Colhoun, John Ewing, c. 1750-1802. John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.
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John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.
Chiefly business records re plantation operations and Colhoun's legal practice including document, 17 May 1777, re transfer of female slave from James Gambel; letter, 9 May 1786, Silver Bluff, S.C., Thomas Galphin, to John Ewing Colhoun, Charleston, S.C., re missing boat, corn crops, and postponement of court case; letters, 19 Sept. 1789-14 Apr. 1796, John Lewis Gervais, to John Ewing Colhoun, re plantation affairs, management of African-American slaves, and legal advice. Letter, 30 June 1792, E. Pickens, to Colhoun, Pendleton District, S.C., re court case concerning confiscation of land from Loyalist during Revolutionary War; letter, 29 Apr. 1794, John Palmer, to Colhoun, re appointment of an overseer; permit, 6 Mar. 1795, re travel of a Native American employed by Colhoun; court records, 29 Aug. 1798, Twelve Mile River, Pendleton District, S.C., documenting trial of slaves for attempt to poison John Ewing Colhoun. Letter, 3 Dec. 1801, Columbia, S.C., Robert Anderson, to John Ewing Colhoun, re election of Thomas Sumter to U.S. Senate, death of Judge Ramsay, Joseph Brevard's election as Ramsay's replacement, Federalists and Republicans, and financial situation of S.C.; 3 letters, 21 Apr. 1819, 6 Nov 1822, and undated, Floride Colhoun, to James Edward Calhoun, U.S. Frigate Congress and Pendleton, S.C., re poor market for cotton and rice, requesting money, and possible visit by John C[aldwell] Calhoun.
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