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Box 2

 Container

Contains 152 Results:

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

Shaw Bowen (Providence, RI) to Charles H. Drayton, (cover and letter), 1885 March 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8, Item: 6
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1885 March 30