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BUTLER PLANTATION PAPERS
The Papers of Pierce Butler (1744-1822)and successors
from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Contents of Reels

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

Wister Family Papers: Pierce Butler Correspondence, 1779-1822
(Collection 1962, Box 31, folders 1-7)

Reel 2
Collection 1447, Box 1, folders 1-20 (seal omitted)
Pierce Butler's appointment to Senate Committee 1789;
Legislature matters, 1775-1803 (including notes on South Carolina finances);
Congressional Papers, 1789-99 (including notes on Domestic Debt, US Treasury, Banking & Loans, Trade & Customs Duties, Imports & Exports, Foreign Affairs, the treaties with Algiers & Britain, Indian Affairs, and the Military);
Business Matters, 1787-1821 (including notes on the Bank of the United States).

Reel 3
Collection 1447, Box 2, folders 1-26
Political miscellaneous, 1776-1873 (including Orations & Addresses and notes on Indian Affairs and exploration of North-West America);
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
George Hooper, 1786-1803;
Roswell King, 1803-14.

Reel 4
Collection 1447, Box 3, folders 1-19
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
Roswell King, 1815-30;
Roswell King Jr, 1815-21.

Reel 5
Collection 1447, Box 4, folders 1-22
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
Roswell King Jr, 1822-32.

Reel 6
Collection 1447, Box 5, folders 1-23
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
Roswell King Jr, 1833-54;
Alexander Blue, 1847-59;
S W Wilson, 1848-49;
James M Couper, 1879-80.

Reel 7
Collection 1447, Box 6, folders 1-18
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
James M Couper, 1881-85;
Owen J Wister, 1879-85.

Reel 8
Collection 1447, Box 6, folders 19-27
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
James W Leigh, 1877-85;
Frank K Leigh, 1879-85;
J H Johnston, 1879-85;
Miscellaneous, 1779-1803.

Collection 1447, Box 7, folders 1-10
Plantation Managers' Correspondence:
Miscellaneous, 1804-85;
Crop Reports, 1800-1884;
Livestock Reports, 1801-1834.

Reel 9
Collection 1447, Box 7, folders 11-20
Shipping Agents' Correspondence and Accounts:
William Hunter, 1773-1800;
Nicholas Hurry, 1802-04;
Harrison & Latham, 1807-25.

Collection 1447, Box 8, folders 1-16
Shipping Agents' Correspondence and Accounts:
Harrison & Latham, 1826-34;
Simon Magwood, 1814-29.

Reel 10
Collection 1447, Box 8, folders 17-20
Shipping Agents' Correspondence and Accounts:
John McNish, 1815-26;
Barrington King, 1819-29.

Collection 1447, Box 9, folders 1-24
Shipping Agent's Correspondence and Accounts:
Chisolm & Taylor, 1825-35;
Robert Habersham, 1827-49;
William Lawton, 1847-57.

Collection 1447, Box 10, folders 1-4
Shipping Agents' Correspondence and Accounts:
Octavius Cohen, 1879-85;
William C Bee, 1879-84;
Miscellaneous Agents, 1801-81.

Reel 11
Collection 1447, Box 10, folders 5-26
Balance Sheets, 1877-84;
Inventories, 1879-84;
Lists of Slaves, 1775-1815;
Births & Deaths of Slaves, 1800-34;
Transactions in Slaves, 1780-1804;
Miscellaneous materials concerning slaves, 1780-1820;
Georgia Business Matters, 1884-85;
Plantation Miscellaneous:
Land Transactions, 1779-1825.

Collection 1447, Box 11, folders 1-2
Plantation Miscellaneous:
Accounts, 1788-1881;
Travel, 1854.

Reel 12
Collection 1447, Box 11, folders 3-21
Wills & Estate Papers, 1771-1860;
Deeds & Leases, 1801-86.

[Collection 1447, Box 12 - contains 3 very large and unwieldy legal documents which were considered unsuitable for filming and thus were omitted]

Collection 1447, Box 13, folders 1-15
Property Documents, 1797-1903.

Reel 13
Collection 1447, Box 14, folders 1-23
Property Documents, 1761-1900;
Financial Affairs, 1766-1889;
Butler Estate Miscellaneous, 1786-1890;
Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1797-1804.

Reel 14
Collection 1447, Box 15, folders 1-23
Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1780-1881.

Collection 1447, Box 16, folders 1-7
Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1774-1823.

Reel 15
Collection 1447, Box 16, folders 8-18
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1784-1819;
Miscellaneous Items.

Collection 1447, Oversize Mss 1-14:
Military Appointments, 1761 & 1762;
Wills & Related documents, 1771, 1780, 1784 & 1837;
Deeds of Annuity (3), 1785; Lease, 1816; Brief of Title, 1836; Covenant, 1836;
Accounts of William Payne, 1786-88; 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;
Post Slavery Plantation Business Records, 1879-84.

Reel 17
Collection 109A, Box 2, folders 1-20
Post Slavery Plantation Business Records, 1879-84.

Reel 18
Collection 109A, Box 3, folders 1-29
Property Records, 1810-89.

Collection 109A, Box 4, folders 1-9
Family Financial Affairs, J & P Butler Estate, 1843-51.

Reel 19
Collection 109A, Box 4, folders 10-24
Family Financial Affairs, J & P Butler Estate, 1852-80.

Collection 109A, Box 5, folders 1-10
Family Financial Affairs, J & P Butler Estate, 1881-85.

Reel 20
Collection 109A, Box 5, folders 11-20
Family Financial Affairs, J & P Butler Estate, 1886-90.

Collection 109A, Box 6, folders 1-17
Family Financial Affairs, J & P Butler Estate, 1891-94;
Family Financial Affairs, G M Butler, 1849-61.

Reel 21
Collection 109A, Box 6, folders 18-24
Family Financial Affairs, Tax Receipts, 1825-94.

Collection 109A, Box 7, folders 1-25
Family Financial Affairs, Water Rent Receipts, 1848-94;
Family Financial Affairs, Wharfage, 1818-23;
Family Financial Affairs, Cancelled checks, 1852-85;
Miscellanea (Biddle Letter, 1874; UDC Resolution, 1905;
The National Tribune, 1891).

Collection 109B, volume 1
Business Letters, 1859-68.

Reel 22
Collection 109B, Box 1, folders 1-32
The Plantations: Ships, Crops, Slaves, Pay Roll, 1780-1884
Butler Estate Papers, Property, 1832-87;
Butler Estate Papers, Estate of Sir Thomas Butler, 1791-93;
Butler Estate Papers, Thomas Parker Butler, Receipts, 1791-95;
Major Pierce Butler, Correspondence, 1795-1821;
Major Pierce Butler, Financial Matters, 1793-1819 & Receipts, 1775-1819;
Frances & Thomas Butler, Schooling Receipts, 1784-95;
Pierce Butler II: Name Change, 1826; Financial Matters, 1843-67; Letterbook, 1837; Divorce Papers, 1849-50; His Death, 1867-1908.
Frances Butler Leigh, Income Statements, 1873-81;
Miscellaneous: Butler Family History, 1870-1930; Cases, Claims & Law Suits, 1857-88; Miscellaneous.

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