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Farr, Thomas, d. 1788. Thomas Farr estate papers, 1789-1794.

Title: Thomas Farr estate papers, 1789-1794.

Papers consist of estate sale accounts and a letter. Accounts (1793-1794) are for the sale of a group of sixty-one slaves (named in document, as well as their buyers) and lands belonging to the estate of Thomas Farr. Lands include acreage in Beaufort and Ninety-Six District (S.C.), Hickory Hill Plantation, Savages Plantation, and lots in Columbia (S.C.). Letter (1789 Jan. 17) from John Lloyd in Charleston (S.C.) to his nephew Thomas B. Smith in London (England) discusses a painting by Smith which Lloyd received; legislative actions in South Carolina regarding debtor and creditor and other issues; Lloyd's advocacy of "the new Constitution"; Lloyd's romantic interest in Miss Lowndes; Smith's nephew William Farr "lately arrived here in perfect health from Holland"; Smith's sister, a guest at Hickory Hill Plantation; "the Estate" [of Thomas Farr?]; and other matters.

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Lloyd, John, 1735-1807. John Lloyd papers, 1794-1808.

Title: John Lloyd papers, 1794-1808.

Letter book dates to period following 1792, when Lloyd was appointed Director of the Bank of South Carolina in 1792. Portion of a letter book, 22 Apr. 1794 - 31 May 1797, written from Charleston, S.C., and Lloyd's plantation on the Ashley River, Springfield, containing chiefly letters to his sister, Mary Lloyd, and other members of his family in England, and his niece and nephew, Julia and Richard Lloyd Champion, at Camden, S.C., re family affairs, business conditions, relations with England and France, condtions and treatment of his African American slaves or "servants," and comments on George Washington, "The great, the incomparable President of the U.S." Later items include inventory of estate, 9 Jan. 1808; notes on the Lloyd family; and typed copies of part of the letter book.

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Champion, Richard Lloyd, 1771-1813. Richard Lloyd Champion papers, 1790-1847; (bulk, 1807-1808).

Title: Richard Lloyd Champion papers, 1790-1847; (bulk, 1807-1808).

Chiefly correspondence, inventories, and other papers documenting Champion's work as executor in the settlement of the estate of Champion's uncle, John Lloyd; items document business and family connections in Liverpool, England, and the management and settlement of affairs at Lloyd's Springfield plantation on the Ashley River, and his Cook's Hill and Beach Hill plantations in St. Bartholomew's Parish. Also including 18 Nov. and 8 Dec. 1807, Boston, Mass., Harrison Whilley to John Lloyd, Charleston, S.C., re disposal of cotton form Lloyd's estate, including shipping to Liverpool, and expenses incurred against Lloyd's estate for storage, bags, etc. Papers documenting plantation management and settlement of the estate include discussion of urgency of securing a manager to ensure that crops are planted; inventories, Jan. 1808, listing slaves by name, occupations, and amounts of cotton "moted" or cleaned per individual; and discussion of dispersal or retention of various slaves. Other papers include letters, 1807, of C[laudia] H. Champion, Charleston, S.C., to her uncle at the firm of Rathbone, Hughes, and Duncan, Liverpool, England, re an inheritance bequeathed by a cousin, Mrs. Elisabeth Farnell. Items re management of Champion's own property, including 8 Jan 1808, from Daniel Gardner, Champion's overseer at Rocky Branch; and 23 Feb. 1811, Allen J. Davie, re Champion's purchase of Davie family land on the Wateree; and 10 Apr. 1847, Kershaw District, S.C., release of a town lot to Robert Anderson by John M. DeSaussure as executor of Champion's estate. Affidavits and other legal documents, 1790-1817, some involving immigrants to South Carolina, include 17 Dec. 1790, London, re "John Humphries of Drapers Hall" and "Christopher Rollins the younger"; 20 Dec. 1790, Bristol, re William Gibbons, merchant, with emendation, 22 July 1791, "State of S. Carolina, Secretary's Office," noting citation in state records, and signed by Stephen Ravenel, Dep[ut]y Secretary. Also including affidavit, 26 Nov. 1817, Bristol, England, sworn by wife and sons of late Joseph Smith, esq. and merchant, re debts dating from 1778 against estate of late Richard Champion. Survivors grant power of attorney to Mitchell King of Charleston, S.C., and others as alternates. Other correspondents include Abram Blanding, John Lloyd, Jr., and Francis Simmons.

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