James Hamilton papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: James Hamilton papers
Creator: Hamilton, James, 1763-1829
Inclusive Dates: 1785-1868
Language: English
Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Collection Number: ms1611
Repository: Hargrett Library

---

Collection Description

Historical Note

James Hamilton (d. 1829), merchant, plantation owner, lived in Charleston (S.C.) and Philadelphia (Pa.) and had land holdings on St. Simons Island, Georgia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of James Hamilton from 1785-1868. Papers concern mostly business matters relating to the Hamilton's merchant/factory businesses of McCredie & Hamilton and Hamilton & Couper of Charleston, South Carolina. Records include receipts, shipping records, accounts for sales, and invoices. The collection also includes correspondence from Paris, Liverpool, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Savannah, Baltimore, Embden, St. Simons, Tybee, Palmetto Grove, Wilmington, N.C., Georgetown, and various inlets. Several letters report on conditions of Hamilton's plantation, including crops and people who are enslaved.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged roughly in chronological order.

---

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

James Hamilton papers, ms 1611, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2020.

---

Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

---

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

box

folder

Request box

1

1

Account for sales, 1785

 

1

2

Letter, 1786 March 6

 

1

3

John S. Cripps bill from the owners of the ship Caroline, 1796

 

1

4

Account for sales, 1789

 

1

5

Letter to McCredie & Hamilton from Francis Morais, London regarding balance due, 1787

 

1

6

Warrant, 1793

 

1

7

Bill of sales of a "negro" man named [Lewie], 1798

 

1

8

Promissory note , 1790

 

1

9

Bill of sales of a Boatman named Jack, 1799 April 1

 

1

10

Articles and Role D'Equipage & signed affidavits of seamen leaving from the Port oF Charleston, 1800 October

 

1

11

Promissory note, 1797

 

1

12

Accounts of cash received; bills of sales; freight accounts, 1803

 

1

13

Shipping records and manifest of the Ship Isabella; letter to J. Hamilton; agreement to take "negroes", 1802

 

1

14

Account with sales; Isabella Shipwrights bill; Articles and Role D'Equipage & signed affidavits of seamen leaving from the Port oF Charleston, 1804

 

1

15

Legal documents; receipts; shipping records; letters; accounts for sales; promissory notes, 1805

 

1

16

Accounts for sales; circular; letters; shipping records; receipts, 1806

 

1

17

Shipping records; receipts, 1807

 

1

18

Letter to James Hamilton from Samuel Mathis, Camden, 1808 May 28

 

1

19

Account received, 1809

 

1

20

Receipt of payment, 1810 April 4

 

1

21

Letters , 1811

 

1

23

Shipping records, 1815

 

1

22

Description of the remaining lots of an estate , 1812

 

1

24

Balance sheets; account for sales, 1817

 

1

25

Letters, 1818

 

1

26

Receipts of payment, 1823

 

1

27

Court document, "In the court of Human Pleas for the Court of Philadelphia", 1837

 

1

28

Receipts of payment, 1845

 

1

29

Receipt of payment for executions, 1843

 

1

30

Receipt, The Tredegar Company, Richmond, 1868 September 22

 

1

31

Shipping paper; letter, undated

 

box

Request box

2

Indentures, 1852, 1858