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Description
John Faucheraud Grimke wrote from Charleston to John Kean, address not included. He wrote that he had spoken to Mr. Holmes about Kean's bonds, but was not hopeful. He inquired about a trip he heard Livingston made as an ambassador and asked Kean to find out more about it and informed him of the death of their friend Barnard Elliot at Port Royal.
Author/Creator
John Faucheraud Grimke (1752-1819)
Recipient
John Kean (1755-1795)
Creation Date
7-16-1785
Document Type
Manuscript
Location
Location Unknown (presumably New York, NY)
Inventory Location
Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2
Recommended Citation
Grimke, John F.. John Faucheraud Grimke to John Kean, July 16, 1785. Manuscript. From Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University, Liberty Hall Collection 1780s. https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/lhc_1780s/116
Rights
This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.
Publishing Repository
Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

Collection
The Liberty Hall Collection consists of the correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other manuscript material of the Livingston and Kean families, dated from 1739-1847. The bulk of the collection is related to Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (1759-1833). The Livingston and Kean families frequently corresponded and held accounts with other wealthy, prominent, colonial and early American families in New Jersey, especially Elizabethtown, Philadelphia, New York City, upstate New York, England, France, and Poland. A small portion of the collection includes correspondence with early Virginia families, unrelated to the Livingston and Kean families. The collection includes second hand accounts of enslaved people who were owned by the Kean and other families, offering a glimpse into their forced work and places of residence.