Cox Note., No date found in GAMMS

File — Box: 2, Folder: 26

Identifier: GAMMS410.2.101

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Papers relating to a lawsuit by the state of North Carolina against B.C. West, Jr., seeking the return of papers to which the state claimed ownership.

Dates

No date found in GAMMS

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Autograph Manuscript, undated, from Henry Bartholomew Cox outlining how B.C. West, Jr., contacted the North Carolina Division of Archives and History to notify them of a 1790 letter from George Washington that was offered for sale by a New York auction house (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, referred to by Cox as "P-B"). Cox thought West's notification provided an ironic origin for the West case, as the state, while seeking to claim the Washington letter and locate other estranged public documents, came across the Hooper indictments.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW - CORRESP. FROM (N.D.): Other Types

WEST, JR., B.C. - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (N.D.): Other Types

N.C. DIVISION OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY - REF. BY COX, H.B. (N.D.): Other Types

WASHINGTON, GEORGE - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (N.D.): Other Types

HOOPER, WILLIAM - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (N.D.): Other Types

SOTHEBY PARKE-BERNET - REF. BY COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (N.D.): Other Types