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Robert Barnwell wrote to Susan Niemcewicz in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Barnwell had just returned from Columbia where he was attending the Legislature when he had the pleasure of receiving a letter from both Peter (Kean) and Susan. Barnwell felt incompetent to answer satisfactorily regarding Susan’s questions in relation to Georgia, the land called the “Great Thickets.” He believed the land was assigned in trust and therefore could not be sold. Even if the price were good, Barnwell pondered whether the present would be an adventitious time for selling land due to the caterpillar year. Sorry to inform Susan that the estate had the misfortune of sustaining a considerable loss due to a fire in the stable and kitchen. Based on the tone of Susan’s letter, Barnwell feared that she did not receive his letter which was of great importance to him which he wrote in the Fall. In the letter, he informed Susan that he was apprehensive that he would not be able to discharge his bond due to Susan for that year. Was pleased with Peter’s last letter and hoped he was applying himself. Barnwell’s sister had the misfortune of losing her youngest son, William, in the fall. Ralph Elliott also lost his only son. Polly Barhash[?] married a merchant.

People mentioned: Peter Kean, Julian Niencewicz, and Mr. and Mrs. Bellasize.

Author/Creator

Robert Barnwell (1761-1814)

Recipient

Susan Ursin Niemcewicz, formerly Susan Livingston and Susan Kean (1759-1833)

Creation Date

1806-01-06

Creation Date

1-6-1806

Document Type

Manuscript

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

103 C

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 the Special Collections Research Library and Archive at keanscrla@kean.edu.

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Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

Robert Barnwell to Susan Niemcewicz, January 6, 1806

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