2005-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2005
MOULTRIE, William (1731-1805) American general in the Revolution. Represented South Carolina in teh Continental Congress in 1775. He successfully defended Sullivan’s Island against a British fleet in Charleston Harbor in 1776. The fort there [Fort Moultrie] was named in his honor. He defeated the British at Beaufort and successfully defended Charleston in 1779. Later governor of South Carolina. Partly-printed Document Signed, “Willm: Moultrie” as governor, 1p. oblong folio, July 1, 1793, being a land grant for 1,000 acres belonging to Thomas Thackam. With plot. Missing seal, else VG. During a period between 1793 and 1794 land speculator Christopher Lewis was granted over 200,000 acres of South Carolina land.
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