William James Ball family correspondence, 1800-1824.

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William James Ball family correspondence, 1800-1824.

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Ball family correspondence includes many letters (1805-1808) from William James Ball in Edinburgh and elsewhere to his father John Ball and brother John Ball, Jr. (1782-1834) regarding his medical courses and training at the University of Edinburgh, his arrival in England, his health, his travels in Scotland, his desire for a country practice in South Carolina, European politics, family matters, American students at Edinburgh, a yellow fever epidemic at Charleston (S.C.) and Sullivan's Island (S.C.), and other concerns. Other correspondents include John Bryan, writing to Elias Ball (1752-1810) regarding Strawberry Ferry; Elias Ball travelling in the northern U.S.; George Lockey (London agent of John Ball, Sr.), writing to John Ball concerning financial matters and money for William James Ball; Keating Simons (1753-1834) writing to John Ball, Sr. and Isaac Ball (brother of William James Ball) regarding estate, plantation, and family matters; Thomas Naylor writing to John Ball, Sr. concerning the death of William James Ball in Madeira; and Thomas Slater in London writing to Isaac Ball about plantation supplies and a subscription to the European Magazine.

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Simons, Keating, 1753-1834

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Planter and merchant of Lewisfield Plantation, Charleston and Berkeley Counties, S.C.; served in S.C. House, St. John Berkeley district, 1776, 1779-1780, 1785-1786; president, Bank of S.C., 1796-1832; son of Benjamin Simons (1713-1772) and Catherine Chicken Simons; husband of Ann Cleland Kinloch and Eleanor Ball Simons (d. 1827); father, of Keating Lewis Simons (1775-1819), Sedgewick Lewis Simons (1788-1834), Thomas Grange Simons (1789-1863), and six other children. From the descript...

Ball, John, 1760-1817.

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John Ball and Keating Simons Ball (1818-1891) were planters of Charleston District, S.C. From the description of John Ball and Keating Simons Ball books, 1779-1911 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22376782 Rice planter, of Charleston, South Carolina. From the description of Family papers, 1773-1892, 1803-1854. (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17368272 South Carolina plantation owner. The Ball family settled in the Strawberry area o...

Ball family.

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Lockey, George

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Ball, John, 1782-1834

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Owner of Comingtee and other Berkeley County, S.C. plantations. John Ball (1782-1834) was the son of John Ball (1760-1817) and his wife Jane. He married Elizabeth Bryan in 1804; his second wife was Ann Simons (1776-1840), daughter of Keating Simons (1753-1834). From the description of John Ball papers, 1802-1895. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953350 ...

Ball, Isaac, 1785-1825.

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University of Edinburgh.

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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...

Ball, William James, 1787-1808

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William James Ball was the son of Berkeley County, S.C. plantation owner John Ball (1760-1817). In 1804 William traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to study medicine, graduated in 1808, and then went to London to study at the hospitals there. Falling ill with consumption, Ball was ordered by his physician to the island of Madeira, where he died in 1808. From the description of William James Ball family correspondence, 1800-1824. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id...

Ball, Elias, 1752-1810.

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