AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. RUTLEDGE, John (1739-1800), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Gov. of South Carolina . Autograph letter signed ("J: Rutledge"), TO GEN. NATHANAEL GREENE, at Capt. Richardson's, "Wed. Evening" [19 September 1781]. 1 page, bifolium, blank integral leaf, autograph address leaf, seal hole and creases repaired . Docketed 20 September 1781.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. RUTLEDGE, John (1739-1800), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Gov. of South Carolina . Autograph letter signed ("J: Rutledge"), TO GEN. NATHANAEL GREENE, at Capt. Richardson's, "Wed. Evening" [19 September 1781]. 1 page, bifolium, blank integral leaf, autograph address leaf, seal hole and creases repaired . Docketed 20 September 1781. THE FUTURE SECOND CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT writes Greene two weeks after the great battle at Eutaw Springs: "I came by water today from Davidson's to this place where we shall be glad to have the pleasure of seeing you, when convenient. I understand Major Pearce [William Pierce] set off for the Northward this Afternoon with intent to go a small distance tonight. Be pleased to inform the Bearer where he may find him, as I have directed the Bearer to overtake the Major & deliver to him a Packet which I wish to commit to his care." Rutledge, brother of South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence, Edward Rutledge, was one of the leading figures in the independence movement in South Carolina. Among his many public appointments, he was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, a member of the First Continental Congress, governor of South Carolina from 1779-1782, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, one of the first associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, and briefly Chief Justice after John Jay's resignation. However his alcoholism and deteriorating mental health caused Congress not to renew his interim appointment. Pierce (1740-1789) served as Greene's aide-de-camp throughout the Southern campaign. After the war he formed the mercantile house of Pierce, White & Call in Savannah, served in both the Georgia legislature and the Continental Congress, and like Rutledge was a delegate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. RUTLEDGE, John (1739-1800), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Gov. of South Carolina . Autograph letter signed ("J: Rutledge"), TO GEN. NATHANAEL GREENE, at Capt. Richardson's, "Wed. Evening" [19 September 1781]. 1 page, bifolium, blank integral leaf, autograph address leaf, seal hole and creases repaired . Docketed 20 September 1781.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. RUTLEDGE, John (1739-1800), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Gov. of South Carolina . Autograph letter signed ("J: Rutledge"), TO GEN. NATHANAEL GREENE, at Capt. Richardson's, "Wed. Evening" [19 September 1781]. 1 page, bifolium, blank integral leaf, autograph address leaf, seal hole and creases repaired . Docketed 20 September 1781. THE FUTURE SECOND CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT writes Greene two weeks after the great battle at Eutaw Springs: "I came by water today from Davidson's to this place where we shall be glad to have the pleasure of seeing you, when convenient. I understand Major Pearce [William Pierce] set off for the Northward this Afternoon with intent to go a small distance tonight. Be pleased to inform the Bearer where he may find him, as I have directed the Bearer to overtake the Major & deliver to him a Packet which I wish to commit to his care." Rutledge, brother of South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence, Edward Rutledge, was one of the leading figures in the independence movement in South Carolina. Among his many public appointments, he was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, a member of the First Continental Congress, governor of South Carolina from 1779-1782, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, one of the first associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, and briefly Chief Justice after John Jay's resignation. However his alcoholism and deteriorating mental health caused Congress not to renew his interim appointment. Pierce (1740-1789) served as Greene's aide-de-camp throughout the Southern campaign. After the war he formed the mercantile house of Pierce, White & Call in Savannah, served in both the Georgia legislature and the Continental Congress, and like Rutledge was a delegate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
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