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Winthrop University Digital Commons @ Winthrop University Manuscript Collection Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections 2018 Pinckney Family Papers - Accession 564 Pinckney Family Eliza Lucas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Harriott Pinckney Horry Rutledge See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/ manuscriptcollection_findingaids Finding Aid Citation Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Pinckney Family Papers - Accession 564". Finding Aid 1033. https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1033 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manuscript Collection by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Pinckney Family, Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Thomas Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Harriott Pinckney Horry Rutledge, and Harriott Pinckney Rutledge Holbrook This finding aid is va ailable at Digital Commons @ Winthrop University: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/ manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1033 Pinckney Family Papers, Acc 564 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives WINTHROP UNIVERSITY LOUISE PETTUS ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION ACCESSION 564 PINCKNEY FAMILY PAPERS 1703-1847 236 Micorfiche Pinckney Family Papers, Acc 564 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives WINTHROP UNIVERSITY LOUISE PETTUS ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION ACC. NO.: _564_ PROCESSED BY: Ann Y. Evans ADDITIONS: ____, ____, ____ DATE: February 6, 1984 NO. OF SECTIONS: 5 PINCKNEY FAMILY PAPERS I The Pinckney Family Papers microfiche were purchased from the South Carolina Historical Society on February 6, 1984. The papers were filmed by Carolyn F. James in 1980. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: .25 Approximate number of pieces included: 236 Restrictions: Open to researchers under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University. Literary Rights: All Rights Reserved to the South Carolina Historical Society, Fireproof Building, Charleston, South Carolina. Scope and Content Note: This collection includes correspondence of Eliza Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, and Thomas Pinckney; Benjamin Huger; Rebecca Mott, John Q. Adams; Joseph Alston; Lord Charles Grenville; Alexander Hamilton; Thomas Jefferson; Marquis de Lafayette, and others. The longest portion of the correspondence, contained in six letter books, have to do with Thomas Pinckney’s diplomatic service and his service in the War of 812. The next largest group of letters is that of Eliza Pinckney. Also included are household accounts and family receipts; land, legal, estate, and other papers. 2 Pinckney Family Papers, Acc 564 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives II TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Miscellaneous manuscript items, 1703-1748……………………………………………………………………1 Correspondence, 1745-1878, nd ……………………………………………………………………….………..1 “Political Catechism” by Maria Pinckney ………………………………………………………………………13 Receipt book of Harriott Pinckney Horry, 1770 ………………………………………………………………...13 Eldorado Plantation Account Book, 1841-1857 ………………………………………………………………...13 Letters of Eliza Lucas 1739-1787………………………………………………………………………………..13 Letters of Thomas Pinckney, 1790-1814………………………………………………………………………...14 Fairfield Plantation Book, 1773-1797……………………………………………………………………………15 Miscellaneous Printed Items, 1808, 1823……………………………………………………………...………...15 Mexican War Map, 1847………………………………………………………………………………………...15 Index……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16 3 Pinckney Family Papers, Acc 564 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives III PREFACE Several members of the Pinckney Family have been distinguished for service to South Carolina and the United States. Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) helped to make indigo, a major cash crop; she was the mother of two statesmen; and wrote numerous, engaging letters. Her son Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) was a Minister to England from 1792-1796, a major general during the War of 1812, and a successful rice planter; his correspondence is the largest group in this collection. Also included are letters of other family members and friends, particularly Eliza’s son and daughter, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) and Harriott Pinckney Horry Rutledge (1780-1858). Only the lose papers have been calendared and a list of them is included for convenience; the bulk of the papers, the bound volumes, do not have item-level finding aids unless they are noted as part of the volume. Much of the correspondence in this collection has been