Collection: Grimke family papers, 1678-1977 / Contributing Institution: College of Charleston Libraries - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Date:: 1809-01-26
Description:: Letter to Lieutenant William D. Wilson from the Navy granting a commission of Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps and recommending that Wilson report to Washington D.C.

Date:: 1811-10-29
Description:: Letter from Smith H. Bacot to Thomas Drayton informing him that he owes W. John Potter money.

Date:: 1813-03-08
Description:: An anonymous (name blotted out) letter postmarked Richmond, Virginia to Thomas S. Grimke notes the author's legislative and public duties and describes British attacks on Virginia and the effect it will have on the state's raising troops and weakening confidence in the federal government.

Date:: 1819
Description:: Letter (1819) from Frederick Grimke to his brother Thomas Smith Grimke regarding their father's death, with an assessment of his character, and mentions of Sarah Grimke nursing him.

Date:: 1819-12-06
Description:: A receipt and attached letter to Sarah Moore Grimke from William McKenny in New York City and Jacob Harvey regarding the erection, inspection, and payment for a tombstone memorial to her father, John F. Grimke.

Date:: 1819-09-25
Description:: A six-page letter from Thomas Pinckney to Thomas Grimke describing his acquaintance with Grimke's father. Pinckney attended Westminster School with the elder Grimke and also studied law at "the Temple" together. Pinckney describes his time Charleston during the Revolutionary War with Thomas Grimke's father.

Date:: 1819-09
Description:: Letter from Sarah Moore Grimke to her brother Thomas Smith Grimke regarding the death of their father, John F. Grimke

Date:: 1820-09-27
Description:: Letter to Sarah Moore Grimke in Wilmington, North Carolina, from Charles Wharton responding to her request for information about her father with references to their friends in common. Wharton met John F. Grimke while he (Wharton) was in seminary school and Grimke was traveling Europe.

Date:: 1820-01-20
Description:: A letter from a Mr. [Hickly?] in response to a message by Thomas S. Grimke requesting information about his (Grimke's) father. Hickly writes that illness had kept him from writing previously. Hickly describes his acquaintance with Grimke's father: both were officers in a regiment of artillery during the Revolutionary War and both were made privates at the fall of Charleston. Hickly describes the elder Grimke as a brave officer. Hickly mentions the battle of Stono Ferry.

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