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BUTLER PLANTATION PAPERS
The Papers of Pierce Butler (1744-1822) and successors
from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Detailed Listing
Reel 1
AMO 368 v1 & v2 - Pierce Butler Letterbooks
vol 1 - 3 Jan 1787 - 13 Jan 1822 Indexed
vol 2 - 12 July 1794 - 2 Feb 1822 Indexed
These volumes contain letters to John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Aaron Burr, Albert Gallatin, Thomas Jefferson, Roswell King, General Wilkinson and others. For instance, on 27 May 1821 Butler writes to Roswell King, Manager of his Georgia Plantations:
“…I have recd your letter of the 13th, it is explanatory, & of course satisfactory. In it you say we are in a fair way of finishing planting this day – the 13th of this month was on Sunday – I hope you rested on Sunday – I observe in your return of the 13th that 18 hands were in hospital; I suspect that some of them impose on us; We miss poor Tinah, it is however better to be on the indulging side.
I yesterday had a visit from Mr Maryon Gibbs – he told me that … you gave him a boat & hands to Mr Coupers – I approve of you doing so in this instance but I wish you to clearly understand that it is my express instructions & I do enjoin on you never to lend my hands to any person who does not take you a letter from myself. It is very easy for persons at distance to get their friends accommodated at the expense of others…”
(v1, pp202-3).
Wister Family Papers: Pierce Butler Correspondence, 1779-1822
(Collection 1962, Box 31, folders 1-7)
Folder 1 – Misc incoming correspondence, 1779-85
Folder 2 – Misc incoming correspondence, 1786-1800
Folder 3 – Misc incoming correspondence, 1801-10
Folder 4 – Misc incoming correspondence, 1811-17
Folder 5 – Misc incoming correspondence, 1818-20
Folder 6 – Misc incoming correspondence, 1821-22
Folder 7 – Outgoing correspondence, 1802-21
Reel 2
Collection 1447, Box 1, folders 1-20
[The seal that appears at the front of this box has not been filmed]
Folder 1 – Pierce Butler’s appointment to Senate Committee, 1789
Folder 2 – Legislature Matters: Notes on the Finances of South Carolina (pamphlet with manuscript enclosures)
Folder 3 – Legislature Matters: South Carolina debt and finances, 1775-88
Folder 4 – Legislature Matters: Notes on debates and other matters, 1787-1803
Folder 5 – Legislature Matters: South Carolina Imports & Exports, 1784-88
Folder 6 – Congressional Papers: Domestic Debt and US Treasury, 1790-93
Folder 7 – Congressional Papers: Banking & Loans, nd (c1780’s)
Folder 8 – Congressional Papers: Notes concerning loans and response to a publication, 1793-96
Folder 9 – Congressional Papers: Notes on Judiciary, removal of Congress from Philadelphia and other matters, 1789-93
Folder 10 – Congressional Papers: Trade and Customs Duties, 1789-96
Folder 11 – Congressional Papers: Imports & Exports, 1790-95
Folder 12 – Congressional Papers: Foreign Affairs, 1793-99
Folder 13 – Congressional Papers: Treaty with Algiers, 1791
Folder 14 – Congressional Papers: John Jay as envoy to Great Britain, 1794 (a manuscript book)
Folder 15 – Congressional Papers: Notes on fisheries, land, Indian Affairs and the Military, 1789-1800
Folder 16 – Business Matters: Applications for places, A-F 1787-1821
Folder 17 – Business Matters: Applications for places, G-M 1789-98
Folder 18 – Business Matters: Applications for places, N-Z 1789-1817
Folder 19 – Business Matters: Bank of the US, 1801-Mar 1818
Folder 20 – Business Matters: Bank of the US, Aug 1818-1819
Reel 3
Collection 1447, Box 2, folders 1-26
Folder 1 – Political Miscellaneous, 1776-1873
Folder 2 – Political Miscellaneous: “Oraison Funèbre, du Frére George Washington”, 1800, and “Master and Servant”.
