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Box 2

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

James Wright to John Drayton, 1760 December 1

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

Regarding an unpaid bill sent to him from John Watson on behalf of Mr. Izzard. The bill was originally enclosed but not found here. Wright is confused by the charge.

Dates: 1760 December 1
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1721-1766

Roger Hog, charges on James Bullock's bill of exchange, 1767 October 7

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence of John Drayton, James Glen, Charles Drayton I, II and III, Mary Middleton Drayton, and many others, organized chronologically.

Dates: 1767 October 7
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1767-1770

John Drayton to Thomas Drayton , 1773 January 12

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

Imploring his son to be more studious.

Dates: 1773 January 12
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1771-1778

Glen Drayton to Charles Drayton I, (no year, but before 1796) October 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

Regarding his agreeing to act as Charles suggests; meeting Colonel Postell and inquiring about Mrs. D[rayton]'s visit to Drayton Hall; coming to Drayton Hall himself.

Dates: (no year, but before 1796) October 30
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1779-1828

Charles Drayton II to Charles Drayton III, 1833 July 29

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

Sent care of G. C. Swift, writing to Charles at Falmouth, warning him not to be an inconvenience to his hosts; correcting his spelling; imploring him to use his dictionary.

Dates: 1833 July 29
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1829-1833

Charles Drayton II to Charles Drayton III, 1835 January 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, Item: 5
Scope and Contents Regarding Charles' inability to visit due to leg pain and his profitless rice (it is "small grained, red, & brittle"); removal of the ineffective Mr. Halveston as overseer; how to work the plantation, divide labor etc; rejecting the enslaved requests for tobacco; threatening to withhold land traditionally used for private slave cultivation; encourages Charles to let Hughes manage the plantation freely (despite his detailed instructions to Charles); and also to "share and share alike"...
Dates: 1835 January 2
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1834-1835

Charles Drayton II to Charles Drayton III (Jeffersonton), 1836 February 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 5
Scope and Contents Regarding "Indian war" - drafting of troops in Charleston, asks his son to keep his slaves "quiet"; warns not to have the slaves ditching in cold weather; proposes a scheme to keep the "necessitous carpenters" working, whereby small sums are offered according to output (this way "we may soon get enough to build our house"); instruction on paying some debts; plans to cultivate cotton on forty acres and to sell four gins; warns Charles not to associate with those "below [his] standing";...
Dates: 1836 February 4
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1836-1844

John Drayton to Charles H. Drayton (nephew), 1882 January 15

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

(John is in Tuxpan, Mexico); regarding the necessity of saving money; being unable to afford a visit to Drayton Hall; a lawsuit "for what is due me"; selling his property; being ill for four months with "rheumatism"; turning down a job for $100/month with a railroad company on account of illness; describing the boundaries of Drayton Hall, in words and sketch.

Dates: 1882 January 15
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1861-1885
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