Alexander Fraser correspondence, 1774-1791.

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Alexander Fraser correspondence, 1774-1791.

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Correspondence chiefly consists of letters to Alexander Fraser in Charleston (S.C.) from relatives in Great Britain mainly concerning financial and family estate matters, but also letters among these family members regarding the same. Three letters (1783-1784) are addressed to Dr. John Cowand care of Alexander Fraser in Charleston (S.C.); a letter (1785) to Alexander Fraser from his cousin James Cowand at Wigtown (Scotland) concerns the death of Dr. John Cowand (son of James Cowand) and the disposal of his effects. A letter to Alexander Fraser (1786) from William Nicholson (on the Isle of Man), son-in-law of James Cowand, concerns the death of James Cowand, who died intestate. Several letters (1788-1791) to Alexander Fraser that follow, from Mary Cowand (mother of Dr. John Cowand), William Nicholson, and others, concern the estates of James Cowand and Dr. John Cowand and an estate dispute that arises. Two letters of 1791 (July and September) inquire as to why nothing has been heard from Fraser, who, as administrator of Cowand's estate, had undertaken to collect debts owed to the late Dr. John Cowand. Other correspondence includes letters (1784-1790) to Alexander Fraser from his brother-in-law Charles Lorimer at Shooters Hill, Kent (England) regarding personal, legal, and financial matters. His letter of 1784 mentions political and social conditions in England, a "nation divided between the great parties of Pit [sic] and Fox"; another letter (1785) concerns the death and burial of Susan Fraser and other family matters; a letter of 1788 thanks Alexander Fraser for a bag of rice as "this country is so ever over taxed & extravagantly dear we can hardly live"; and a letter of 1790 mentions events in France. A letter (1788) to Alexander Fraser from his cousin Mary Cowand at Wigtown (Scotland) offers assistance to her son-in-law, George Ogilvie, who is leaving England bound for Charleston (S.C.) after "his affairs in this country was not conducted so wisely as they should have been and thereby went to confusion."

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Ogilvie, George, fl. 1788.

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Cowand, James, d. 1786.

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Cowand, John, d. 1785.

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Fraser, Susan, d. 1785.

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Lorimer, Charles.

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Cowand family.

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Cowand, Mary.

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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...

Cowan family.

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