Circular letter, 1783 April 2.

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Circular letter, 1783 April 2.

Letter signed by Governor Guerard in Charleston (S.C.) is addressed to Mr. Charles K. Chitty and announces that any plantation owner who has not contributed one third of his rice crop as forage for the Army must contribute an equal amount of corn instead.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7388364

South Carolina Historical Society

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Guerard, Benjamin, approximately 1733-1788

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Charleston and St. Helena Parish, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. He was a member of the South Carolina Privy Council from 1782 to 1785, and in February 1783 became Governor of South Carolina. From the description of Circular letter, 1783 April 2. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865465 Charleston and St. Helena Parish, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. He served as Governor of South Carolina from 1783 to 1785. ...

Chitty, Charles K.

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