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New York (State). Documents, 1746-1751.

Title: Documents, 1746-1751.

Volume containing three documents, 1746-1751, produced during the administration of Gov. George Clinton in New York, regarding relations with the Six Nations and the war effort .

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (77 p.) ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39081497 View

Glen, James, 1749

Title: Glen, James 1749

ArchivalResource: 1 volume containing 28 leaves

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William Henry Lyttelton papers 1730-1806 1755-1761 Lyttelton, William Henry, papers

Title: William Henry Lyttelton papers 1730-1806 1755-1761 Lyttelton, William Henry, papers

The William Henry Lyttelton papers document Lyttelton's career as governor of South Carolina and governor of Jamaica. These items primarily relate to colonial administration of South Carolina and Jamaica, and military engagements with Native Americans on the South Carolina frontier and against the French in the West Indies.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-960lyt?rgn=main;view=text View

Glen, James, 1701-1777. Autograph document signed : to Thomas Charnock and William Davis, 1753 August 16.

Title: Autograph document signed : to Thomas Charnock and William Davis, 1753 August 16.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269561375 View

Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, 1754 July 6.

Title: Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, 1754 July 6.

Halifax gives advice on the conduct of the current conflict with France over lands around the Ohio, reprimands the Lt. Governor for not acting sooner, assures him of British support and hopes he will soon retake a fallen fort and two French ones recently built on English territory. He urges cooperation with South Carolina governor James Glen and the bribing of the Cherokee Indians.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48927510 View

William L. Clements Library. William Henry Lyttelton papers, 1730-1806.

Title: William Henry Lyttelton papers, 1730-1806.

The William Henry Lyttelton papers document Lyttelton's career as governor of South Carolina and governor of Jamaica. These items primarily relate to colonial administration of South Carolina and Jamaica, and to military engagements with Native Americans on the South Carolina frontier and against the French in the West Indies.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767571729 View

Cureton, Everard, d. 1852. Everard Cureton conveyance of title deed, 1828 Feb. 14 (Kershaw District, S.C.).

Title: Everard Cureton conveyance of title deed, 1828 Feb. 14 (Kershaw District, S.C.).

Conveyance of title signed by Everard and Rebecca [Belton] Cureton granting ownership to Lawrence Whitaker for three hundred acres of land on south side of Wateree River in Kershaw District. Document traces line of ownership for the property, originally located in colonial Craven County, S.C., granted by Gov. James Glen to John Tod; in 1751 the tract came into ownership of Timothy Kelly, and in 1794, passed to Abraham Belton.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet ; 35 x 43 cm. folded to 35 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33598300 View

Davie, Preston, b. 1881. Preston Davie collection, 1560-1903.

Title: Preston Davie collection, 1560-1903.

Papers are scattered, largely unrelated items, some of interest chiefly as autographs, others containing significant information on political and military affairs. The greatest number of items relates to the Revolutionary War in the South, particularly the Carolinas, but also Virginia and Georgia. These include letters and other documents of many military and civic leaders. There are papers related to French attempts at colonization in the 16th century, 18th-century colonial history of the Carolinas, and the siege of Charleston, S.C., 1780; and letters, 1774-1779, from John Pringle (1753-1843) of South Carolina discussing American Revolutionary diplomacy from Europe. A separate series consists of documents pertaining to lands in North and South Carolina acquired by the Kershaw and Chesnut families of South Carolina. Persons represented in the collection include: John Ashe (1720?- 1781), Theodore Broughton, William Bull (1710-1791), Thomas Burke (ca. 1747-1783), Richard Caswell (1729-1789), Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572), Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805), Horatio Gates (1728-1806), Alexander Gillon (1741-1794), James Glen (1701-1777), Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), Wade Hampton (1754-1835), Cornelius Harnett (1723-1781), William Howe (1732-1786), Allen Jones (1729-1793), Henry Laurens (1724-1792), John Laurens (1754-1782), John Alexander Lillington (1725-1786), Francis Marion (1732-1795), Alexander Martin (1740-1807), Abner Nash (1740-1786), Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), Griffith Rutherford (1721-1805), John Rutledge (1739- 1800), Jethro Sumner (1733-1785), Nicholas Trott (1663-1740), and William Tryon (1729-1788).

ArchivalResource: About 600 items (3.0 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26380451 View

Glen, James, 1701-1777. James Glen papers, 1738-1777.

Title: James Glen papers, 1738-1777.

Chiefly government documents and business papers re relations with Indian nations, records re his rice plantation, and correspondence between Glen and John Drayton Jr.; including speech, 1750, Glen to the S.C. Assembly, re agreement with Indian trader Charles MacNair, and MacNair's activities among the Choctaws; 2 documents, 26 Dec. 1749 and 8 July 1752 re surveyor's report and deed of land in Fredricksburg Township, Craven County, N.C.; land grant and plat, 5 Sept. 1750, George Brown, signed by James Glen. Speech, 11 July 1753, by Glen to King Malatchi, the Redcoat King, the Wolf King, the Otafee King, and other Indian chiefs; manuscript re Glen's leadership instructions signed by King George II; undated letter, from six Cherokee Indians, re future Indian/white relations; treaty, including seventeen articles regulating Indian affairs; documents, 1755, Ninety Six, S.C. [Saluda Old Town], re Glen's meeting with the Cherokees. Memorandum, c. 1773, listing Glen's annual income, yearly expenses, and his financial affairs since returning from S.C.; letters, 1761-1775, J. Drayton Jr. and Glen, re yearly crop accounts, Glen's income and expenditures for plantation supplies, slaves'clothing, and overseers' wages; letters, re injuries, runaways, and deaths among Glen's slaves, and record of payment to Thomas Woodward, constable, for apprehending the man who stole Glen's slave Savannah. Letter, from J. Drayton Jr., re his son, Charles Drayton's conduct, Glen's investment earnings, and current political and economic developments; letters, J. Drayton Jr. and Glen, re disagreement over financial accounts, and Glen's berating Drayton over his criticism of his sons; letter, 1772, Linlithgow, Scotland, to J. Drayton Jr., re death of wife of J. Drayton Jr., with insinuation that Drayton had not provided necessary provisions for her, and the end of their friendship. Also including manuscript, 29 Sept. 1938, re Glen Family genealogical notes copied from A history of the Glen family of South Carolina and Georgia, by J.G.B. Bulloch.

ArchivalResource: 108 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41883497 View