Don Juan McQueen papers, 1779-1803.
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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
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McQueen, Juan, Don, 1751-1807
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John McQueen, known as Don Juan McQueen (1751-1807), was the son of John McQueen and Ann Dalton McQueen of Charleston. He was a large land owner in South Carolina and Georgia. He served in the Revolution as a Captain in the Navy of South Carolina, 1778-1780. For a few years, McQueen worked as a planter, but soon became interested in land speculation. He became a citizen in Georgia in 1784. Due to financial difficulties he moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 1791, leaving his family at their home...
Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
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French naval officer. From the description of Charles Henri, comte d'Estaing papers, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010000 French naval commander. From the description of Letter, 1778 Sept. 19, Boston Harbor, to John Avery. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 173844565 Charles-Henri, Comte d'Estaing (1729-1794) was a Vice-Admiral of France, Lieutenant General of the Armies of the King, Commander-in-Chief of his most Christian Majesty's Forces...
McQueen, Juan, Don, 1751-1897.
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John McQueen (1751-1807) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 18 September 1751 and grew up in Charlestown, South Carolina. As a young man, McQueen was involved in land speculation and owned thousands of acres of land in both South Carolina and central Georgia. When war between the American colonies and Great Britain became apparent, McQueen sympathized with the colonists and was commissioned as Captain in the Navy of South Carolina in March 1778. As a captain in the Navy, McQueen was often...
