Legal document, 1774 July 8.

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Legal document, 1774 July 8.

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The text in the front of this printed document, signed by Button Gwinnett, pledges 14,365 pounds to John Neufville of Charlestown, South Carolina. It was signed, sealed, and delivered by Edward Neufville. Both the front and the back of the document has John Neufville's notes on payment installments from Gwinnett. The back has signatures of John Neufville and his attorney William Houstoun. Also included are three brief, printed biographies of Gwinnett.

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Gwinnett, Button, c. 1735-1777

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Button Gwinnett (c. 1735 – May 19, 1777) was an English-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence. Born in the parish of Down Hatherley in the county of Gloucestershire, England, it is believed that he attended the College School, held in Gloucester Cathedral (now called The King's School) as did his older brother, but there is no survi...

Neufville, Edward.

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Houstoun, William

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Epithet: MD, Botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000052 Epithet: Lieutenant -General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000055 Epithet: General; GCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000054 ...

Hall, Henry Bryan, active 1850-1900

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Neufville, John, 1727-1804

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A merchant of Charleston, S.C.; during the later 1750s, worked with Wililam Anderson and his brother Edward Neufville in the firm of Neufvilles & Anderson; represented Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael in the S.C. General Assembly, 1775-1778; also elected in 1782 but declined to serve in the Fifth General Assembly; lent money to the South Carolina government during the Revolution; exhausted most of his fortune by the end of the war. In 1750, Neufville married Elizabeth Moore, a unio...