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Letter from Pierce Butler to John Ross requesting money, 1795.
Get PDFPierce Butler requests two or three hundred dollars of John Ross, for house use.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1135/thumbnail.jp
Pierce Mease Butler, 1810-1867
No full text“Grandson of Pierce Butler (1744-1822), Pierce Mease Butler (born Butler Mease), inherited two plantations in the Sea Islands of Georgia from his wealthy Southern family; one on Butler Island, and another on St. Simon Island. Both lands were worked by slaves. Pierce was captivated by the English actress Fanny Kemble and induced her to marry, with famously disastrous consequences. In the winter of 1838-39, the newlyweds traveled to the family\u27s vast holdings on the Sea Islands, where Fanny was struck by the awfulness of slavery. She eventually published an account of her impressions to much acclaim, but this was long after she and Pierce had been through a nasty divorce that left her financially weakened and without the custody of their two daughters.
The divorce did little to sober Pierce; by 1859 he had made such a wreck of his finances that he decided to sell off some of his property. On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest sale of human beings in the history of the United States took place on a rainy racetrack in Savannah… When the sale was complete, 429 men, women, and children had been auctioned to the highest bidder, netting more than $300,000 and restoring Pierce Butler to his accustomed affluence.
After the Civil War the Butlers tried and failed, as did other Sea Island families, to plant without slaves. In 1867 Pierce Butler, unable to coax another redemption from his inheritance, died of malaria.” --Georgia Encyclopediahttps://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/slaveowners_civil_war/1000/thumbnail.jp
Certificate authenticating the original appointment of B.H. Saxon as Secretary of State of South Carolina, signed by Pierce M. Butler, governor, and B.H. Saxon. Dated November 4, 1837, Columbia, S.C.
Get PDFThe appointment of B.H. Saxon as the Secretary of State of South Carolina is certified by this document. Signed by Pierce M. Butler and B.H. Saxon. 1837.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1185/thumbnail.jp
Pierce Butler : A Malady, 1982
No full textRafroidi Patrick. Pierce Butler : A Malady, 1982. In: Études irlandaises, n°7, 1982. p. 289
Pierce Butler : A Malady, 1982
No full textRafroidi Patrick. Pierce Butler : A Malady, 1982. In: Études irlandaises, n°7, 1982. p. 289
Letter from Pierce Butler regarding his Salvadore lands in South Carolina. 1806.
Get PDFButler discusses financial and legal matters regarding his problems with squatters on his Salvadore lands in South Carolina. 1806.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1136/thumbnail.jp
Whites, Pierce Butler (FA 260)
Get PDFFinding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 260. Paper: Reflections on Attitudes Towards Drugs in East Kentucky written by Pierce Butler Whites for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class
Whites, Pierce Butler (FA 32)
Get PDFFinding aid and full text scan of paper (Click on Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 32. Contemporary marijuana cultivation andusage: interviews and documents. Project completed by Pierce Butler Whites concerning illicit marijuana growth and construction of marijuana paraphernalia. Completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Contains transcriptions, tape logs, photographs and cassette tapes
Letter from Pierce Butler to a Mr. Simpson, an employee of the Bank of the United States, regarding financial matters. 1801.
Get PDFButler asks Simpson if the Bank of United States will take in his Bills in London at the current price in the winter and spring of 1802. Item annotated with reply.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1137/thumbnail.jp
Butler (Pierce). Materials for the life of Shakespeare
No full textDelatte F. Butler (Pierce). Materials for the life of Shakespeare. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 10, fasc. 1-2, 1931. p. 241
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