Letter, 1798 Feb. 3, [to] Rob[er]t E. Griffith.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1798 Feb. 3, [to] Rob[er]t E. Griffith.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34362604

Discussing various legal questions in reference to legalities and legitimacy of Griffith's claim to the "Salvadore tract," [an area now within Greenwood County, S.C., named during Colonial period for Joseph Salvador (1700?-1786)] mentioning an arrangement between Pierce Butler and [William] Blount, [the impeached senator from Tennessee and former governor of the lands south of the Ohio]. Dallas notes an arrangement by which Butler "obtained a conveyance of all the Governor's property, as an additional Security for paying the original consideration money on the Sale of the Salvadore tract," advising him to take certain precautions, and concluding "my mind is still assured of the soundness of your title ... and though you will probably be embarrassed by Maj. Butler's opposition, I think the object worth pursuing."

1 item.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7355517

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd1rtm (person)

Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 – February 15, 1822) was an Irish-American South Carolina rice planter, slaveholder, politician, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a state legislator, a member of the Congress of the Confederation, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention where he signed the United States Constitution, and was a member of the United States Senate. Born in County Carlow, Ireland, Butler pursued preparator...

Blount, William, 1749-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68m827h (person)

William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, statesman, and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the...

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z60qns (person)

Lawyer; U.S. district attorney for eastern Pennsylvania, 1801-1814; secretary of the Treasury, 1814-1816. From the description of AL (draft), [ca. 1811 Aug.], Philadelphia, to [Caesar Augustus Rodney?]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524906 From the description of AL, [ca. 1809 Nov.], Philadelphia, to Albert Gallatin. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122585765 U.S. secretary of the treasury, lawyer, and author. ...

Griffith, Robert E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q823wr (person)