Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Henry Laurens, Jr., Mepkin [Plantation], 1786 Nov. 16.

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Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Henry Laurens, Jr., Mepkin [Plantation], 1786 Nov. 16.

Young assures Laurens of his willingness to be of service to him or any of his friends or connections and mentions his debt of gratitude to Laurens's father.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

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Henry Laurens (March 6, 1724 [O.S. February 24, 1723] – December 8, 1792) was an American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as president of the Continental Congress. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he recieved his early education there before being sent to L...

Laurens, Henry, 1763-1821.

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Charleston, S.C. plantation owner and South Carolina state legislator. In 1793 millwright Jonathan Lucas built an improved tide mill at Laurens' Mepkin Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.). From the description of Letters to Jonathan Lucas, 1796. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865824 ...

Young, Moses.

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Moses Young accepted an appointment as secretary to South Carolinian Henry Laurens (1724-1792), a U.S. Continental Congressman and foreign minister, in October 1779 for an embassy to Holland. Captured with Henry Laurens, Young was imprisoned in England until his escape in February 1781 after which he made his way to France where he remained until Laurens was released from the Tower of London. Young continued as his secretary until May 1782. From the description of Letter : Charleston...