Izard, Ralph, c. 1742-1804

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Ralph Izard (January 23, 1741/1742 – May 30, 1804) was an American planter, diplomat, and politician from Charleston County, South Carolina. He notably served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress and as one of South Carolina's first two United States Senators.

Born at The Elms, his family's plantation near Charleston in the Province of South Carolina, Izard spent most of his childhood and youth studying in England: he attended a school in Hackney, London, and matriculated as a fellow-commoner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After briefly returning to South Carolina, Izard returned to Europe, residing in London and Paris before being appointed commissioner to the Court of Tuscany by the Continental Congress in 1776, but was recalled in 1779. He returned to America in 1780 and pledged his large estate in South Carolina for the payment of war ships to be used in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. In 1788, he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1795, serving as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Third Congress.

Izard retired from public life to the care of his estates in 1795. Within two years of his retirement, he was stricken with an untreatable illness that paralyzed him on one side of his body. Izard died near Charleston and was interred in the churchyard of St. James Goose Creek Episcopal Church in Berkeley County, South Carolina.

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referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Personal papers, 1808-1866 Houghton Library
referencedIn Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
creatorOf Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Letter : Philadelphia, to Herman LeRoy, 1794 Jan. 22. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn War of 1812 mss., 1776-1879 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Ralph Izard papers, 1709-1955 bulk, 1768-1831. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Manigault family. Manigault family papers, 1685-1971. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Manigault, Margaret Izard, 1768-1824. Papers, 1779-1857. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Anthony Wayne family papers 1681-1913 Wayne, Anthony, family papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume VI, miscellany, 1774-1807 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Herman Le Roy, Esq., 1794 May 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 3 -- Letters to Franklin, 1778 April-December American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Albert Stephens Borgman autograph collection, 1600-1950. Houghton Library
referencedIn Kean, John, 1756-1795. John Kean papers, 1788-1794. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Papers, 1775-1821. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Manigault, Peter, 1731-1773. Peter Manigault papers, 1749-1773. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 1 -- Letters to Franklin, 1730-1776 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Shippen, William, 1736?-1808. Prescription book, 1789 Oct. 1-1791 July 10. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. Arthur Lee papers, 1741-1882 (inclusive), 1766-1787 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 2 -- Letters to Franklin, 1777 January-1778 March American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Douglas, Mrs., fl. 1827,. Miscellaneous items from the collection of Christian Hutter [manuscript] 1700-1851. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Gaines Collection of Americana, 1786-1981 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn William Temple Franklin Papers, 1775-1819 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832. Autograph letter signed : to Ralph Izard, 1800 Nov. 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Vol. I. 22 Sept 1773-14 May 1787.Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of; 3rd son of Frederick, Prince of Wales: Correspondence relating to the visit of him and his duchess to Venice and Padua: 1775.Veniee: Correspondence and papers of J. Strange, Engli... British Library
referencedIn Edmond Charles Genet Papers, 1734-1895, (bulk 1789-1793) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn CORRESPONDENCE of John Almon, author, editor, and publisher, 1766-1805. The writers are as follows: T. P. Andrews [proposing the publication of "A Letter to James Macpherson, Esq.," which appeared anonymously in 1779]; 16 Apr. 1775, f. 6. C. B[radfor..., 1766-1805 British Library
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 5 -- Letters to Franklin, 1779 December-1780 December American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Autograph letter signed : Schveling, to General Pinckney, 1793 Mar. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn William Shippen prescription book, 1789 Oct. 1-1791 July 10, 1789-1791 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn Robert, Richard Brooks. Major Richard Brooks Robert letter, 1794 April 30.
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 4 -- Letters to Franklin, 1779 January-November American Philosophical Society
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correspondedWith Adams, John, 1735-1826 person
correspondedWith Almon, John, 1737-1805 person
correspondedWith Barclay, Henry person
associatedWith Borgman, Albert Stephens, 1890-1954 person
associatedWith Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. person
associatedWith Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 person
associatedWith Franklin, William, 1731-1813 person
associatedWith Genet, Edmond Charles, 1763-1834. person
associatedWith Great Britain. Royal Navy corporateBody
associatedWith Hampton, Wade, 1752-1835. person
spouseOf Izard, Alice DeLancey person
correspondedWith Izard, Elizabeth Middleton, 1787-1822 person
associatedWith Izard family. family
parentOf Izard, George, 1777-1828. person
parentOf Izard, Ralph, 1788-1824 person
correspondedWith Kean, John, 1756-1795. person
associatedWith Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792. person
associatedWith Le Roy, Herman, person
associatedWith Lowell, John, 1799-1836. person
associatedWith Manigault family. family
parentOf Manigault, Margaret Izard, 1768-1824 person
associatedWith Manigault, Peter, 1731-1773. person
associatedWith Moultrie, William, 1730-1805. person
correspondedWith Parker, John, 1759-1832 person
correspondedWith Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828 person
associatedWith Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851. person
associatedWith Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. person
correspondedWith Robert, Richard Brooks. person
associatedWith Shippen, William, 1736?-1808. person
associatedWith Snowden, Yates, 1858-1933. person
correspondedWith Strange, John, 1732-1799 person
memberOf United States. Congress. Senate corporateBody
memberOf United States. Continental Congress corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Navy corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of Cambridge. corporateBody
associatedWith Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 person
associatedWith Washington, George, 1732-1799 person
correspondedWith Washington, George, 1732-1799 person
associatedWith Wayne family family
associatedWith Wright, James, 1716-1785. person
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Cambridge ENG GB
Charleston County SC US
Regione Toscana 16 IT
Paris A8 FR
Berkeley County SC US
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Agriculture
Governor
Jay's Treaty, 1794
Landsford Canal (Chester County, S.C.)
Plantation management
Rice industry
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Ambassadors
Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
Diplomats
Diplomats
Plantantion owners
Senators, U.S. Congress
Slaveholders
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Birth c. 1742-01-23

Death 1804-05-30

Active 1783

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Americans,

Britons

French,

English

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