edited and published in the Journals and Letters of Eliza Lucas Pinckney by Harriott Pinckney Rutledge Holbrook (1850), Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1769 by Elise Pinckney and Marvin R. Zahniser (1972), and the South Carolina Historical Magazine. “The diplomatic papers of Thomas Pinckney are now preserved in letter-press copies in the South Carolina Historical Society’s Collection at Charleston, in five folio ms. volumes. These include copies of the originals in the State Department, with additional supplementary material of considerable importance for understanding Pinckney’s mission in Spain.” (Pinckney’s Treaty by Samuel Flagg Bemis 1926). Additional information on the Family may be found in A Founding Family, the Pinckney’s of South Carolina by Frances Leigh Williams (1978). This collection of papers of five generations of the Pinckney Family of South Carolina has been acquired by both purchase and gift. The Society is especially grateful to Col. Alston Deas, Caroline Means, Beverly Middleton, Julien Mitchell, Frank H. Pinckney, Joesphine Pinckney, the estate of M. Morris Pinckney, the estate of Benjamin Huger Rutledge, Francis B. Stewart, and Forrest H. Sweet for their gifts. 4 Pinckney Family Papers, Acc 564 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives IV PINCKNEY FAMILY PAPERS 38-1-1 Will of Alexander Mackey bequeathing all of his estate to Elinor Mackey. 29 Jan., 1703. 38-1-2 Survey and Grant to John Stanyarne, Stonoe Island, Colleton County. 1706/1707. 38-1-3 Grant of land, 330 acres in Granville County to Capt. Alexander Mackey on Lookout Island by Thomas Broughton. Signed: Robert Daniell, Robert Gibbes, Edward Tynte, Thomas Broughton. Grant date, 14 April, 1710. Recording date, 2 Dec., 1734 38-1-4 “Col. Lucas’s list of negroes at Garden hill from Murray.” List contains names of 35 men, 16 women, 17 boys, 11 girls. May 1745. 38-1-5 George Lucas to Charles Pinckney. Letter. Refers to attempts to train negroes in the skill of making indigo; also refers to planting of crops. 12 July, 1745 38-1-6 George Lucas, Antigua, to his brother. Letter. Concerns Lucas’s lieutenancy. 21 Oct., 1745. 38-1-7 Hannah Goodbe to Col. Charles Pinckney. Bill for 50,000 bricks. Reverse: receipts for 650 and 660 received from Charles P. 29 Jan., 1746 and 19 April, 1747. 38-1-8 G. Dupont and Hannah Goodbe, receipts for payments made by Charles Pinckney for purchase of bricks. April 26- Dec. 7, 1748. 38-2-1 Eliza Lucas Pinckney Horry. Letter 1769-1771 38-2-2 Hariott Pinckney Horry. Letter. 1769-1771. 38-2-3 Eliza Lucas Pinckney to her son. Letter. news of family and friends. 20 Feb., 1775 38-2-4 Eliza Lucas Pinckney to Harriott Pinckney Horry. Letter. 9 March, 1775. 38-2-5 Samuel Wragg and Job Rothmahler vs. Samuel Smith, Administrator of the estate of John Hughes. Plea of Samuel Smith. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, atty. 25 May, 1775. 38-2-6 Eliza Lucas Pinckney to her cousin. Letter. Sending some things as requested and expressing her support for American liberty and independence. 38-2-7 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Fort Johnson, to Mrs. Pinckney, at Charles Elliott’s, Sandy Hill. Letter. Concerns family, friends, and crops. 28 May, 1778. 38-3-1 Eliza Lucas Pinckney to “child” [Harriott Pinckney Horry]. Letter. Concerns family, friends, and crops. 28, May, 1778. 38-3-2 Eliza Lucas Pinckney to “child” [Harriott Pinckney Horry]. Letter. 8 June., 1778 38-3-3 Eliza Lucas Pinckney to “child” [Harriott Pinckney Horry]. Letter. 7 Dec., 1778 38-3-4 Thomas Pinckney to Harriott Pinckney Horry. Letter. Introduces major Mead from Virginia. 7 March, 1779 38-3-5 Thomas Pinckney to Eliza Lucas Pinckney. Letter. Expresses regret over the loss of family properties. 17 May, 1779. 38-3-7 Charles Pinckney, Jr., Charlestown, to Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Hampton. Letter. Describes the location of the British at John’s Island and Stono Ferry and expresses doubt that the enemy will retire; mentions Prevost; British plans to destroy Baltimore, and the return of some ladies from the country; expresses anxiety about cousin’s plantation and possible loss of negroes (at Ashepoo). 18 June, 1779 38-3-8 Maurice Simons, John Rutledge, and Pierce Butler. Bond of 650,000 to Henry Middleton, executor for the estate of Mary Middleton. 1 Nov., 1779. 38-3-9 Isaac Hayne to Eliza Lucas Pinckney. Letter. Refers to Mrs. Pinckney’s ordering of a salt pan delivered in Charlestown and gives news of his family and compliments to the Pinckney’s. 7 Dec., 1779. 5 Pinckney Family Papers, Acc 564 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives IV PINCKNEY FAMILY PAPERS (cont.) 38-3-10 “Elegy on the Death of Major Benjamin Huger.” Poem. Rhymed pentameter, signed “A Columbia”, copied “from a Carolina newspaper.”