Guerard, Benjamin, ca. 1733-1788. Benjamin Guerard papers, 1783-1786.
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Benjamin Guerard papers, 1783-1786.
Cover letter, 14 Mar. 1783, from an unidentified correspondent [once thought to be Nathanael Greene?] noting their conversation earlier that day and forwarding copy of a letter received from General [George?] Washington [the absent letter possibly addressed Washington's opinion on the question of maintaining a standing army following the end of the American Revolution], "you may be assured I shall follow the wishes of the State as far as I can think justified, but the General's comment upon a desultory and predatory war seems to leave me no latitude except in matters of serious invasion..."; this letter docketed verso "Gen'l Washington on the subject of marching the troops off." Account document, 28 Feb. 1784, "Government House" (Charleston, S.C.) listing travel expenses of John Dove certified by J. McCall with letter of Gov. Guerard, requesting certification and letter to "The Commissioners of the Treasury of... South Carolina" ordering payment of the account "for riding Express from our Delegates in Congress at Annapolis, [Maryland]," noting that Dove's progress was delayed in Richmond, Va., by four days due to ice, and a day each in Wilmington, N.C., and Georgetown, S.C., due to high wind. Annapolis served as temporary capital of the United States at this time, and the U.S. Congress convened in the state house from Nov. 1783 to June 1784. Certification of employment, 15 Nov. 1784, for George Bampfield, who "assisted one month as clerk for the arranging of the public vouchers [and] delivered the Continental Commissioner for examination...," signed by Simeon Theus and authorization for payment by the S.C. Commissioners of the Treasury, signed by Guerard; and note, 15 Oct. 1785, to Col. [John Faucheraud] Grimke, returning a petition and promising to forward a copy and attend a meeting to carry out the act of the General Assembly for the incorporation of the French Huguenot Church in Charleston. Deed of sale, 3 Jan. 1786, "Mr. Micah Jenkins to Benjamin Guerard, Esq., Bargain sale of 20 Negroes by way of mortgage," re purchase of 20 African and African-American slaves identified by name [Pob-3 ; photocopy]. No geographic location is identified in the document, although both men owned real estate in Beaufort District and Charleston. Micah Jenkins (1754-1835) had family ties to St. John Colleton Parish but was also associated with St. Luke Parish (Beaufort District, S.C.) and Charleston, and during the previous year, 1785, Jenkins had wed his second wife, Margaret Meggett. Guerard owned a home in Charleston, and significant property in both Goose Creek (Berkeley County, S.C.) and St. Helena Parish (Beaufort County, S.C.). Other names mentioned include Joseph Jenkins, brother of Micah, and Benjamin Jenkins.
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