Papers, 1781-1827.

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Papers, 1781-1827.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41579852

Includes correspondence; a memorandum of agreement between Pickens and David Files regarding a loan from Pickens to Files; financial papers relating to the operation of Pickens' plantation in Alabama; a mortgage bond; and an Agricultural Memorandum Book (1822-1826) which discusses the clearing of land for planting cotton and corn, describes the seeds he used, and includes several pages of accounts. Pickens also comments on his visits to Cahaba, Alabama, and the flood which occurred while it was the state capitol. This collection also contains a letter dated 1781, June 5, concerning Pickens' father, General Andrew Pickens, and supplies for his troops.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7438869

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817

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South Carolina Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. commissioner negotiating with the southern Indians, 1785-1802. From the description of Journal, 1802. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37999358 Mrs. Alice Noble Waring of Hughes, Arkansas, great-great-great granddaughter of General Andrew Pickens, collected photostatic copies of original correspondence, documents, and papers which she used in writing The Fighting Elder: Andrew Pickens, 1739-1817, published in 1962. These ...

Pickens, Andrew, 1779-1838

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South Carolina politician and planter; served as governor of South Carolina (1816-1818). Son of Revolutionary War hero, Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). From the description of Papers, 1781-1827. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41579852 ...