Papers of Henry Laurens, Volum 16Univ of South Carolina Press, 2003 - 940 sider The concluding volume of a prestigious documentary edition; This, the sixteenth and final volume of The Papers of Henry Laurens, covers the last ten years of the statesman's life. During this period, Henry Laurens spent a hectic twenty-two months as a peace commissioner traveling between Paris and London, conferring with British ministers and his colleagues on the peace commission. At the same time, Laurens was coping with the grief of losing his eldest son, John Laurens, in battle, family conflicts over a proposed marriage between his elder daughter and a French fortune hunter, and his own poor health. This mixture of public and private concerns continued throughout his stay in Europe, as the commissioners attempted to negotiate a final peace treaty and a trade agreement with former allies and foes. In January 1785, Laurens returned to South Carolina, where he devoted the remainder of his life to personal affairs. Despite encouragement to return to public service, Laurens remained a private citizen with an active interest in the progress of his state, In his later years he recommended an end to the importation of slaves and diversification of the economy. Laurens died on December |
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To William Bell Sept | 1 |
To Henry Laurens Jr Sept 710 | 7 |
To Richard Oswald Sept 1214 | 14 |
To Thomas Townshend Oct 2241 | 22 |
To James Bourdieu Oct 3047 | 30 |
Certificate re Philanthropos Letter | 51 |
To Caladon de Verne Nov 1359 | 63 |
From James Laurens Jan 1116 | 116 |
Account with the United States Sept | 501 |
To John Sandford Dart Oct 7506 | 507 |
1785 | 525 |
To Richard Price Feb 1532 | 532 |
To John Owen Feb 8537 | 538 |
To Bridgen Waller March 25544 | 544 |
To Edward Bridgen April 2550 | 550 |
To John and Alexander Anderson May | 556 |
To Martha Laurens Jan 7123 | 123 |
To Richard Oswald Jan 25130 | 130 |
To Cowles Harford Feb 1137 | 137 |
To James Bourdieu Feb 6143 | 143 |
To George Appleby Feb 18150 | 150 |
To John Adams March 6157 | 157 |
To Charles Nisbet March 20165 | 165 |
To John Owen April 1172 | 172 |
To John Lewis Gervais April 7179 | 179 |
To Richard Oswald April 21185 | 185 |
From Robert R Livingston May 8192 | 192 |
To John Bondfield May 18198 | 198 |
To John Delagaye June 6207 | 207 |
To John Bremar June 20213 | 213 |
To John Woddrop June 28220 | 220 |
Henry Laurens Jr to Charles Creace July To Joshua Barney Dec 24368 | 368 |
To John Lewis Gervais March 4401 | 401 |
To John Owen March 4407 | 407 |
From Benjamin Franklin March 12414 | 414 |
To Mary Laurens March 21420 | 420 |
To George Appleby April 10427 | 427 |
To John Owen April 21434 | 434 |
To Thomas Mifflin April 24442 | 443 |
From John Lewis Gervais May 5449 | 449 |
To Evan Nepean May 31455 | 455 |
To Babut Labouchere June 14463 | 463 |
To Joseph Reed June 15470 | 470 |
To Martha Laurens June 19478 | 478 |
To Martha Laurens Aug 19486 | 486 |
To John Jay Sept 18493 | 493 |
To James and Catherine Futterell June | 564 |
To Henry Blundell July 4573 | 573 |
To Jacob Read July 16579 | 579 |
To James Bourdieu July 3225 | 585 |
To John McQueen Sept 10592 | 592 |
To Champion Dickason Oct 6598 | 598 |
To Bridgen Waller Oct 24605 | 605 |
To John Lewis Gervais Dec 10612 | 612 |
To Christopher Rolleston Dec 12613 | 621 |
To Bridgen Waller Feb 12628 | 628 |
To Babut Fils Labouchere Feb 25635 | 635 |
To Bourdieu Chollet Bourdieu Feb | 641 |
To Daniel Roberdeau April 20647 | 647 |
To Bridgen Waller May 19653 | 653 |
To Joseph Kershaw June 17667 | 667 |
From Charles Willson Peale Nov 21674 | 674 |
1788 | 749 |
From the American Museum Nov 755 | 755 |
From James Habersham March 30758 | 758 |
1791 | 765 |
To Frederick William Marshall Oct 3774 | 774 |
To William Bell March 13781 | 781 |
From Charles Willson Peale Sept 2787 | 787 |
Will of Henry Laurens795 | 795 |
Catalog of Documents802 | 802 |
To Richard Champion July 5226 | 815 |
To Bridgen Waller Jan 4675 | 828 |
INDEX837 | 837 |
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