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Robert Barnwell To John Kean, February 3, 1785, Robert Barnwell

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Robert Barnwell wrote from Beaufort to John Kean addressed to Charleston, SC. He wrote regarding elections and their associates, Mr. Laurens, Moas Wigg, and B. Elliott.

John Kean To Frances Ramadge, February 1, 1785, John Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Account between John Kean and Frances Ramadge showing money paid and in owed in various currencies.

Romeo And Juliet / By Will. Shakspere ; Printed Complete From The Text Of Sam. Johnson And Geo. Steevens ; And Revised From The Last Editions., William Shakespeare

Selections from Special Collections

v, [2], 8-130 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm. (12mo)

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Fall 2014. The abstract was prepared by Alexandra Koszewski.

An Act For Allowing Further Time For The Importation Of Goods The Produce Or Manufacture Of The Island Of Tobago, Upon Payment Of The British Plantation Duties.

British Parliamentary Acts

No abstract provided.

Bonds And Notes Of Peter Lavien & Co., January 1, 1785, Peter Lavien & Co.

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

List of bonds and notes due to Peter Lavien & Co. with interest calculated up to January 1, 1785. On the back, it is labeled as "List of Georgia debts and Mr. Stephens receipts".

An Act For Settling An Annuity Of Nine Thousand Pounds On His Royal Highness The Duke Of Gloucester, In Lieu Of The Like Annuity Payable Out Of The Duties Of Four And One Half Per Centum In Barbadoes And The Leeward Islands.

British Parliamentary Acts

No abstract provided.

Opuscula Analytica, Tomus Secundus, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

No abstract provided.

John Kean With James Dalton West, December 25, 1784, John Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Account list between John Kean and James Dalton West listing money owed. Transactions include the treatments of enslaved people on Kean's property.

Names included: Betty, Jacob, Sancho, Celia

John Kean With William Boon, December 21, 1784, John Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Account of John Kean with William Boon listing money owed for different services and supplies.

Bartholomew Corvaisier And Jane Corvaisier With John Kean, December 3, 1784, Bartholomew Corvaisier, Jane Corvaisier

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Indenture of Bartholomew Corvaisier and Jane Corvaisier with John Kean, Jane's half-brother. The Corvaisiers agreed to pay John 10,000 Spanish milled dollars as well as give up any rights to the estate and real property of Samuel Grove, Jane's father, and Jane Grove, John and Jane's mother.

Jane Corvaisier And Bartholomew Corvaisier With John Kean, December 2, 1784, Bartholomew Corvaisier, Jane Corvaisier

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Indenture of Jane Corvaisier and Bartholomew Corvaisier with John Kean, all of Beaufort, SC. The indenture stated that the Corvaisiers were paid 2,000 guineas and release any further rights they have to the estate of Samuel and Jane Grove, Jane Corvaisier's parents, of which John Kean, her half-brother, was the executor. It also stated that the Corvaisiers were to pay John Key 9,333 1/3 Spanish dollars. The indenture was witnessed by John Barnwell and William Deveaux.

James Lucena And Joanna Leonora Lucena To John Kean, September 1, 1784, James Lucena, Joanna Leonora Lucina

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

James Lucena and his daughter-in-law Joanna Leonora Lucena wrote to John Kean, addressed to Beaufort. James wrote in response to a letter John wrote to his son John Charles, who is currently touring in Portugal. John "succeeded in the agency" of Port Wine Business in Great Britain. James is concerned about his “Alien property in America” and enquires about Negros working on his account. He advises John that a loan from Holland is more practical than Portugal. Joanna Leonora Lucena describes cultural differences, beautiful Sintra, and the death of a mutual friend.

Worcester County Court Of General Sessions Document Determining That A New Jail Should Be Built, June 10, 1784., Worcester County Court Of General Sessions, Worcester County, Abel Wilder

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This document notes that the current jail is "Very inconvenient + insufficient for the safety of the County[,] Comfort of the Prisoners" and it is necessary to build a new jail on a new plot of land.

Thomas Mifflin To Unknown Person, April 4, 1784, Thomas Mifflin

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Thomas Mifflin wrote from Annapolis, MD to an Unknown Person, referred to as "Your Excellency", address not included. The letter was about the current financial state of the country and the the need for an immediate supply of money. The last page of the letter is a break down of what money each state owes.

John Kean To Agness Kelsall, March 5, 1784, John Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Indenture between John Kean and Agness Kelsall, both of Beaufort, South Carolina. John agreed to pay Agnes 75 pounds and12 shillings, of which 37 pounds and 16 shillings had to be paid before January 1785. the agreement was witnessed by Andrew Aggnen.

Affidavit Of Alexander Chisolm Reporting A Burglary, February 14, 1784, Alexander Chisolm

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Affidavit of Alexander Chisolm reporting a burglary on the night of January 19 or early morning of January 20. Someone broke into a property of his in Charleston that was locked and stole some indigo that had been given to him by John Kean to sell. He had been expecting to get about 41 pounds for the goods stolen. The affidavit was sworn before Thomas Hale.

