His Majesty's grant unto Richard Cumberland Esq., 1759 June.

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His Majesty's grant unto Richard Cumberland Esq., 1759 June.

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Document empowering Cumberland to serve in the capacity of Provost Marshal, Clerk of the Peace & Clerk of the Crown in South Carolina. Document identifies previous holders of the position, Thomas Lowndes, and the deceased Hugh Watson, and includes signature of Mich[ae]l Morin, Dep[u]ty. Verso: "Richard Cumberland Esq. Provost Marshal of SouthCarolina. Docques For the Right Honorable The Lord Privy Seal."

1 leaf ; 30 cm.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811

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Richard Cumberland was an author, best known as a dramatist and for his memoirs. Born at Trinity College, his father was a clergyman and his mother was the daughter of scholar Richard Bentley, then master of Trinity. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College at Oxford, and devoted himself to a life of literature. While serving a number of government posts, he continued his studies, and wrote and translated numerous works. He wrote prose and poetry, but was most successful as a pl...