Piercy, William
Variant namesEpithet: of Limerick
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000163
Epithet: of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000162
British clergyman and agent for the Countess of Huntingdon in Georgia and South Carolina, who sent him to America in 1773 to be the president and manager of the Bethesda Orphan House and College in Georgia. In 1776 Rev. Piercy married Catherine Elliott, daughter of Barnard Elliott (d. 1758), in Charleston, S.C.
From the description of William Piercy letter book, 1773-1783. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794161
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| creatorOf | MARIENBERG HOURSHOURS, etc., in Latin, written probably for a nun of the convent of Marienberg, near Boppard on the Rhine, in the diocese of Trier. Contents:-(1) Calendar. At 1 Sept. is the Feast of the Invention of St Matthias, patron of Trier, who... | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Barnes, Mary R. Letter : to Laurence Housman, undated. | Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library | |
| creatorOf | Piercy, William. Letter, 1783 July 3, Woolwich [London, England?] to Lady Huntingdon. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Vol. CCCXCVII (ff. 410). 26 Oct.-3 Nov. 1845.Agriculture: Correspondence and papers rel. to the potato famine: 1845, 1846.: Partly printed.includes:ff. 1, 3 Bernard Barton, poet: Correspondence with Sir R. Peel: 1845-1848.f. 2 Bernard Barton, poe... | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Piercy, William. William Piercy letter book, 1773-1783. | South Carolina Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Barnes, Mary R. | person |
| associatedWith | Bethesda Orphan House (Savannah, Ga.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Huntingdon, Selina Hastings, Countess of, 1707-1791. | person |
| associatedWith | Whitefield, George, 1714-1770. | person |
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| Marienberg, Boppard in Germany | |||
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| South Carolina | |||
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| United States | |||
| Charleston (S.C.) | |||
| Heavitree, Devon | |||
| Norwich, Norfolk |
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