Thomas Pinckney To John Kean, February 1, 1784, Thomas Pinckney

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Thomas Pinckney wrote from Charleston to John Kean, address not included. He wrote regarding the will of Peter Lavien of Savannah, GA, specifically money that was left to Thomas Grayson. However, first discharges had to be obtained from the estate of John Grayson. The rest of the letter is answered questions about the will and how it should be carried out. At the bottom, he wrote that he had not heard from Williams but Hopson Pinckney promised to consult his brother's book. At the end of the letter, a modern typed transcript is included.

An Address To The Roman Catholics Of The United States Of America, John Carroll

Special Collections Books

This book is a defense of certain doctrines of the Catholic Church. It was written by John Carroll, who would become the first bishop of the United States, in response to Charles Wharton’s Letter to the Roman Catholics of the City of Worcester [England] (1784). The book is 7.5 inches in height and is in the quarto format. A binder’s stamp indicates that this particular copy was later bound by the Collectors Book Club of London.

John Kean To Susan Livingston, 1784, John Kean

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

John Kean wrote on his way to Philadelphia to Susan Livingston, located in Hanover Square, New York, NY. John left New York. He missed a lecture by Mr. Blair, set off for "the falls," and wrote with obvious affection for Susan.

Names included: Miss DeHart, Mr. Blair.

There's a note written later (different handwriting and spacing) that says: The first in NY and Jersey, 1784.

This letter is not dated.

The Discovery, Settlement And Present State Of Kentucke (1784) : An Online Electronic Text Edition, John Filson, Paul Royster (Editor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

This is an open-access electronic text edition of Filson’s seminal work on the early history of Kentucky, including the first published account of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. Filson’s work was an unabashedly optimistic account of the western territory, where Filson had acquired large land claims, whose value he sought to enhance by the publication of this advertisement and incitement for further settlement. Scarcely two years after the violent and tragic British and Indian invasion of 1782, Filson portrayed Kentucky as a natural paradise, where peace, plenty, and security reigned. Of some significance is Filson’s recognition that the …

Calculs Sur Les Ballons Aérostatiques Faits Par Le Feu M. Léonard Euler, Tels Qu'on Les A Trouvés Sur Son Ardoise, Après Sa Mort Arrivée Le 7 Septembre 1783, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

No abstract provided.

The Discovery, Settlement And Present State Of Kentucke, John Filson

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is an open-access electronic text edition of Filson’s seminal work on the early history of Kentucky, including the first published account of the life and adventures of Daniel Boone. Filson’s work was an unabashedly optimistic account of the western territory, where Filson had acquired large land claims, whose value he sought to enhance by the publication of this advertisement and incitement for further settlement. Scarcely two years after the violent and tragic British and Indian invasion of 1782, Filson portrayed Kentucky as a natural paradise, where peace, plenty, and security reigned. Of some significance is Filson’s recognition that the …

Gedichte. An Sophie Von La Roche, Henriette Christiane Von Hagen

Poetry

No abstract provided.

Excerpt, An Historical Narrative And Topographical Description Of Louisiana And West Florida, Thomas Hutchins, Michelle Sonnenberg, Hannah Gorski

Early Visions Bucket

"An Historical Narrative and Topographical Description of Louisiana and West Florida (1784) gives a base description of the coastline, river systems, and barrier islands of Louisiana and West Florida. Thomas Hutchins utilizes soundings and charts created by George Gauld, an engineer employed by the British Admiralty to survey the Gulf Coast. (Sections included here are the Preface, descriptions of the West Florida Panhandle and the Tortugas, the Conclusion, and a Table of Distances that closes the volume.)"

De Ellipsi Minima Dato Parallelogrammo Rectangulo Circumscribenda, Leonhard Euler

All Works by Eneström Number

No abstract provided.

Robert Morris To George Abbott Hall, December 12, 1783, Robert Morris

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Robert Morris wrote from the Office of Finance to George Abbott Hall, Reciever of Taxes for South Carolina. He wrote regarding funding the army and paying debts.

People Included: Mr. Swanwick, Willing Morris, and Mr. Maerter.

Shubrick & Clempson To John Kean, November 8, 1783, Shubrick & Clempson

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Shubrick & Clempson wrote from London to John Kean, addressed to Beaufort, SC. They wrote that they had sent him several letters and had not received a response. They also appointed Joshua Ward, Josiah Smith, and Thomas Corbett as their attorneys in America. John Charles Lucena paid some money that was owed to the late Thomas Shubrick.

Robert Smith To John Kean, October 25, 1783, Robert Smith

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Robert Smith wrote from Charleston to John Kean, addressed to Beaufort, SC. He wrote about financial matters involving money owed and mentioned T. Shubrick and J. Ward.

Robert Morris To George Abbott Hall, October 22, 1783, Robert Morris

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

An extract from a letter Robert Morris wrote to George Abbott Hall, Reciever for South Carolina, address not included. Morris wrote that he had no problem with Hall adjusting the rate for supplies since they increased since the British occupation of Charleston.

Stephen Drayton To John Kean, October 20, 1783, Stephen Drayton

Liberty Hall Collection 1780s

Stephen Drayton wrote from Charleston to John Kean, addressed to Beaufort, Port Royal, SC. Drayton thanked John for supplying him with some money and invited him to stay with him when he is in Charleston.