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Gervais, John Lewis, 1742-1798. John Lewis Gervais papers, 1772-1796.

Title: John Lewis Gervais papers, 1772-1796.

Chiefly correspondence and papers documenting Gervais' political and business interests; including letter, 27 Sept. 1782, Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry Laurens, re Laurens' capture by the British and imprisonment in the Tower of London, visit with South Carolina governor John Rutledge, July 1781, the condition of Laurens' plantations, the loss of Gervais' personal possessions and property at the hands of the British, and plans to exchange Lord Cornwallis for Laurens. Other letters to Laurens include, 10 Nov. 1779, 25 Aug. 1784, and 8 Mar. 1785, written from Charleston, S.C., re rice, indigo, public opinion on the tax, Laurens return to America, and condition of his plantations and prospects for crops. Also includes letter, 8 Apr. 1785, Charleston, S.C., to Joseph Clay, Savannah, Ga., inquiring re accounts and vouchers "respecting the Commissary Department & Indian Trade" sent to W[illia]m Parker in 1780 with the approval of the "Enemy" and supposedly packed with the Treasury papers"; and 5 letters, 1786-1794, to Leonard De Neufville and Arnoldus VanderHorst, re foreign debt incurred in the Revolution. Other correspondents include William Fisher and Seaborn Jones.

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