Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) papers, 1783-1931, (bulk 1783-1832).

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Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) papers, 1783-1931, (bulk 1783-1832).

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Chiefly business documents, correspondence, receipts, and land papers of Thomas Sumter; including 4 land plats, 1783-1814, re land in Camden, Sumter, Kershaw Counties, S.C. and volume, 1764-1853, with copies of land papers, indentures, and other legal documents; letter, 15 Nov. 1790, Stateburg, S.C., to Thomas Fitzsimons, Philadelphia, Pa., re payment for shipment of goods. Letter, 29 Jan. 1793, to J[ohn] Nicholson, Comptroller General, requesting "Morris' power of attorney"; receipt, 19 Aug. 1796, for 300 acres of land; plat, 20 Nov. 1805, showing Sumter's land and location of Maj. John Singleton's house; letter, 15 Nov. 1807, from Ab[raha]m Nott, Columbia, S.C., re land grant to Matthew Singleton; letter, 12 Apr. 1808, from Gab[rie]l Manigault, Philadelphia, Pa., re removal of trespassers from Manigault's property. Letter, 9 May 1827, to J[ames] K[ennedy] Douglas, Camden, S.C., re Douglas' inability to pay his debt; petition, 5 Dec. 1827, made to the S.C. Senate, requesting relief of Sumter's debt owed to Bank of the State of South Carolina; letter, 23 Aug. 1831, South Mount Plantation, Stateburgh, S.C., to Thomas Sumter, Jr., re his political response to charges made against him in the "The Camden Journal." Letter, 23 Aug 1831, South Mount, S.C., to his grandson, Thomas D[e Lage] Sumter, re article published in the "Camden Journal" listing Sumter's opinions of the current political situation; 3 letters, [1832], to "Grand Daughter," re his daughter's health; undated land survey for 1500 acres of land on Alligator Bay; 3 letters, 1931, to Anne King Gregorie from J[ohn] R[utledge] Sumter, re her Thomas Sumter biography.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Fitzsimons, Thomas, 1741-1811

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Manigault, Gabriel, 1758-1809

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Singleton, John, 1813-1852.

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Sumter, Thomas De Lage, 1809-1874

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Sumter, Thomas, 1768-1840.

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S.C. Statute 1811(5)639 specified that every board of commissioners of free schools was to make a yearly return to the legislature. Governor Middleton recommended the passage of this act as a response to the systematic lack of education in the state. The first appropriation made possible 124 elementary schools for the state. As the system progressed, the term "free school" became embarrassingly exchangeable with pauper schools, because the 1811 act carried within it a written directive that an a...

Singleton, Matthew, 1730-1787.

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Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832

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Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1783.

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Planter of South Mount Plantation (Sumter County, S.C.); General during the American Revolution; service in S.C. General Assembly and U.S. Congress: S.C. Senate, 1781-1782; U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1793, 1797-1801; U.S. Senate, 1801-1810. From the description of Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) papers, 1783-1931, (bulk 1783-1832). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42292680 ...