Thomas Pinckney papers, ca. 1790-ca. 1825.

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Thomas Pinckney papers, ca. 1790-ca. 1825.

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Papers consist of technical and mechanical drawings, formulae and notes, and other items. Drawings in pencil and ink (some handcolored) depict a marsh plow, a windmill, a canal, Dutch yachts, an Amsterdam canoe (pontoon?), a trunk (irrigation device), a chakram (water-raising machine of India), a "double canoe" of Polynesia, a Venetian well (or cistern), a rice mill, a horse hoe, a gunpowder mill, a Welsh carr (carriage), the "bear" (plowing device?), and other devices. Some of these drawings may have been sent to Thomas Pinckney by William Vans Murray (U.S. foreign minister at The Hague in the 1790's). Several drawings (of the double canoe, Venetian well, chakram, the bear, and Amsterdam canoe) are accompanied by notes and descriptions. Formulae and instructions are for making cement for china, cottonseed oil, paints, oil compost, and other products. Other items include a printed description of "Goodsell's Patent Hemp and Flax Dresser, & Grain Thrasher," a printed description of Benjamin B. Bernard's threshing machine (ca. 1808), a print depicting three bridges (bears the printed signature of Lewis Wernwag), a printed article entitled "Remarks on the Culture of Barrilla," a copy of a letter (1802) to Henry Laurens from N. & D. (Nathan and David) Sellers concerning a rolling screen for cleaning rice, and newspaper clippings.

ca. 50 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376025

South Carolina Historical Society

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Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803

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Sellers, Nathan, 1751-1830

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Bernard, Benjamin B.

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Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828

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Charleston, S.C. attorney, politician, plantation owner, and Revolutionary War officer. He was the son of Charles Pinckney (ca. 1699-1758) and Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793). Thomas Pinckney was interested in scientific agriculture and authored a number of articles on the subject. From the description of Thomas Pinckney papers, ca. 1790-ca. 1825. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953391 Charleston, South Carolina attorney, soldier, and politici...

Sellers, David, 1757-1813

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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 ...