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14 Document No, 21. [Session
carrying out Dr. Williamson's suggestion. None of these
collections therefore, even if we could get them intact,
promise any help.
As late as 1856, Dr. Hawks wrote to Gov. Swain saying,
*' I feel the need of documentary evidence yet in England ;
not in my first volume. * * * B,jt in my second and
subsequent volumes I have relied very much on this move-ment
of the State for speaking confidently and truthfull3^
* * * So far as ray opinion is of any value, you are
free to say, that I consider the thorough examination of the
papers in England by some one who, like yourself, knows
all that we now possess of our early history, to be of the very
first importance to a truthful narrative of the past, that we
ought to possess copies of these papers ; and that I earnestly
hope our countrymen will facilitate in every way they can,
your efforts to obtain them."
The archives of Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia
will doubtless be of some service when properly examined,
but this it may be said is a matter of speculation. Not so
with the archives in London, however. What Ihey contain
is a matter of absolute recorded certainty.
RECORDS IN LONDON.
To the public offices in London public attention has been
turned from the beginning as the proper pjace from which
to get materials to fill the gaps and chasms in our records,
and the Legislature has taken action thereon time and
again.
As early as February 0th, 1827, Mr. John Scott, represent-ing
the town of Hillsboio in the House of Representatives,
moved the following resolutions, which were adopted, sent
to the Senate, and on the next day there also passed, so far
as the record shows, witliout a moment's hesitation or the
slightest ojtposition :
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| Full Text | 14 Document No, 21. [Session carrying out Dr. Williamson's suggestion. None of these collections therefore, even if we could get them intact, promise any help. As late as 1856, Dr. Hawks wrote to Gov. Swain saying, *' I feel the need of documentary evidence yet in England ; not in my first volume. * * * B,jt in my second and subsequent volumes I have relied very much on this move-ment of the State for speaking confidently and truthfull3^ * * * So far as ray opinion is of any value, you are free to say, that I consider the thorough examination of the papers in England by some one who, like yourself, knows all that we now possess of our early history, to be of the very first importance to a truthful narrative of the past, that we ought to possess copies of these papers ; and that I earnestly hope our countrymen will facilitate in every way they can, your efforts to obtain them." The archives of Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia will doubtless be of some service when properly examined, but this it may be said is a matter of speculation. Not so with the archives in London, however. What Ihey contain is a matter of absolute recorded certainty. RECORDS IN LONDON. To the public offices in London public attention has been turned from the beginning as the proper pjace from which to get materials to fill the gaps and chasms in our records, and the Legislature has taken action thereon time and again. As early as February 0th, 1827, Mr. John Scott, represent-ing the town of Hillsboio in the House of Representatives, moved the following resolutions, which were adopted, sent to the Senate, and on the next day there also passed, so far as the record shows, witliout a moment's hesitation or the slightest ojtposition : |
