof December 19, I regret tliat I cannot give you any infor-\\nmation concerning the loyalists, Fanning, Hamilton and\\nCraig. Kor do I know where yon will be likely to find the\\npapers of Governor Martin. If they have been preserved,\\nthey are doubtless in the hands of some branch of his family\\nin England, and may perhaps be brought to light by pursu-\\ning the enqury in that country.\\nAs to Chalmers, he undoubtedly procured nearly the whole\\nof his materials from the archives of the Board ot Trade.\\nHe was, for a long time, the Secretary of that Board. His\\nPapers, after having been bound in volumes, were sold by his\\nnephew, a few years ago, at auction, in London. I purchased\\nsix volumes of them relating mostly to New England. They\\nare not important, being memoranda, references and extracts\\nused in writing his annals. In his chapter on Carolina, I ob-\\nserve he refers to volumes of Carolina Enti-ies, and also to\\nCarolina Papers These are all probably now in the oflice\\nof the Board of Trade, unless they have been removed to the\\nState-Paper Office since Chalmers time.\\nI remember seeing volumes entitled Proprieties. In\\nthese, will be found papers relating to Carolina, under the\\nProprietary government, as mentioned by Mr. Gallatin. I\\nforbear to enlarge on this subject, because I deem it absolute-\\nly essential that you, or some other agent from this country,\\nshould make a personal research in the public offices in Lon-\\ndon. I have passed several weeks, at two separate times, in\\nthose offices, and I am sure that no instructions to any person\\nthere, however precise, will secure a thorough and complete\\nexamination. Such an agent should be already somewhat\\nfamiliar with the details of the history of North-Carolina.\\nThere are two distinct offices containing American colonial\\npapers: first, that of the Board of Trade, and secondly, the\\nState-Paper Office. The index furnished by Mr. Gallatin,", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "IT\\nappears to include sucli papers only as are in tlie former but\\nthere are many important papers of a more political charac-\\nter in the State-Paper Office, particularly from the date of\\nthe Stamp Act downwards. In short, a careful and thorough\\nresearch should be made in both these offices.\\nThe mode of application must be through the American\\nMinister in London, and, with his aid, there will be no diffi-\\nculty in procuring access to any of our Colonial papers, and\\npermission to have them transcribed.\\nI hope you will find it consistent with your other occupa-\\ntions to fulfil this important agency yourself. I am persuaded\\nyou will not regret having performed a service, which, while\\nit cannot fail to gratify your own tastes, will be so beneficial\\nto the public.\\nI have not yet heard from Halifax, and I begin to fear we\\nmay be disappointed in our expectations from that quarter.\\nIt is possible that the descendants of the loyalists may feel a\\nlittle delicacy on this point, and not be inclined to promote\\nany new developments in the history of the unsuccessful ef-\\nforts of their ancestors, although acting in defence of what\\nthey deemed at the time a loyal and just cause.\\nYou have probably received before this time the volume of\\nTryon s Letter Book, by the hands of Professor Hedrick.\\nPlease present my high regards to him, and accept the assu-\\nrance of the high respect and esteem of\\nYours, most truly,\\nJAKED SPAKKS.\\nHon. D. L. Swain, President, c c.\\n[vm. COL. PETER FOKCE TO HON. J. C. DOBBIN.]\\nWashington, August 22d, 1856.\\nDear Sir I have read with care and with interest the let-\\nter you have from Gov. Swain. His views cover the whole\\nground, and it will be a proud day for North-Carolina when\\nhis suggestions are carried into full effect. Every public pa-\\n2", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1\u00c2\u00a7\\nper in England that relates to the State shonld be obtained,\\nfor until that is done the materials for its history will not be\\ncomplete, and this can only be done by the employment of\\nan intelligent and faithful agent.