Folder 3 – Political Miscellaneous: James O’Fallon’s letter, 1790
Folder 4 – Political Miscellaneous: Judge James Iredall Opinion, 1793
Folder 5 – Political Miscellaneous: William Alston Oration, 1797
Folder 6 – Political Miscellaneous: James Seagrove’s “Journal thro’ the Indian Country.” 1793
Folder 7 – Political Miscellaneous: James Seagrove’s “Adventure to the Northwest Coast of America”, nd
Folder 8 – Plantation Management: George Hooper, 1786-88
Folder 9 – Plantation Management: George Hooper, 1791-1803
Folder 10 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, May-Sep 1803
These letters provide a very full account of life on the plantations and typically run to 3 closely written pages each (c1200 words). In a letter of 17 Sep 1803, Roswell King comments:
“Honoured Sir,
All Matters go on by the Hardest, it appears to be impossible to keep work up to the time of the year. So much Sobing & Sickness makes all things behindhand. We have got through Clearing the pasture & Bram has got on tolerable well in clearing 8 or 10 acres new ground between Bair-Hill & the New field. It appears we shall not be able to Collect much Marsh-grass for want of time. All the dung at Tide Island is moved near the Water & a heavy job it was. Say about 5 or 600 Tons. Excellent manure of the Cutt was through the Marsh to Racoon point. I should think well to bring it to Hampton, but to carry it by £5 is very tedious. I find it does very well on the tide land. The 7 acres of Rice manured that never produced well before is now very Excellent Rice far superior to Either of the other two Marsh squares No 2 & 3 – these squares must be dug up this fall. I talked of having Setlement No 3 all cut down before our harvest (but all in vain) the harvest came in sooner than I expected was one reason. The ditchers have been most of the time for several weeks underbrushing (say two thirds done). As soon as we get the Rice in the Barn-Yard shall make Exertions to finnish under Brushing & Cutting down the whole of No 3 – the Ditchers are now diging for the foundation of the Rice Machine. Sherman says he will have the Machine yet to beat Rice in November – the poor man has been very unfortunate in loosing his Eyesight or I believe he would have had it done pretty well to the time. I have no faith of its beating before Christmass – I shall begin to beat with the Ox machine the first of November if the weather will admit – but I hope the weather will be warm for Rice to Beat well – I wish I knew what your Intention were about planting No 4 the next year. My Opinion is Plant as little as possible at Hampton, plant none out side of the Banks at Experiment & plant as much as possible at Lac Island - such Business ought to be well known a longe time before hand to make proper Arangements. There is no accounts of the New Negroes. Mr Mein informd me some weeks past they might be Expected dayly. I have not seen Mrs Cunningham but Expect it will be difficult to purchase all her Negroes as I understand there is a Mortgage on them & that she will have Indulgence to try & clear them. If she sells them these will come but very little to her Share.”
That completes the first page of the letter which then goes on to provide “A Statement of the Cotton Crop for the Year 1802, what Shipped, what packed on hand & what supposed to be on hand unpacked…” including details of where shipped (Manchester, Liverpool, London), a separate statement for the Hampton plantation, and “A Statement of Cotton picked in the present Crop [by] George, Santee, Bram, Morris & Sambo” including a comparison with the amount picked by the same Drivers at that time the previous year. The letter continues with details of sickness:
“…the people hear complain very much this wet weather with fevers & Colds. None very ill except a little child. The Meazles are done, but the effects of it are plenty – Carpenter Jimmy (Virginian) has been sick a long time & tryes hard to dye (I fear he will) he has no will to live. No Deaths.”
It finishes with discussions of Contracts and shipping. Other letters provide detailed accounts of slave purchases, misdemeanours, punishments, new crops tried, new machinery employed, and chart the course of the Planting Year, on a weekly basis.
Folder 11 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Oct-Dec 1803
Folder 12 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1804
Folder 13 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jul-Aug 1806
Folder 14 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Oct-Nov 1806
Folder 15 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1807
Folder 16 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jul-Aug 1808
Folder 17 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Sep-Dec 1808
Folder 18 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1809
Folder 19 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1810
Folder 20 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1811
Folder 21 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1812
Folder 22 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1813
Folder 23 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jan-Feb 1813
Folder 24 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Mar-Jun 1813
Folder 25 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jul-Nov 1813
Folder 26 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1814
Reel 4
Collection 1447, Box 3, folders 1-19
Folder 1 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jan-Mar 1815
Folder 2 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, May-Aug 1815
Folder 3 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Sep-Oct 1815
Folder 4 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Nov-Dec 1815
Folder 5 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jan-Mar 1816
Folder 6 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Apr-Jun 1816
Folder 7 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Nov-Dec 1816
Folder 8 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jan-Mar 1817
Folder 9 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Apr-Jul 1817
Folder 10 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Aug-Dec 1817
