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Butler family. Papers, 1771-1900.

Title: Papers, 1771-1900.

These papers concern Major Pierce Butler, his estate, and his heirs. The family members represented include: Sir Thomas Butler, Sir Richard Butler, Sarah Middleton Guerard, Benjamin Guerard, Mary Izard Brewton, Miles Brewton, Mary Brandford Bull, Elizabeth Izard Blake, Mary Middleton Butler, Thomas Butler, Pierce [Mease] Butler, Sarah Butler Wister, Owen J. Wister, Frances Butler Leigh, and James W. Leigh. The papers include South Carolina legislature papers, 1775-1805; U.S. Congressional papers, 1789-1800; Bank of the United States papers, 1801-1819; Georgia plantation managers' correspondence, including George Hooper, 1786-1803, Roswell King, 1802-1830, Roswell King, Jr., 1815-1854, Alexander Blue, 1847-1859, and James M. Couper, 1879-1885; plantation crop and livestock reports, 1800-1884; shipping agents' correspondence and accounts, including Harrison ? slave lists, 1775-1815; birth and death lists, 1800-1834; transactions, 1780-1804; wills and estate papers for above-mentioned family members, 1771-1860; deeds and leases, 1782-1786, 1801-1812, 1833-1840, 1865-1886; Pennsylvania property correspondence and receipts, including Armstrong County, 1818-1838, Bedford and Cumberland Counties, 1804-1821, Huntington County, 1766-1819, Indiana County, 1815-1821, Jefferson County, 1824-1836, Lycoming County, 1797-1818, and Northumberland County, 1802-1809; Georgia property correspondence, including St. Simon's Island, 1891, Hampton, 1894, and General's Island, 1895-1900; and lawsuits involving Major Pierce Butler, 1780-1830, 1864-1881.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

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Pinckney family. Pinckney family papers, 1694-1847.

Title: Pinckney family papers, 1694-1847.

Papers consist primarily of correspondence of members of the Pinckney, Lowndes, and related families, but also include receipts, accounts, land papers, and other items. Correspondence represents a wide array of subject matter including family and social affairs, politics, agriculture and technology, business and financial matters, plantation affairs, and travel. Correspondents include Rawlins Lowndes, Thomas Pinckney, Harriott Pinckney Horry, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Harriett Pinckney Rutledge, William Lowndes, Elizabeth P. Huger, Benjamin H. Latrobe, and many others. Included is a letter (1798) from Elizabeth B. Lowndes regarding planting conditions at El Dorado Plantation; letter books (1763-1767, 1786-1787) of Harriott P. Horry; a letter (1794) to Thomas Pinckney from an American in a British debtors' prison; letters from Sarah E. Huger in New York (N.Y.) about Duncan Phyfe furniture; and a letter (24 June 1838) from Rebecca M. Rutledge to her husband Edward Cotesworth Rutledge concerning the death of family members in the wreck of the ship Pulaski. Receipts, mostly those of Rawlins Lowndes, are for wine, drapery, slave shoes, and other goods and services. Accounts consist of an account book of William Lowndes containing accounts (1811-1822) with the factorage firm of Kershaw & Lewis (later Kershaw, Lewis & Co.) and estate accounts (1822-1827) of William Lowndes. Land papers include a list (ca. 1774) of South Carolina land grants to Miles Brewton. Other items include personal resolutions and prayers of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1742-1758); genealogical material (n.d.) regarding the Motte family; and Thomas Pinckney's instructions (1826) for transplanting rice and notes (1826) on an agricultural experiment with flax.

ArchivalResource: ca. 260 items.

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Manigault, Peter, 1731-1773. Peter Manigault papers, 1749-1773.

Title: Peter Manigault papers, 1749-1773.

Papers consist of correspondence, a travel diary, heraldic drawings, and other items. Correspondence (1750-1773) includes photocopies and originals of letters of Peter Manigault in England to his parents Ann Ashby Manigault and Gabriel Manigault in South Carolina concerning his sea voyages, social life, relatives, his desire to have the means of a "gentleman," travels in England and Europe, politics, his law studies, and other South Carolinians abroad. Other correspondence includes letters to Manigault from John Farquharson, Robert Jantzen, and others, and letters (1773) to Gabriel and Ann Ashby Manigault from Stead family members, Henry Laurens, and others concerning Peter Manigault's illness and death in London (England). A letterbook (1763-1773) contains handwritten copies of Manigault's letters to Ralph Izard, Sarah Nickleson & Co. (London, England), Charles Garth, Miles Brewton, and others concerning family legal and estate matters, plantation affairs, and other topics. Diary (1752) of Peter Manigault's travels through England includes descriptions of villages, architecture, and the countryside. Volume also contains notes on heraldry. Three bound volumes (1749) contain drawings of the coats of arms and family crests of noble families of Ireland, England, and Scotland.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.ca. 150 items.

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