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.
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.
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.
List of items in his estate to be surrendered by Algernon Wilson to ensure his release from jail. Wilson's "estate" includes several articles of clothing as well as a razor, box, and brush.
Legal investigation surrounding Thomas Drayton's will. Lawyers King and Petigru question Thomas Wilson, Drayton's brother-in-law, about drawing up Drayton's will, Drayton's executorship, and other issues.
![Letter to Thomas Grimke from a Mr. [Hickly?], January 20, 1820](https://iiif.library.cofc.edu/iiif/2/36464/full/200,/0/default.jpg)
