Robert Barnwell letter to the House of Representatives, 1796 December 6.

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Robert Barnwell letter to the House of Representatives, 1796 December 6.

1796

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Dated In the House of Representatives, December 5, 1796. Informing the House that John Ward, William Cotesworth Pinckney, and Thomas Mitchell have been appointed to a committee to tell the Governor of the names of the presidential electors for South Carolina. Requests that their House appoint a committee to join his committee.

1 letter (4 pages)

eng, Latn

New-York Historical Society

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Barnwell, Robert, 1761-1814

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Robert Gibbes Barnwell (December 21, 1761 – October 24, 1814) was a South Carolina slave owner, revolutionary and statesman who was a delegate to the Confederation Congress and a United States Congressman. Born in Beaufort in the Province of South Carolina, his education was by a private tutor after he had exhausted the resources of the Beaufort common school. He interrupted his education to enter the South Carolina Militia as a private. After nearly losing his life at the Battle of Mathews' ...