Folder 11 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jan-Jun 1818
Folder 12 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, Jul-Dec 1818
Folder 13 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1819-20
Folder 14 – Plantation Management: Roswell King, 1821-30
Folder 15 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1815-18
Folder 16 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1819-20
Folder 17 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Mar 1821
Folder 18 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Apr-Jul 1821
Folder 19 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Aug-Nov 1821
Reel 5
Collection 1447, Box 4, folders 1-22
Folder 1 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Apr 1822
Folder 2 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, May-Jul 1822
Folder 3 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Aug-Dec 1822
Folder 4 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1823-25
Folder 5 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Apr-Aug 1826
Folder 6 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Sep-Dec 1826
Folder 7 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Mar 1827
Folder 8 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Apr-Jun 1827
Folder 9 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jul-Sep 1827
Folder 10 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Oct-Dec 1827
Folder 11 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1828
Folder 12 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Mar 1829
Folder 13 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Apr-Jun 1829
Folder 14 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jul-Sep 1829
Folder 15 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Oct-Dec 1829
Folder 16 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Apr 1830
Folder 17 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, May-Aug 1830
Folder 18 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Sep-Dec 1830
Folder 19 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Mar 1831
Folder 20 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Apr-Jun 1831
Folder 21 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jul-Sep 1831
Folder 22 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Oct 1831-1832
Reel 6
Collection 1447, Box 5, folders 1-23
Folder 1 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Apr 1823
Folder 2 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, May-Aug 1823
Folder 3 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Sep-Dec 1823
Folder 4 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jan-Mar 1824
Folder 5 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Apr-Jun 1824
Folder 6 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Jul-Sep 1824
Folder 7 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, Oct-Dec 1824
Folder 8 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1841-47
Folder 9 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1848-49
Folder 10 – Plantation Management: Roswell King Jr, 1850-54
Folder 11 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, 1847
Folder 12 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, Jan-Jul 1848
Folder 13 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, Aug-Dec 1848
Folder 14 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, 1849
Folder 15 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, 1854-Jul 1856
Folder 16 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, Aug-Dec 1856
Folder 17 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, Jan-Aug 1857
Folder 18 – Plantation Management: Alexander Blue, 1857-59
Folder 19 – Plantation Management: S W Wilson, 1848-49
Folder 20 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, 1879
Folder 21 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Jan-Mar 1880
Folder 22 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Apr-Aug 1880
Folder 23 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Sep-Dec 1880
Reel 7
Collection 1447, Box 6, folders 1-18
Folder 1 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Jan-Mar 1881
Folder 2 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Apr-Jun 1881
Folder 3 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Jul-Dec 1881
Folder 4 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, 1882
Folder 5 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Jan-Apr 1883
Folder 6 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, May-Sep 1883
Folder 7 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Aug-Dec 1883
Folder 8 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Jan-Apr 1884
Folder 9 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, May-Sep 1884
Folder 10 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, Oct-Dec 1884
Folder 11 – Plantation Management: James M Couper, 1885
Folder 12 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, 1879-80
Folder 13 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, 1881
Folder 14 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, 1882
Folder 15 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, 1883
Folder 16 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, Jan-May 1884
Folder 17 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, Jun-Dec 1884
Folder 18 – Plantation Management: Owen J Wister, 1885
Reel 8
Collection 1447, Box 6, folders 19-27
Folder 19 – Plantation Management: James W Leigh, 1877-80
Folder 20 – Plantation Management: James W Leigh, 1881-85
Folder 21 – Plantation Management: Frank K Leigh, 1879-84
Folder 22 – Plantation Management: Frank K Leigh, 1885
Folder 23 – Plantation Management: J H Johnston, 1879-85
Folder 24 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1779-96
Folder 25 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1797-99
Folder 26 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1800-01
Folder 27 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1802-03
Collection 1447, Box 7, folders 1-10
Folder 1 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1804-05
Folder 2 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1809-10
Folder 3 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1811-12
