Spann, James, c. 1785-1838. James Spann papers, 1810-1864.
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James Spann papers, 1810-1864.
Chiefly family correspondence, promissory notes, medical bills of Dr. James Spann, and estate papers of James and Elizabeth Spann; including two letters, 18 July 1818 and 23 Oct. 1819, from John Allen, Huntsville and Courtland, Ala., to James Spann, Cambridge and Mountvintage, S.C., re crop prices, slave market, instructions for sale of Spann's slave, and informing him of sale of slave. Letter, 27 Jan. 1837, San Pedro, Fla., from Thomas Anderson, to Elizabeth Spann, Hamburg, S.C., re military activities against Seminole Indians and Nathan Chapman's return to Saluda, S.C.; letter, 19 Sept. 1840, Chuleotah, Fla., from John G. McGehee, to Elizabeth Spann, Hamburg, S.C., re Spann's possible relocation to Florida; manuscripts, 4 May 1841-6 July 1841 and 1841, re Elizabeth Spann's effort to acquire a patent for Dr. James Spann's "Ague and Cholera Pills." Letter, 25 July 1842, Aiken, S.C., from John Bauskett, to James Henry Hammond, Silverton, re debts owed James Spann's estate by the estates of Christian Breithaupt and John Moore, inviting Hammond to visit, and Hammond possibly buying property in Aiken. Also including four account books, 1834-1840, re settlement of James Spann's estate including Elizabeth Spann's account book with the Bank of Augusta, Ga., and account of estate items sold including identification of purchasers and amounts paid.
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