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Open book The public of South Carolina to John & Ulrick Tobler accounts, 1758-1760

Title The public of South Carolina to John & Ulrick Tobler accounts, 1758-1760 
Creator Tobler, John, 1696-1765
Date 1758-1760 
Place South Carolina, South Carolina--New Windsor
Language English
Subjects Catawba Indians, Cherokee Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Creek Indians, South Carolina
Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
formerly known as Ayer MS 892-893.
cataloged by Ruth Lapham Butler as Ayer MS 891.
Endorsement:  No. 8 John & Ulrick Tobler Allowed £1415"19"7. 
Summary Accounts of John and Ulrick Tobler, May, 1758-July, 1760, with the province of South Carolina, for expenses incurred prior to, during, and in the aftermath of South Carolina Governor Lyttelton's late 1759 expedition against the Cherokees. Document contains three separate accounts:  1. expenditures for provisioning and entertaining Cherokees, Creeks, and Catawbas prior to the conflict, for supplying and encouraging Chickasaw warriors to join Lyttelton's forces, and for feeding men at the fort; 2. "Return of Men draughted by order of his Ex[cellen]cy Governor Lyttelton & continued there in Garrison from Nov 26 1759 to Jan 3 1760"; 3. expenses of the Toblers in "receiving and providing" for families who had fled the enemy, May 5-July 28, 1760.  There is also a contemporary copy of the first account. 
Biographical/Historical Note Prominent trader at New Windsor, S.C., near Augusta, Ga., and almanac author. Tobler arrived in South Carolina in 1757 as the head of a party of Swiss emigrants, and established a store at New Windsor, where he traded with the Indians. His son, Ulrick, who was a partner in the store, a deputy surveyor, and justice of the peace, was killed by Cherokee Indians on Feb. 15, 1760. 
Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 31 cm + contemporary copy (2 p. ; 21 cm) 
Format Accounts, Records
Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection
Link to Catalog View record
Call Number Ayer MS 891 
BibID 147832
Rights Status No Copyright - United States
Contributing Institution Newberry Library
Newberry Open Access Policy The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to these terms and conditions.
IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
Size 1970px × 2441px     13.79 MB 
File Created 12/21/2013 
Filename 991478328805867_Ayer_MS_891_00001.tif 
Unique Identifier NL122J1Z 
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