Folder 4 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1814-49
Folder 5 – Plantation Management: Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1881-85
Folder 6 – Crop Reports: 1800-19
Folder 7 – Crop Reports: 1820-29
Folder 8 – Crop Reports: 1830-84
Folder 9 – Livestock Reports: 1801-24
Folder 10 – Livestock Reports: 1825-34
Reel 9
Collection 1447, Box 7, folders 11-20
Shipping Agents’ Correspondence and Accounts:
Folder 11 – William Hunter, 1773-1800
Folder 12 – Nicholas Hurry, 1802-04
Folder 13 – Harrison & Latham, 1807-18
Folder 14 – Harrison & Latham, 1819
Folder 15 – Harrison & Latham, 1820-22
Folder 16 – Harrison & Latham, Jan-May 1823
Folder 17 – Harrison & Latham, Jun 1823
Folder 18 – Harrison & Latham, Jul-Dec 1823
Folder 19 – Harrison & Latham, 1824
Folder 20 – Harrison & Latham, 1825
Collection 1447, Box 8, folders 1-16
Shipping Agents’ Correspondence and Accounts:
Folder 1 – Harrison & Latham, Jan-Jun 1826
Folder 2 – Harrison & Latham, Jul-Dec 1826
Folder 3 – Harrison & Latham, Jan-Jul 1827
Folder 4 – Harrison & Latham, Aug-Dec 1827
Folder 5 – Harrison & Latham, Feb-May 1828
Folder 6 – Harrison & Latham, Jun-Sep 1828
Folder 7 – Harrison & Latham, Oct-Dec 1828
Folder 8 – Harrison & Latham, 1829-30
Folder 9 – Harrison & Latham, 1831
Folder 10 – Harrison & Latham, 1832
Folder 11 – Harrison & Latham, 1833-34
Folder 12 – Simon Magwood, 1814-21
Folder 13 – Simon Magwood, 1822-Apr 1823
Folder 14 – Simon Magwood, May-Dec 1823
Folder 15 – Simon Magwood, 1824-25
Folder 16 – Simon Magwood, 1826-29
Reel 10
Collection 1447, Box 8, folders 17-20
Shipping Agents’ Correspondence and Accounts:
Folder 17 – John McNish, 1815-26
Folder 18 – John McNish, 1822
Folder 19 – John McNish, 1823-26
Folder 20 – Barrington King, 1819-29
Collection 1447, Box 9, folders 1-24
Shipping Agent’s Correspondence and Accounts:
Folder 1 – Chisolm & Taylor, 1825
Folder 2 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-Apr 1826
Folder 3 – Chisolm & Taylor, May-Dec 1826
Folder 4 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-Mar 1827
Folder 5 – Chisolm & Taylor, Apr-Dec 1827
Folder 6 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-Feb 1828
Folder 7 – Chisolm & Taylor, Mar-Dec 1828
Folder 8 – Chisolm & Taylor, 1829
Folder 9 – Chisolm & Taylor, 1830
Folder 10 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-Mar 1831
Folder 11 – Chisolm & Taylor, Apr-Dec 1831
Folder 12 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-May 1832
Folder 13 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jun-Dec 1832
Folder 14 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-Apr 1833
Folder 15 – Chisolm & Taylor, May-Dec 1833
Folder 16 – Chisolm & Taylor, Jan-Mar 1834
Folder 17 – Chisolm & Taylor, Apr-Dec 1834
Folder 18 – Chisolm & Taylor, 1835
Folder 19 – Robert Habersham, 1827-28
Folder 20 – Robert Habersham, 1829-49
Folder 21 – William Lawton, 1847
Folder 22 – William Lawton, 1848
Folder 23 – William Lawton, Jan-May 1849
Folder 24 – William Lawton, Jun 1849-1857
Collection 1447, Box 10, folders 1-4
Shipping Agents’ Correspondence and Accounts:
Folder 1 – Octavius Cohen, 1879-83
Folder 2 – Octavius Cohen, 1884-85
Folder 3 – William C Bee, 1879-84
Folder 4 – Miscellaneous Agents, 1801-81
Reel 11
Collection 1447, Box 10, folders 5-26
Folder 5 – Balance Sheets, 1877-80
Folder 6 – Balance Sheets, 1881
Folder 7 – Balance Sheets, 1882
Folder 8 – Balance Sheets, 1883-84
Folder 9 – Inventories, 1879-84
Folder 10 – Lists of Slaves, 1775-97
Folder 11 – Lists of Slaves, 1779-93
Folder 12 – Lists of Slaves, 1797-1815
Folder 13 – Births & Deaths of Slaves, 1800-23
Folder 14 – Births & Deaths of Slaves, 1824-28
Folder 15 – Births & Deaths of Slaves, 1829-34
Folder 16 – Transactions in Slaves, 1780-Sep 1801
Folder 17 – Transactions in Slaves, Oct-Nov 1801
Folder 18 – Transactions in Slaves, Dec 1801
Folder 19 – Transactions in Slaves, 1802-04
Folder 20 – Miscellaneous materials concerning slaves, 1780-1820
Folder 21 – Georgia Business Matters, 1884-85
Folder 22 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Land Transactions, 1779-94
Folder 23 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Land Transactions, 1796-1801
Folder 24 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Land Transactions, 1803-05
Folder 25 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Land Transactions, 1807-16
Folder 26 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Land Transactions, 1817-25
Collection 1447, Box 11, folders 1-2
Folder 1 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Accounts, 1788-1881
Folder 2 – Plantations Miscellaneous: Travel, 1854
Reel 12
Collection 1447, Box 11, folders 3-21
Folder 3 – Wills & Estate Papers: Sarah Middleton Guerard, 1771-1779
Folder 4 – Wills & Estate Papers: Sarah Middleton Guerard, 1773-1779
Folder 5 – Wills & Estate Papers: Miles Brewton, 1772-95
Folder 6 – Wills & Estate Papers: Mary Brewton, 1775
Folder 7 – Wills & Estate Papers: Mary Bull and Elizabeth Blake, 1771-91
Folder 8 – Wills & Estate Papers: Mary Butler, 1772-90
Folder 9 – Wills & Estate Papers: Major Pierce Butler
Folder 10 – Misc Estate Papers: 1827-60 (Includes an Inventory of the Estate of Capt John Butler, Jan 1849, valued at $281,125, and listing 840 slaves)
Folder 11 – Wills & Estate Papers: Lawsuit re Sir Thomas Butler’s Estate – 1784
Folder 12 – Deeds & Leases: Land Survey in Bristol Township, 1801
Folder 13 – Deeds & Leases: Land at Bald Eagle’s Creek, 1803
(These large documents have been filmed in sections)
Folder 14 – Deeds & Leases: Land in Huntingdon & Northumberland Counties, 1803
Folder 15 – Deeds & Leases: Delaney’s Land, 1812
Folder 16 – Deeds & Leases: Execution of a Deed, nd
Folder 17 – Deeds & Leases: Deeds for Land in Bristol Township, 1833
Folder 18 – Deeds & Leases: Deeds for Land in Bristol Township, 1836
Folder 19 – Deeds & Leases: Deeds stipulating name change for Mease boys – 1840
Folder 20 – Deeds & Leases: Leases, 1865-69
Folder 21 – Deeds & Leases, 1870-86
[Collection 1447, Box 12 - contains 3 very large and unwieldy legal documents. These were omitted as they were considered to be unsuitable for filming. They do not open easily and are virtually impossible to read in the original.]
