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Butler discusses financial and legal matters regarding his problems with squatters on his "Salvadore lands" in South Carolina. 1806.
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Dear Sir I will thank you for Mr. Symkin’s last letter; it is necessary that I should write to him immediately. If the Gentlemen who are holders, or Representatives of holders of shares in the Salvadore Lands, think of meeting the necessary advances, or rather payments, for Services already rendered, it should be done promptly. Hitherto I have made myself responsible for the necessary expenditures in Carolina - one hundred and twenty Suits of Ejectment, cannot be brought without much writing and sacrifice of time; and some money to the Clerks of the Court for the writs: add to that, a Journey of two hundred and forty miles, going and returning, taken by Mr Symkins on our acct without payment - If $250 create a difficulty, what will not $750 create? I am respectfully Dear Sir Yr Most Obedt P. Butler. Chestnut St. Jany 21 - 1806
Creation Date
1-21-1806
Creator Life Dates
1744-1822
Keywords
Pierce Butler, Salvadore lands, South Carolina, letter, ejectment, land, rent, landlord, squatters, Symkin
Resource Identifier
110429-37
Date Digital
2-18-2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Economic History | History | Social History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Butler, Pierce, "Letter from Pierce Butler regarding his "Salvadore lands" in South Carolina. 1806." (1806). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 136.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/136
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