Richard Lloyd Champion papers, 1790-1847; (bulk, 1807-1808).

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Champion, Richard Lloyd, 1771-1813. Richard Lloyd Champion papers, 1790-1847; (bulk, 1807-1808).

Richard Lloyd Champion papers, 1790-1847; (bulk, 1807-1808).

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Chiefly correspondence, inventories, and other papers documenting Champion's work as executor in the settlement of the estate of Champion's uncle, John Lloyd; items document business and family connections in Liverpool, England, and the management and settlement of affairs at Lloyd's Springfield plantation on the Ashley River, and his Cook's Hill and Beach Hill plantations in St. Bartholomew's Parish. Also including 18 Nov. and 8 Dec. 1807, Boston, Mass., Harrison Whilley to John Lloyd, Charleston, S.C., re disposal of cotton form Lloyd's estate, including shipping to Liverpool, and expenses incurred against Lloyd's estate for storage, bags, etc. Papers documenting plantation management and settlement of the estate include discussion of urgency of securing a manager to ensure that crops are planted; inventories, Jan. 1808, listing slaves by name, occupations, and amounts of cotton "moted" or cleaned per individual; and discussion of dispersal or retention of various slaves. Other papers include letters, 1807, of C[laudia] H. Champion, Charleston, S.C., to her uncle at the firm of Rathbone, Hughes, and Duncan, Liverpool, England, re an inheritance bequeathed by a cousin, Mrs. Elisabeth Farnell. Items re management of Champion's own property, including 8 Jan 1808, from Daniel Gardner, Champion's overseer at Rocky Branch; and 23 Feb. 1811, Allen J. Davie, re Champion's purchase of Davie family land on the Wateree; and 10 Apr. 1847, Kershaw District, S.C., release of a town lot to Robert Anderson by John M. DeSaussure as executor of Champion's estate. Affidavits and other legal documents, 1790-1817, some involving immigrants to South Carolina, include 17 Dec. 1790, London, re "John Humphries of Drapers Hall" and "Christopher Rollins the younger"; 20 Dec. 1790, Bristol, re William Gibbons, merchant, with emendation, 22 July 1791, "State of S. Carolina, Secretary's Office," noting citation in state records, and signed by Stephen Ravenel, Dep[ut]y Secretary. Also including affidavit, 26 Nov. 1817, Bristol, England, sworn by wife and sons of late Joseph Smith, esq. and merchant, re debts dating from 1778 against estate of late Richard Champion. Survivors grant power of attorney to Mitchell King of Charleston, S.C., and others as alternates. Other correspondents include Abram Blanding, John Lloyd, Jr., and Francis Simmons.

36 items.

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