Collection 1447, Box 13, folders 1-15
Property Documents, 1797-1903:
Folder 1 – Deed Book, nd (1840)
Folder 2 – Armstrong County, 1818-21
Folder 3 – Armstrong County, 1822-34
Folder 4 – Armstrong County, 1836-43
Folder 5 – Armstrong County, 1800-38
Folder 6 – Bedford & Cumberland Counties, 1804-21
Folder 7 – Huntingdon County, 1766-1806
Folder 8 – Huntingdon County, 1811-19
Folder 9 – Indiana County, 1815-21
Folder 10 – Jefferson County, 1824-31
Folder 11 – Jefferson County, 1809-36
Folder 12 – Lycoming County, 1797-1819
Folder 13 – Northumberland County, 1802-09
Folder 14 – Miscellaneous Northern properties, 1815-18
Folder 15 – Butler Place, 1903
Reel 13
Collection 1447, Box 14, folders 1-23
Property Documents, 1761-1900:
Folder 1 – South Carolina Survey for Wm Bull, 1761
Folder 2 – St Simon’s Islands, Apr-Jun 1891
Folder 3 – St Simon’s Islands, Jul-Nov 1891
Folder 4 – Hampton, 1894
Folder 5 – General’s Island, 1895-Feb 1899
Folder 6 – General’s Island, Mar 1899-1900
Folder 7 – Division of Southern Property, 1889-92
Folder 8 – Division of Southern Property, 1893
Folder 9 – Financial Affairs: Charleston Tax Returns, 1788-1800
Folder 10 – Financial Affairs: Stock Certificates, 1804-06
Folder 11 – Financial Affairs: P M Nightingale Accounts, 1867-81
Folder 12 – Financial Affairs: Miscellaneous, 1766-86
Folder 13 – Financial Affairs: Miscellaneous, 1787-95
Folder 14 – Financial Affairs: Miscellaneous, 1888
Folder 15 – Financial Affairs: Miscellaneous, 1889
Folder 16 – Butler Estate Misc: “Autographs”, 1828-90
Folder 17 – Butler Estate Misc: William Payne Accounts, 1786-88
Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1797-1804:
Folder 18 – Butler vs Allison et al, 1797-1819
Folder 19 – Butler vs Allison et al, 1820
Folder 20 – Butler vs Allison et al, 1821-30
Folder 21 – Butler vs Bethune, 1801
Folder 22 – Butler vs Bethune, 1801-08
Folder 23 – Butler vs Bethune, 1800-04
Reel 14
Collection 1447, Box 15, folders 1-23
Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1780-1881:
Folder 1 – Butler vs Bourdeaux, 1781-1812
Folder 2 – Butler vs Bourke, 1780-91
Folder 3 – Butler vs Bourke, 1792-94
Folder 4 – Butler vs Bourke, 1795
Folder 5 – Butler vs Bourke, nd
Folder 6 – Butler vs Bourke, 1796-1803
Folder 7 – Butler vs Cattell, 1803-18
Folder 8 – Butler vs Delap, 1780-1806
Folder 9 – Butler vs DeLorme, 1864-81
Folder 10 – Butler vs Farnsworth, 1818-21 and Butler vs Gervais, 1796-1800
Folder 11 – Butler vs Great Britain, 1818-23
Folder 12 – Butler vs Great Britain, 1824-25
Folder 13 – Butler vs Great Britain, 1827-28
Folder 14 – Butler vs McConnell, 1804-18
Folder 15 – Butler vs McConnell, 1819-23
Folder 16 – Butler vs Pinckney, 1808-18
Folder 17 – Butler vs Purviance, 1818-34
Folder 18 – Butler vs Tegelaar, 1785-87
Folder 19 – Butler vs Triplett, 1799-1804
Folder 20 – Butler vs Winn, 1808-Sep 1809
Folder 21 – Butler vs Winn, Oct 1809-1810
Folder 22 – Butler vs Winn, 1811-21
Folder 23 – Butler vs Winn, 1821
Collection 1447, Box 16, folders 1-7
Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1774-1823:
Folder 1 – Misc Butler Cases, 1799-1823
Folder 2 – Mann vs Telfair, 1774-75
Folder 3 – Narney vs Rutledge, 1798-1806
Folder 4 – Urquhart vs Simmons (1770’s)
Folder 5 – Van Staphorst vs South Carolina, nd
Folder 6 – Van Staphorst vs South Carolina, 1785-1817
Folder 7 – Curzon Will, 1755-96
Reel 15
Collection 1447, Box 16, folders 8-18
Folder 8 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1784-89
Folder 9 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1790-97
Folder 10 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1798-1801
Folder 11 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1802-07
Folder 12 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1809-13
Folder 13 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1815-18
Folder 14 – Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1819
Folder 15 – Miscellanea: Index to Letterbook, nd
Folder 16 – Miscellanea: New Theatre Bills (2), nd
Folder 17 – Miscellanea: Sacred Poems by Albert White, MD, nd
Folder 18 – Miscellanea: An Address on Kenilworth Castle
Collection 1447, Oversize Mss 1-14:
Folder 1 – Appointment as Captain of 135th Company of Marines, 20 March 1761
Folder 2 – Appointment as Captain of Forbes, 30 Jul 1762
Folder 3 – Will of Sarah Middleton Guerard, 1 May 1771
