Box 2

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Concerning a charge of fifty pounds sterling for the use of His Majesty's Ship Scarborough.

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

Scope and Contents Regarding his debt/account with Glen; Bullock's annuity; John's bills he had sent for his late wife, Margaret Glen; an unnamed but serious charge made in James's previous correspondence; Drayton's insistence he was right in recalling Glen Drayton and reminding James of the great costs of "furnishing" his "four sons"; his fury James did not encourage a possible and lucrative marriage opportunity for Glen ("you can never make up this loss"); posts James could fill in Carolina; complaints about...

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Regarding Kentucky lands.

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Regarding James going North to school and John falling ill; a proposed "East India Voyage" has fallen through; slavery: "The great slave question as started in England if realized, will transfer a great bearing on the United States ... already does great though secret anxiety cloud our atmosphere!"; warning to be mindful of possible slave emancipation as he considers his future as a planter; James getting into a fight with other boys.

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Writing to Charles at Jefferson, Camden County, Georgia, Charles discusses the dispute with his overseer, Mr. Halveston; his decision to dispense of his services; directs Charles to plant early this year.

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This dispatch listed and accompanied a number of plantation implements sent by schooner for Drayton.

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Accompanying "a copy of the journal containing a sketch of your ancestral estate on the Ashley."