\\nThe only suggestion I have to make, is in regard to the\\nagent. He should not only be intelligent and faithful, but he\\nshould be familiar with the duties that would be required of\\nhim, and have a general knowledge of all the depositories of\\nAmerican papers in all the public offices in London, and as\\nfar as may be elsewhere. I know of but one person who has\\nthe ability and pei severance, united with the necessary ac-\\nquaintance with the public offices and officers, to enable him\\nto perform the task satisfactorily. The person I allude to is\\nMr. Henry Stevens, an American, who, during several years\\nresidence in Loudon, has become well known to the gentle-\\nmen in the various Departments there, and who has furnished\\nnumerous transcripts of public documents and papers to pub-\\nlic institutions and private persons in this country. If Gov.\\nSwain could engage his services, I feel assured that what he\\npurposes to have done for the State would be well done.\\nYery respectfully, c.,\\nPETER FOECE.\\nHon. J. C. Dobbin, Washington.\\n[iX. KEV. DK. HAWKS TO D. L. SWAIN.]\\nNew Toek, Oct. 25, 1856.\\nMl/ Dear Sir On my return home, after an absence of\\nthree weeks, I found your letter awaiting my arrival. This\\nmust be my apology for not replying sooner. I rejoice great-\\nly that our State has moved in the business of securing, while\\nyet she may, such portions of our Documentary history, as\\nyet remain in England, in the form of MSS.\\nI satisfied myself when in London, that there was much in\\nthe Colonial office, papers of ante-revolutionary times, that we\\nought to have, to make our story complete. But there is also,", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "19\\nI am persuaded, mucli that is valuable in the hands of the\\ndescendents of the Lord s Proprietors. On a proper applica-\\ntion, I presume it might be obtained.\\nI am certain, however, that no agent but one already fa-\\nmiliar with our history as far as it is known, can do us much\\ngood and therefore, I rejoice that the work is committed to\\nyour hands. I am deeply interested in your prosecution of\\nit to a successful termination.\\nIn my own humble labors, I feel the need of documentary\\nevidence yet in England not in my first volume, for that\\nyou know embraces the early attempts at colonization, under\\nthe auspices of Sir Walter Raleigh only, and 1 think I have\\nabout all that remains to us on that subject. But in my sec-\\nond and subsequent volumes, I have relied very much on this\\nmovement of the State, to furnish materials for speaking con-\\nfidently and truthfully. I can, indeed, tell the story from\\nsuch sources of information as we have but, as an honest\\nman, I should be obliged frankly to say, though I have sought\\nfor truth, I am not sure I have always found it. I pray you,\\ntherefore, do not relax your efi orts to get the matter that is\\nin England.\\nI thank you very much for repeating your kind offer of aid\\nin my work. The truth is, I did not mean to put any MS.\\nbut that of the first vol. to press, without our minute joint\\nexamination. As to the first, I knew just what material there\\nwas for it, and that neither you nor I could add to it and\\nbesides, I was anxious, if possible, to lay the beginning of my\\nwork before the next Legislature, and say You see w^hat I\\nam trying to do for our State pray help me, by aff ording me\\nunrestricted access to all our archives.\\nI hope to see you this winter, and to travel with you over\\na great deal of historic ground, now overgrown with thickets\\nbut I trust we shall be able to cut our way through, and let in\\nthe sun-light.\\nI hope you will not deem it presumptuous in me to say,\\nthat I think you and I together can make a true history of\\nNorth-Carolina. So far as my opinion is of any value, you\\nare free to say, that I consider the thorough examination of", "height": "3237", "width": "1958", "jp2-path": "reportofdavidlsw00nort_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20\\ntlie papers in England, by some one who, like yourself, knows\\nall that we now possess of our early history, to be of the very\\nfirst importance to a truthful narrative of the past that we\\nought to possess copies of these papers and that I earnestly\\nhope our countrymen will faciHtate, in every way they can,\\nyour efibrts to obtain them.\\nWith very sincere regard.\\nYour friend,\\nFEAKCIS L. HAWKS.\\nTo. Hon. D. L. Swain, University N. 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