John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

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John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

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Chiefly business papers re plantation operations and Colhoun's legal practice; including transfer, 17 May 1777, of female slave from James Gambel; land transfer, 10 July 1783, Ninety Six District, S.C., James Sharpe to John Ewing Colhoun, for land in Hillsborough Township; deed, 25 Nov. 1784, for two lots in the town of Ninety Six, S.C.; letter, 9 May 1786, Silver Bluff, S.C., Thomas Galphin to John Ewing Colhoun, Charleston, S.C., re loss of boat and corn and requesting postponement of his case in court. Letters, 19 Sept. 1789-14 Apr. 1796, John Lewis Gervais, to John Ewing Colhoun, re plantation affairs, trouble with a slave, and request for legal advice; letter, 26 July 1790, Charleston, S.C., H.W. DeSaussure, to John Ewing Colhoun, re legal case; letter, 30 June 1792, E. Pickens to John Ewing Colhoun, Pendleton District, S.C., re a legal case involving land confiscated during the Revolutionary War. Letters, 11 May 1792-17 Aug. 1794, St. Stephens, S.C., John Couturier to John Ewing Colhoun, re crops and market conditions; letter, 29 Apr. 1794, John Palmer, to John Ewing Colhoun, recommending an overseer; permit, 6 Mar. 1795, granting free and unmolested travel through the parish for a free Indian employed as a hunter by John Ewing Colhoun; and court proceedings, 29 Aug. 1798, Twelve Mile Rive, Pendleton District, S.C., for trial of slaves on Colhoun's plantation for attempting to poison him. Letter, 3 Dec. 1801, Columbia, S.C., from Robert Anderson, re election of Thomas Sumter to U.S. Senate, death of Judge Ramsay and election of Joseph Brevard to take his place, Federalists and Republicans, and financial situation of S.C; letter, 1 Mar. 1802, Annapolis, Md., from Robert Goodloe Harper to Colhoun, Washington, D.C., re reciept of letter and money; letter, 18 Mar. 1802, from Robert Anderson to Colhoun, Washington, D.C., re expressing political opinions. Letters, 21 Jan. and 16 Apr. 1808, Charleston, S.C., Hannah Edwards to Floride Colhoun, Newport, R.I., re family affairs, financial conditions, and hoping to see them during the summer; letters, 21 Apr. 1819, 6 Nov 1822, and undated, Floride Colhoun, to James Edward Calhoun, U.S. Frigate Congress and Pendleton, S.C., re his absence, poor market for cotton and rice, expected visit of president with John C. and Floride Calhoun, and requesting money.

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Gervais, John Lewis, 1741-1798

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John Lewis Gervais (1741 – August 18, 1798) was an American planter and statesman from South Carolina. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. Gervais was born in Hanover, Germany to French Huguenot refugees and attended schools and colleges there. He emigrated to South Carolina, arriving in Charleston in 1764. He started in the mercantile business, but soon expanded his interests to include a plantation. Gervais first served in the revolutionary Provincial Congr...

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Colhoun, John Ewing, 1751-1802

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Planter and lawyer of Charleston, S.C., and Pendleton District (now known as Pickens and Anderson Counties), S.C.; member of S.C. Senate, 1801; member of U.S. Senate, 1801-1802; member of S.C. House, 1778-1800; husband of Floride Bonneau Colhoun; father of John Ewing Colhoun, Jr. (1791-1847); father-in-law of John C. Calhoun (1782-1850). From the description of John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43602727 John Ewing Colho...

De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839

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Revolutionary soldier, director of the U.S. Mint, South Carolina legislator, and judge of the Chancery Court in South Carolina, from Charleston. From the description of Papers, 1788-1916. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19491506 Jurist; Federalist; director, U.S. Mint, 1795; member, Pennsylvania bar; S.C. state representative and senator; of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Henry William DeSaussure papers, 1795-1837. (University of South Ca...

Calhoun, James Edward, 1798-1889.

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Pickens, Ezekiel, fl. 1812

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Colhoun, Floride Bonneau, 1765-1836

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