The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03
QUESTION M
GEORGE HOOPER
Alfred Moore WsddeII Say, T..
Is a Mistake to Suppose
Hooper Was a LoyaIi,t
from the Beginning

To the Editor. THAI.
Ar. Davis would ~ tt Tia.
III q last number Of The Pa Proc
MS statement in his .74r'NS WV =
the North Carolina L.r-r.r.- ee.ar-
torlCaI Society on \,, "1- Ills
llshed in The Review ns qua pub
that Mr.. George Hooper 1.4 1909,
pronounced Wing hee.r. zen p
that town Wilmington. h-- .'- %.
not OF thar stern matt.4 2E-t Was
sacrlllce wealth on the alta. .sN
erty, rather than betr.r it, -''
so ne welcomed the E~r.sh >.~>-
open arms and grew rich .n5 ".h
fat. while his old friends and @,N.4
bors starved i'll the saamns ~-9'
BY permission from Col ,,..
Noor Naddell, Of Wilmington i
tlngu1shed citizen and trgstqar.t.
Of your STATE I quote f-2
his letters to me on this subiaot
But you are mistaken ia San,osr-
that George Hooper HaS ,..ee
from the beginning. Ills nam"
second on the list OF subj. rahars
the letter to the Boston 0aoo}4 .-,o,
that port was closed in 7--. 81.
which the strongest expressions ya,.
used III regard to the 5u1esloas as ,rA
rights Of the American Deonla Va.
at that time ne did nor arrvaa,s
anything beyond the assertion os rr.
rights Of the Americas p-,p.. &c
British subjects. When he roana
that this was leading To T.arD.74-
ence he withdrew mis- Support Of ta.
movement and t~hcneero,ta VIA.
staunch loyalist,"
There Vas no disEou0r Ia h. cor
n - + H. I 1,,S- ~ -
n had no faith in popular govern
ment. and was honestly afraid Of it,
Both George and Thomas Hoppe
= unQuestionably loyaIists. tu.
they became 50 after di-5vnng us
intentions Of the Whls~ ID. establish
a separate government
AS / construe II. they Acre a4ga-
anything but loyalist5, Tor they .zye-
at any time contemplated the .ie4
Of Joining III al attempt TO .e. a
a separate government.
However. Mr.. Davis, attempting "
make history without facts. o~9ntt-es
TO circulate nCw III perndueut form
these libelS on The chag@ctoy Of Mr.
George Hooper as part OF tAa Minutes
OF the tenth annual maHtjuS ot 'h@
North Carolina Literary aua Historic
cal Association.
AS this whole matter sre,ls IT, -
q natter Of ancestry, it seems proIr.
to state that Mr.. George Hooper vas
a son of the Rev. WIN. Hooper Of
Boston, second rector from Ia. 70
1857 of Trinity Church Of that place
He was q graduate O.. lie jo[#N
sity Of Edinburg, Scotland. as ".
his father and grandfather.
The family lived at the Ola Ii''P.
farm at Eden-m0Gth at the A..''
of the Eden with Tweed, where 'A:
resided for a long period Vi ~A''
They are said by n clos" s'~.
OF the family annals 10 be Of tn. 'a4'
blood as Bishop John it"'E'.
was burnt at the stake.
They were certified 10 b." ""'
Of competence and respectfully
Prior TO iT73. Harvard ''"
rated their students accord ''
social standing Of their parents
During this period -four '''
graduated. William, signtf ''
Declaration OF 1"ndependti"".
eighth In a class Of tWrHi-
stephen, 1851, first Z" i
Joseph, 1862, first ~
thirty-nine. st
Robert, 1865, second ~. VI
ffty-four. Mr.
The presumption ~ t~ ..at
George Hooper hayih1 .s
streak in him unless th"F" II
proof to the contrary. r.s
AS an honorable me-" .--
should Withdraw his ca~'-"
duce his proof.
The best man is the at<. H.. ..1
out regard to VIII" il'H ga
mother were; the sam" IF
best horse, the best chiear'" .,.-
The best family is the one -.' pr
sistently produces the
centage OF good nembf'. -.
In a somewhat ""hdr, IL
have met many Hooprr~- iH ~" .sI
Gus walks Of life, WITH
trace no kinship. s .,r-
There is a general similar. me
sonal appearace and r 2'S~.. ~ I
fact in particular has imFF
have never met q black r-. Z
coarse vulgar ma Of -n' " I'D
heard OF one that vas 2 ,prG
JOHN DE T. .l.''
Wilmington.