Drayton papers, 1701-2004.

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Drayton papers, 1701-2004.

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The vast majority of the collection concerns the Drayton family and South Carolina, for instance, the Proprietary and Royal Land Grants to Thomas and John Drayton (1701-1765). The collection includes medical journals (1777-1781) and diaries (1784-1820) of Charles Drayton I, as well as correspondence (1721-1883) of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III, Mary Middleton Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton Drayton, and Dr. John Drayton on plantation affairs, politics, bills, debts and family news. Included are plats (1755-1882) from surveys of Drayton Hall, Drayton's Cowpen, Bob Savannah, Jehossee, and Tuxpan, Mexico. The Notes sub-series (1755-1885) includes plantation matters (crop cultivation, slave inventories and "plantation rules," horticulture, education, literature and medicine. Also included are plantation log books (1844 and 1850) for Drayton Hall. There are 21 watercolors by George Edwards (circa 1733) and sketches of Drayton Hall and Charleston Custom's House. Included are stereoviews (1870-1879) and photographs (1890-1874) of Drayton Hall and family members. Among the family deeds (1762-1969) is William Henry Drayton and Dorothy Golightly's marriage settlement (1764). The collection's newspapers (1791-1885) include Civil War and family news from the Charleston Evening News, Charleston Mercury, and Charleston Courier. There are genealogical records including two extensive Drayton family charts. The collection also includes the National Trust's administrative papers since it began ownership of Drayton Hall in 1975.

17 linear feet (2 cartons, 9 document boxes, 3 slim document boxes, 11 flat boxes, 6 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize flat file, 1 rolled chart)

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8112593

College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779

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William Henry Drayton (September 1742 – September 3, 1779) was an American Founding Father, planter, and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779 and signed the Articles of Confederation. Born at his father's plantation, Drayton Hall, on the bank of the Ashley River near Charleston, South Carolina (now within the expanded city of Charleston), Drayton pursued classical studies in England, attending Westminst...

Drayton, John, 1831-1912.

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Physician. The son of Dr. Charles Drayton (1785-1844) and Mary Middleton Shoolbred (1794-1855), John Drayton was born in Charleston, S.C. He married Katie L. Leobnitz in New Orleans in 1893. John Drayton died at Tuxpam, Mexico at the age of eighty-one. From the description of John Drayton papers, 1862-1869. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794041 ...

Drayton, Carolus

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Drayton Hall (Organization)

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Drayton, Mary Middleton Shoolbred, 1794-1855

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Drayton family.

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Drayton, John, ca. 1715-1779.

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Drayton, Charles, 1814-1852.

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National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

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Drayton, Charles, 1785-1844.

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Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867.

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