Papers on South Carolina, 1720-1727.

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Papers on South Carolina, 1720-1727.

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Letters and petitions to Nicholson and a few documents pertain to his tenure as governor of South Carolina. Included are petitions for material aid from the South Carolina clergy, minutes of the South Carolina Assembly relating to increasing the salaries of the clergy, a census account of the area of land and number of slaves in the various parishes of S.C., letters from Francis Yonge and Charles Delafaye discussing the merchants' grievances with the governor, and two letters by Nicholson.

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