Fraser family papers, 1755-1872.

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Fraser family papers, 1755-1872.

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Papers consist of correspondence, receipts, estate records, and other items. Included is correspondence (1774-1791) of Alexander Fraser (1722-1791). Correspondence (1792-1850) chiefly consists of letters to Frederick Fraser and Frederick G. Fraser at Charleston (S.C.) and Pocataligo (S.C.) from James A. Winthrop, James H. Ladson, Coit & Fraser, and others mostly concerning business (cotton and rice trade) but also family matters. A letter (1815) to Frederick Fraser from his nephew Joseph A. Winthrop comments on the possibility of another war in Europe now that "Bonaparte is again on the throne of France," and its effects on the price of cotton. There are also photocopies of two letters (1834, 1850) to Robert C. Winthrop from Charles Fraser regarding politics, nullification, and other matters. Estate records are mostly trust estate papers (1869-1872) of John Fraser & Company, including tax receipts, correspondence, accounts, and legal documents. Estate records (1791-1806) of Alexander Fraser (1722-1791) include accounts and receipts. Estate records of John Cowand (d. 1785) consist of a bill and receipt for medicines he purchased (1786), a power of attorney, letters of administration (1785) naming Alexander Fraser (1722-1791) estate administrator, and accounts. Receipts of Frederick Fraser, William Fraser, and others are for taxes, interest payments, pew rent, and other expenses and transactions and include a receipt book (1793-1816) of Frederick Fraser. Other items include a release (1774) of Charles Lorimer for debts owed him by the estate of John Fraser; a protest (1778) for the non-payment of a note to John Cowand (with attached letter, promissory note, and receipt); cotton sales accounts; a conveyance (1838) of a house and lot on Sullivan's Island (S.C.) to Francis C. Black; printed advertisements; and a drawing (1844) by William H. Smith of a steam-powered pump.

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Fraser, Frederick, 1762-1816.

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Lorimer, Charles.

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Cowand, John, d. 1785.

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Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860

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Epithet: Commander; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000255 Epithet: of Add MS 37884 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x00025a Charleston (S.C.) attorney, artist, and author. From 1800 until 1807 Charles Fraser studied law under the guidance of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and others. From the descr...

Ladson, James Henry, 1795-1868.

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John Fraser & Co. (Charleston, S.C.)

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Winthrop, Joseph Augustus, b. 1791.

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Fraser, Alexander, 1722-1791.

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South Carolina state legislator and plantation owner. He owned a house in Charleston, S.C., and a plantation in Goose Creek, S.C. which he had inherited from his father John Fraser, a native of Wigtown (Wigton), Scotland. Alexander Fraser's sister Susan (d. 1785) married Charles Lorimer, a Scottish minister. Alexander Fraser married twice and among his children were Charles Fraser (1782-1860), Frederick Fraser (1762-1816), and Mary Fraser, who married Joseph Winthrop. Alexander Fraser died on Ma...

Fraser, Frederick Grimke, d. 1852.

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Fraser family.

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John Fraser (d. 1754), a native of Scotland, settled in South Carolina around 1700. His children included Susan Fraser (d. 1785), who married Charles Lorimer, and Alexander Fraser (1722-1791), a plantation owner and S.C. state legislator. Alexander Fraser's children included Alexander Fraser (1758-1798), Frederick Fraser (1762-1816), and Charles Fraser (1782-1860), a Charleston, S.C. attorney and artist. Frederick Fraser (1762-1816) was a Beaufort, S.C. factor and a plantation owner (Bellevue, n...