Collection: Grimke family papers, 1678-1977 - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Description:: Possible court transcript recording sale of land. Transcript refers to a Mr. Tenant, Morrison Gordon, and Mr. Dawell.

Description:: Autograph of Charles Thomson, Governor of Connecticut, former secretary of the Continental Congress, and designer of the seal of the United States.

Description:: A cut signature of Thacker B. Howard, Comptroller General of Georgia.

Description:: Signature of Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864), President of Amherst College.

Description:: "Free" frank fragment signed by Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Secretary of War (1831-1836).

Description:: A fragment of a document signed by Benjamin Wood Richards (1797-1851), mayor of Philadelphia.

Description:: Cut signature of John Sargent (1779-1852), member of the House of Representatives and Vice Presidential running mate of Henry Clay.

Description:: An undated eight-page letter including a copy of a note by George Washington and Colonel Roberts' response. Washington's letter outlines the consolidation of the armed forces of the states into one Continental Army as well as outlines plans for modeling the new army. Washington references the awarding of rank and initiating a system of compensation for injured soldiers and the wives and family of fallen soldiers. Roberts' response critiques Washington's plans, stating that officers require better stockpiles of supplies, not better pay, to improve the state of their armies. Roberts furthermore critiques Washinton's system of promotions.

Description:: A letter from Glen Drayton, Jr., Newport, Rhode Island, to his uncle Thomas Drayton regarding his education and requesting money.

Description:: James Delaire, a St. Domingo land-owner, writes to John F. Grimke in response to a previous letter about the revolution in St. Domingo (Haiti).

Description:: A letter from the subscribers of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina setting out their plan for members periodically furnishing essays on various topics and listing members.

Description:: A portion of a will possibly belonging to Thomas Drayton in which Drayton allocates slaves to his daughters, son, and grandson.

Description:: A portion of a will possibly belonging to Thomas Drayton in which Drayton wills his waiting man, cook, and servant (all enslaved workers) to his son.

Description:: A page from a manuscript essay mentioning John Rutledge and the American Revolution, attributed to William Cobbett (1763-1836), an English and American pamphleteer and reformer

Description:: Long humorous letter written by Theodore Drayton Grimke-Drayton from Offenbach, Germany (1840s?) to his mother describing taking a break from his studies, visiting small towns, castle ruins, going fishing and the dangerous prank he undertook scaling a tower in the duchy of Walsaw, the village of Falkenstein.

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