Folder 4 – Will of James Massey Dawson, 1780, Ireland
Folder 5 – Affidavit, 23 Jan 1784
Folder 6 – Release of Thomas Butler, 20 Mar 1837
Folder 7 – Deed of Annuity, 11 Jun 1785
Folder 8 – Deed of Annuity, 11 Jun 1785
Folder 9 – Deed of Annuity, 1785
Folder 10 – Lease, 6 Nov 1816
Folder 11 – Abstract of Brief of Title, 13 Apr 1836
Folder 12 – Covenant for Eliza Butler, 18 Apr 1836
Folder 13 – Accounts of William Payne, 1786-88
Folder 14 – Complaint Of Daniel Bourdeaux, 1788
Collection 109A, volumes 1 & 2 - Estate of J Butler, Deceased, 1862-64
Reel 16
Collection 109A, Box 1, folders 1-25
Crops & Shipping records, 1846-85:
Folder 1 – William L Lawton, 1846-52
Folder 2 – William L Lawton, 1853-55
Folder 3 – Octavius Cohen, 1882-83
Folder 4 – Octavius Cohen, 1884-85
Folder 5 – Wm C Bee and Saussy, Harmon & Remshart, 1882-84
Folder 6 – Misc Agents & Accounts, 1882-84
Folder 7 – Schooner Roswell King, 1848-55
Folder 8 – Receipts of goods shipped on Schooner Roswell King, 1849
Folder 9 – Receipts of goods shipped on Schooner Julia Eliza, 1850
Folder 10 – Receipts of goods shipped on Brig Thomas Walter, 1850
Folder 11 – Receipts of goods shipped on Steamer Osprey, 1850-51
Folder 12 – Receipts of goods shipped on Sch Roswell King, 1852
Folder 13 – Receipts of goods shipped on Schooner Leesburg, 1852
Folder 14 – Receipts of goods shipped on Sch Pennsylvania, 1852
Folder 15 – Receipts of goods shipped on Schooner Roswell King, Jun 1853
Folder 16 – Receipts of goods shipped on Schooner Roswell King, Oct 1853
Folder 17 – Receipts of goods shipped on Sch Roswell King, 1856
Folder 18 – Receipts of goods shipped – miscellaneous, 1856-60
Post Slavery Plantation Business Records, 1879-84:
Folder 19 – Couper’s Accounts, Jan-Feb 1884
Folder 20 – Couper’s Accounts, Mar-Apr 1884
Folder 21 – Couper’s Accounts, May-Jun 1884
Folder 22 – Couper’s Accounts, Jul-Aug 1884
Folder 23 – Couper’s Accounts, Sep-Oct 1884
Folder 24 – Couper’s Accounts, Nov-Dec 1884
Folder 25 – Couper’s Commission Receipts, 1879-83
Reel 17
Collection 109A, Box 2, folders 1-20
Post Slavery Plantation Business Records, 1879-84:
Folder 1 – Permanent Improvement Account, 1879-81
Folder 2 – Workman’s Time Book, Apr-May 1881
Folder 3 – Workman’s Time Book, Aug 1881
Folder 4 – Workman’s Time Book, Oct-Dec 1881
Folder 5 – Ditcher’s Accounts, 1883-84
Folder 6 – Time Sheets, 1864-Mar 1884
Folder 7 – Time Sheets, Apr-May 1884
Folder 8 – Time Sheets, Jun-Jul 1884
Folder 9 – Time Sheets, Aug-Sep 1884
Folder 10 – Time Sheets, Oct 1884
Folder 11 – Time Sheets, Nov-Dec 1884
Folder 12 – Southern Receipts, 1880-83
Folder 13 – Southern Receipts, Feb-May 1881
Folder 14 – Southern Receipts, Jan-Feb 1884
Folder 15 – Southern Receipts, Mar 1884
Folder 16 – Southern Receipts, Apr-May 1884
Folder 17 – Southern Receipts, Jun-Jul 1884
Folder 18 – Southern Receipts, Aug 1884
Folder 19 – Southern Receipts, Sep-Oct 1884
Folder 20 – Southern Receipts, Nov-Dec 1884
Reel 18
Collection 109A, Box 3, folders 1-29
Folder 1 – Property: Grids, nd
Folder 2 – Property: Mortgages & Tax receipts re Jesse Shelmire & David Gray 1810-17
Folder 3 – Property: Rent Rolls, 1817-20
Folder 4 – Property: Rent Rolls, 1821-24
Folder 5 – Property: Rent Rolls, nd
Folder 6 – Property: Rent Rolls, 1868-81
Folder 7 – Property: Rental Agreement, 1844
Folder 8 – Property: Board of Health, 1888
Folder 9 – Property: Correspondence, 1828-35
Folder 10 – Property: Correspondence, 1863-89
Folder 11 – Property: Receipts for Repairs, 1821-23
Folder 12 – Property: Receipts for Repairs, 1824
Folder 13 – Property: Receipts for Repairs, 1825-26
Folder 14 – Property: Alterations to 510 Callowhill St, 1888
Folder 15 – Property: Butler Place, 1819-73
Folder 16 – Property: Building a wall next to Cheltenham & Willow Grove. Turnpike Agreement, 1811
Folder 17 – Property: Armstrong County, 1839-50
Folder 18 – Property: Charles A Wolf. Fourth & Dillwyn Sts, 1871-83
Folder 19 – Property: Charles A Wolf. Fourth & Dillwyn Sts, 1884-86
Folder 20 – Property: Charles Miller. Third St, 1820
Folder 21 – Property: Frances Butler’s Accounts, 1828-34
Folder 22 – Property: Assessments, 1867
Folder 23 – Property: Properties Bequeathed to Frances Sarah Butler, 1868
Folder 24 – Property: Properties Bequeathed to Frances Sarah Butler, 1868
