Alexander Garden Papers, 1797-1823.

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Alexander Garden Papers, 1797-1823.

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Chiefly business correspondence or letters relating to publication of his "Anecdotes of the American Revolution"; including letter, 1 October 1797, to Newport, RI, merchant Stephen Northam re a shipment of India geese, crop failures at True Blue plantation, and Northam's attentions to Garden's adopted son Alester. Letter, 19 October 1798, to John Fauchereaud Grimke critiquing the charge that Grimke intends to deliver to the Beaufort grand jury at Coosawhatchie; letter, 12 February 1817, to Dr. David Hosack, New York, reporting that Garden has written to Gen. C.C. Pinckney re the official papers of Gen. [Nathanael] Greene "so anxiously desir'd by our mutual friend Judge Pendleton." Letter, 18 January 1822, to Baltimore merchant Robert Gilmor re collecting material for the "Anecdotes," his intention to focus on the southern campaign, and progress of subscriptions; 10, 25 June 1822 and 30 March 1823, to the Savannah commission merchant Petit de Villers re publication of the "Anecdotes," favorable public reception, remittances of subscription payments, and plans for a second volume.

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Hosack, David, 1769-1835

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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825

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Art collector of Baltimore, Maryland; son of Revolutionary War leader, Robert Gilmor (1748-1822); married, 9 Apr. 1807 to Sarah Reeve, daughter of Maj. James and Judith Smith Ladson of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Notes taken in a tour through the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina... 1806-1807. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 455569706 American autograph collector. From the description of Autograph letter signe...

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Northam, Stephen Toman, 1769-1856

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Garden, Alexander, 1757-1829

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Charleston, S.C author, Revolutionary War officer, and South Carolina state legislator. From the description of Letters from Rusticus, 1794. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865813 Charleston, S.C. author, Revolutionary War officer, and South Carolina state legislator. From the description of Letter : to General [Pinckney], 1819 Oct. 19. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865725 Alexander Garden w...

Villers, Petit de.

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Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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