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Receipt for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (above), Receipt for Thomas Pinckney (below) A receipt dated 10 December 1823 indicates that Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) regularly purchased medicine and medical care for people he enslaved on Pinckney Island. In this instance for the care of Jenny, Handy, Celia, Sue, and Joe.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an American statesman, military officer and Founding Father who served as United States Minister to France from 1796 to 1797. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the Constitution of the United States , Pinckney was twice nominated by the Federalist ...
Benjamin Stead Jr. (ca. 1751-1831) was the brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney’s second wife, Mary Stead Pinckney (1751-1831). As Stead lived in England, he retained his brother-in-law to administer affairs on his several plantations in South Carolina and Georgia. “Cometee” Tom was enslaved at Cane Acres where in 1803, he was described ...
Charles Pinckney in Gilbert Stuart Portrait circa 1786. Charles Pinckney was born on October 26, 1757. He was the son of Charles Pinckney and Frances Brewton, members of Charleston's and South Carolina's social elite. They, like other wealthy families of the South Carolina Lowcountry, viewed themselves as similar in standing and responsibility ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, born to a prominent family of South Carolina's Lowcountry, had a long career as a politician and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was also a signer of the US Constitution and twice put forward as the Federalist candidate for the presidency, losing to Presidents Thomas Jefferson and ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (SC) agreed with his cousin that “it was the true interest of the Southern States to have no regulation of commerce.” However, he saw advantages in staying in union with the powerful northern states. Moreover, he appreciated “the liberal conduct” of the northern states toward the southern.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (born Feb. 25, 1746, Charleston, S.C. [U.S.]—died Aug. 16, 1825, Charleston) was an American soldier, statesman, and diplomat who participated in the XYZ Affair, an unsavory diplomatic incident with France in 1798. Pinckney entered public service in 1769 as a member of the South Carolina Assembly.