Folder 25 – Property: Insurance Policies, 1836-74
Folder 26 – Property: Insurance Policies, 1879-82
Folder 27 – Property: Georgia, 1810-51
Folder 28 – Property: Miscellaneous, 1812-30
Folder 29 – Property: Miscellaneous, 1867 (Public Ledger, 22 Feb 1867)
Collection 109A, Box 4, folders 1-9
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 1 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1843-47
Folder 2 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jan-Jun 1848
Folder 3 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jul-Dec 1848
Folder 4 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jan-Jun 1849
Folder 5 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jul-Dec 1849
Folder 6 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jan-Jun 1850
Folder 7 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jul-Dec 1850
Folder 8 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jan-Jun 1851
Folder 9 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, Jul-Dec 1851
Reel 19
Collection 109A, Box 4, folders 10-24
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 10 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1852
Folder 11 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1853
Folder 12 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1854-55
Folder 13 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1856-60
Folder 14 – Trustee & Executor Accounts with Estate of John Butler, 1848-59
Folder 15 – Trustee & Executor Accounts with Estate of John Butler, 1859-61
Folder 16 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1861
Folder 17 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1862
Folder 18 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1863
Folder 19 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1864
Folder 20 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1865-68
Folder 21 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1872-78
Folder 22 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1879
Folder 23 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1880
Folder 24 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1880
Collection 109A, Box 5, folders 1-10
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 1 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1881
Folder 2 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1881
Folder 3 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1882
Folder 4 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1882
Folder 5 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1883
Folder 6 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1883
Folder 7 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1884
Folder 8 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1884
Folder 9 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1885
Folder 10 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1885
Reel 20
Collection 109A, Box 5, folders 11-20
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 11 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1886
Folder 12 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1886
Folder 13 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1887
Folder 14 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1887
Folder 15 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1888
Folder 16 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1888
Folder 17 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1889
Folder 18 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1889
Folder 19 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1890
Folder 20 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1890
Collection 109A, Box 6, folders 1-17
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 1 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – P C Hollis, 1891
Folder 2 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate – James Young, 1891
Folder 3 – Receipts: J & P Butler Estate, 1892-94
Folder 4 – G M Butler, Accounts, 1849-54
Folder 5 – G M Butler, Accounts, 1854-59
Folder 6 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1846-48
Folder 7 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1849
Folder 8 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1850
Folder 9 – G M Butler, Receipts, Jan-Jun 1851
