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Box 2

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Samuel Morris to John Drayton, 1764 June 24

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

Morris requesting that Drayton send him money to pay Charles Stedman who is expecting to collect the balance on his account.

Dates: 1764 June 24
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1721-1766

Accounts relating to the settlement of James Bullock's annuity, (multiple loose items) , 1767-1770

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2, Item: 9
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: 1767-1770
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1767-1770

John Drayton to "Any gentlemen merchant, seller of Negroes", 1773 June 9

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

Concerning the sale of 3,100 dollars worth of slaves to John Grimball.

Dates: 1773 June 9
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1771-1778

Charles Drayton II to Charles Drayton I, 1816 December 26

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

Regarding arrival of cloth; disappointing yields of rice and cotton; unimpressed by "Carolina"; Christmas greetings.

Dates: 1816 December 26
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1779-1828

Mary Middleton Shoolbred Drayton to Charles Drayton III, 1833 September 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

Desiring to know his precise location; dissuading him from becoming a sailor; the sale of "Sam" to Governor Robert Hayne; possible sale of "Juba" and her child for $1000; financial hardships; election day - Mary's prediction that "the States Rights party will carry it"; promises not to stand in his way regarding his future.

Dates: 1833 September 2
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1829-1833

Mary Middleton Drayton to Charles Drayton III, (Jeffersonton), 1835 February 16

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

Chastising Charles for not writing; advice on food preparation; a letter from James; lack of money to pay bills; description of an extensive fire in downtown Charleston which destroys St. Philip's Church; advises Charles to communicate with neighbors but not to show "any suddeness"; their correspondence must not be seen by others.

Dates: 1835 February 16
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1834-1835

Nobel A. Hardee to Charles Drayton II[?], 1836 March 16

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 9
Scope and Contents

Regarding Drayton's request for cotton seed.

Dates: 1836 March 16
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Correspondence / 1836-1844
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