![HOOPER, William (1742-1790), Signer (North Carolina). Autograph letter signed ("Will Hooper") to his mother, Mary Hooper, Wilmington, [North Carolina], 10 April 1774. 1 full page, small 4to, integral address leaf.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/NYR/2006_NYR_01636_0012_000(120829).jpg?w=1)
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HOOPER, William (1742-1790), Signer (North Carolina). Autograph letter signed ("Will Hooper") to his mother, Mary Hooper, Wilmington, [North Carolina], 10 April 1774. 1 full page, small 4to, integral address leaf.
A FINE LETTER OF A RARE SIGNER. Hooper had spent his childhodd in Boston, where his father was minister of Trinity Church. He attended Boston Latin School and Harvard, graduating in 1760. He resettled in Wilmington, from whence this latter was sent to his mother: "I wrote you not long since by Capt Rogerson...I have nothing to add but that this leaves your sons and their Connections in good health & spirits. This will be delivered to you by the intimate friends of us all, Doctor Cobham & Lady, I doubt not you will contribute as far as in your poer to make them happy durring their stay in Boston. Pray make them acquainted with my worthy friend Mrs. Phillips who by them I hope will answer my long letters. In a word introduce them to all your & my Friends, I cannot write them all. They deserve every Civility which can be rendered them."
Hooper, like several other Signers, suffered the loss of his fine estate and much of his fortune due to enemy action during the Revolution. His letters are quite rare.
A FINE LETTER OF A RARE SIGNER. Hooper had spent his childhodd in Boston, where his father was minister of Trinity Church. He attended Boston Latin School and Harvard, graduating in 1760. He resettled in Wilmington, from whence this latter was sent to his mother: "I wrote you not long since by Capt Rogerson...I have nothing to add but that this leaves your sons and their Connections in good health & spirits. This will be delivered to you by the intimate friends of us all, Doctor Cobham & Lady, I doubt not you will contribute as far as in your poer to make them happy durring their stay in Boston. Pray make them acquainted with my worthy friend Mrs. Phillips who by them I hope will answer my long letters. In a word introduce them to all your & my Friends, I cannot write them all. They deserve every Civility which can be rendered them."
Hooper, like several other Signers, suffered the loss of his fine estate and much of his fortune due to enemy action during the Revolution. His letters are quite rare.