Folder 10 – G M Butler, Receipts, Jul-Dec 1851
Folder 11 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1852
Folder 12 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1853-54
Folder 13 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1855
Folder 14 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1857
Folder 15 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1858-59
Folder 16 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1860
Folder 17 – G M Butler, Receipts, 1861
Reel 21
Collection 109A, Box 6, folders 18-24
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 18 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1825-48
Folder 19 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1849-51
Folder 20 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1852-68
Folder 21 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1879-82
Folder 22 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1883-86
Folder 23 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1887-90
Folder 24 – G M Butler, Tax Receipts, 1891-94
Collection 109A, Box 7, folders 1-25
Family Financial Affairs:
Folder 1 – Water Rent Receipts, 1848-57
Folder 2 – Water Rent Receipts, 1848-57
Folder 3 – Water Rent Receipts, 1848-57
Folder 4 – Water Rent Receipts, 1848-57
Folder 5 – Wharfage, 1818-23
Folder 6 – Cancelled checks, 1852-59
Folder 7 – Cancelled checks, Jan-Jun 1860
Folder 8 – Cancelled checks, Jul-Dec 1860
Folder 9 – Cancelled checks, Jan-Jul 1861
Folder 10 – Cancelled checks, Aug-Dec 1861
Folder 11 – Cancelled checks, 1862
Folder 12 – Cancelled checks, 1882-Feb 1883
Folder 13 – Cancelled checks, Mar-Apr 1883
Folder 14 – Cancelled checks, May-Jun 1883
Folder 15 – Cancelled checks, Jul-Sep 1883
Folder 16 – Cancelled checks, Oct 1883
Folder 17 – Cancelled checks, Nov-Dec 1883
Folder 18 – Cancelled checks, Jan-Feb 1884
Folder 19 – Cancelled checks, Mar-Apr 1884
Folder 20 – Cancelled checks, May-Jun 1884
Folder 21 – Cancelled checks, Jul-Aug 1884
Folder 22 – Cancelled checks, Sep-Oct 1884
Folder 23 – Cancelled checks, Nov 1884-Jan 1885
Folder 24 – Miscellanea: Biddle Letter, 1874; UDC Resolution, 1905
Folder 25 – Miscellanea: The National Tribune, 1891
(This large newspaper has been filmed in sections)
Collection 109B, volume 1
Business Letters, 1859-68.
Reel 22
Collection 109B, Box 1, folders 1-32
Folder 1 – The Plantations: Ships, Crops, Slaves, Pay Roll, 1780-1884
Butler Estate Papers:
Folder 2 – Property: Jefferson County, Philadelphia & Georgia, 1832-87
Folder 3 – Property: Callowhill Street & Butler Place, 1853-81
Folder 4 – Estate of Sir Thomas Butler (d1772), 1791-93
Folder 5 – Thomas Parker Butler, Receipts, 1791-92
Folder 6 – Thomas Parker Butler, Receipts, 1793
Folder 7 – Thomas Parker Butler, Receipts, 1794
Folder 8 – Thomas Parker Butler, Receipts, 1795
Folder 9 – Thomas Parker Butler, Receipts, 1794-95
Folder 10 – Major Pierce Butler: Outgoing Correspondence, 1797-1813
Folder 11 – Major Pierce Butler: Incoming Correspondence, 1795-1821
Folder 12 – Major Pierce Butler: Financial Matters, 1793-1819
Folder 13 – Major Pierce Butler: Receipts, 1775-1786
Folder 14 – Major Pierce Butler: Receipts, 1792-95
Folder 15 – Major Pierce Butler: Receipts, 1801-09
Folder 16 – Major Pierce Butler: Receipts, 1810-11
Folder 17 – Major Pierce Butler: Receipts, 1814-19
Folder 18 – Major Pierce Butler: Receipts, nd
Folder 19 – Frances Butler (d1836), Schooling Receipts, 1784-85
Folder 20 – Thomas Butler (d1838), Schooling Receipts, 1784-85
Folder 21 – Thomas Butler (d1838), Schooling Receipts, 1792-94
Folder 22 – Thomas Butler (d1838), Schooling Receipts, 1795
Folder 23 – Pierce Butler II (d1867): Name Change, 1826
Folder 24 – Pierce Butler II (d1867): Financial Matters, 1843-67
Folder 25 – Pierce Butler II (d1867): Letterbook, 1837
Folder 26 – Pierce Butler II (d1867): Divorce Statement, 1850
Folder 27 – Pierce Butler II (d1867) and Fanny Kemble: Divorce Decree, 1849
Folder 28 – Pierce Butler II (d1867): His Death, 1867-1908
Folder 29 – Frances Butler Leigh: Income Statements, 1873-81
Folder 30 – Miscellaneous: Butler Family History, 1870-1930
Folder 31 – Miscellaneous: Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1857-88
Folder 32 – Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous, nd
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