Papers, 1687-1860.

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Papers, 1687-1860.

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Correspondence, bills, receipts, and other papers. Topics include the siege of Savannah, 1779; national politics and government; the African slave trade; Pinckney's investments in stocks, bonds, and real estate; and material relating to Alexander Garden's essays about rattlesnakes. Correspondents include Alexander Garden, Charles Pinckney, Benjamin Stead, and Petit de Villers.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6992290

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as its presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808, losing both elections. Pinckney was born into a powerful family of aristocratic planters. He practiced law for several years and was elected to the colonial legislature. A supporter of independence from Great Br...

Pinckney, Charles, 1699-1758

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Chief-Justice of the Province of South Carolina; member of S.C. General Assembley (c.1730-1740); son of Thomas Pinckney and Mary Cotesworth Pinckney; brother of William Pinckney (1704-1766); husband of Eliza Lucas Pinckney; father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), Harriott Pinckney (b.1748), and Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828); owner of land in area known as Craven County, S.C., now extinct. From the description of Charles Pinckney papers, 1735-1802....

Villers, Petit de.

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Garden, Alexander, 1730-1791

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Charleston and Prince William Parish, S.C. physician and naturalist. From the description of Account with the estate of John Gordon, 1779. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521715 South Carolina plantation owner, physician, and naturalist, after whom Karl Linnaeus named the "Gardenia." Alexander Garden married Elizabeth Peronneau (d. 1805). Garden remained loyal to the Crown, although his son, Alexander Garden (1757-1829) supported the colonial c...

Stead, Benjamin.

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