Blyth family papers, 1732-1841.

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Blyth family papers, 1732-1841.

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Papers of Joseph Blyth consist of business correspondence; accounts for expenses, medical treatments, and subscribers of the North Carolina debt (1783-1789); wills, and an inventory of Blyth's estate; a quit claim of the trustee for Providente Duke; receipts; correspondence and other documents regarding a boundary dispute between North and South Carolina, including a N.C. resolution (1781) regarding Cherokee lands in Rutherford County (N.C.), and a plat and remarks (1797) on land in Mecklenburgh County (N.C.); and other items. Correspondents include John Drayton, Joseph Alston, Wade Hampton, Edward Rutledge, Francis Kinloch, William Allston, John Julius Pringle, and others. Papers (1757-1841) of Elizabeth Frances Allston Blyth include correspondence with E.L. Bowman, J.W. Cheeseborough, and with factors Alexander Robertson, A.W. Campbell, and Kershaw & Lewis. Correspondence concerns family matters and plantation business, and includes accounts for the sale of rice and slaves; receipts; lists of slaves; and accounts of Friendfield Plantation and other plantations run by R.F.W. Allston. Papers also include inventories of Elizabeth F.A. Blyth's possessions; muniments of Thomas Waties (1730-1762), his will; and the will of John Waties (d. 1789).

ca. 280 items.

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Kinloch, Francis, 1755-1826

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Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800

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Edward Rutledge (November 23, 1749 – January 23, 1800) was an American Founding Father and politician who signed the Continental Association and was the youngest signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. He later served as the 39th Governor of South Carolina from December 1798 until his death. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Rutledge was educated in law at Oxford and studied for and was admitted to the English Bar. Returning to Charleston, he had a successful law practic...

Robertson, Alexander, 1804-1888.

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Cheeseborough, J. W.

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Hampton, Wade, 1752-1835

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U.S. representative from Virginia, planter, and army officer. From the description of Wade Hampton family papers, 1793-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453010 Revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "near Beaver Creek", 1781 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270502398 Wade Hampton I (1754-1835), was an army officer and United States representative from Virginia. Wade Hampton II was born in 1791 and died in 18...

South Carolina Boundary Commission.

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Kershaw & Lewis (Charleston, S.C.)

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Blyth family.

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Georgetown County, S.C. family. Elizabeth Frances Allston (d. 1840) was the owner of a plantation on the Waccamaw River in All Saints Parish (S.C.) bequeathed to her by her fiancee John Waties (d. 1789), son of Thomas Waties (1730-1762). She married Dr. Joseph Blyth, a physician and member of the South Carolina Boundary Commission. Elizabeth F.A. Blyth was a cousin of plantation owner and politician R.F.W. Allston (1801-1864). From the description of Blyth family papers, 1732-1841. (...

Duke, Providente, fl. 1832.

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Blyth, Elizabeth Frances Allston, d. 1840.

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Bowman, E. L.

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Alston, Joseph, 1779-1822.

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Pringle, John Julius, 1753-1843

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Allston, Robert F. W. (Robert Francis Withers), 1801-1864

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Campbell, A.W.

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Blyth, Joseph

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Blythe family.

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Drayton, John, 1766-1822

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Planter, lawyer, author, artist, and botanist of Charleston County, S.C.; S.C. Governor, 1800-1802 and 1808-1810; S.C. Lieut. Governor, 1798-1800; member of S.C. Senate, 1804-1809; member of S.C. House, 1792-1795 and 1798-1799; son of William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) and Dorothy Golightly Drayton; husband of Hester Rose Tidyman Drayton (d. 1816); father of seven children. From the description of John Drayton papers, 1757-1943. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 4367...