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Gabriel Manigault (merchant)

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95: 31: 111:, he advanced $ 220,000 from his private fortune to the state of South Carolina for purposes of defence. When General Augustine Prevost appeared before Charles Town in May 1779, he armed and equipped himself and his grandson, Joseph, a boy of fifteen, and both took their places in the lines for the defence of the city. At his death, he left £5,000 sterling to the South Carolina society, of Charles Town. 106:
21 April 1704; died there, 5 June 1781. He engaged successfully in commercial pursuits in Charles Town, accumulating a fortune of about $ 800,000. He invested his profits in rice plantations and slaves, eventually owning 270 of the latter. He was treasurer of the province of South Carolina in 1738,
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when the accounts of the St. Augustine expedition were examined, and for several years represented Charleston in the provincial house of commons. Shortly after the
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91:(April 21, 1704 – June 5, 1781) was an American merchant. 78: 66: 44: 21: 167:Members of the South Carolina General Assembly 162:Businesspeople from Charleston, South Carolina 8: 134:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography 29: 18: 172:Merchants from colonial South Carolina 7: 14: 98:Coat of Arms of Gabriel Manigault 1: 109:Declaration of Independence 16:American merchant 1704–1781 198: 128:"Manigault, Gabriel"  28: 102:Manigault was born in 99: 177:American slave owners 97: 100: 89:Gabriel Manigault 86: 85: 23:Gabriel Manigault 189: 182:Manigault family 138: 130: 73: 33: 19: 197: 196: 192: 191: 190: 188: 187: 186: 142: 141: 125: 117: 71: 62: 60:British America 49: 40: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 195: 193: 185: 184: 179: 174: 169: 164: 159: 154: 144: 143: 140: 139: 116: 113: 84: 83: 80: 76: 75: 74:(aged 77) 68: 64: 63: 56:South Carolina 50: 46: 42: 41: 37:Jeremiah Theus 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 194: 183: 180: 178: 175: 173: 170: 168: 165: 163: 160: 158: 155: 153: 150: 149: 147: 136: 135: 129: 123: 122:public domain 119: 118: 114: 112: 110: 105: 96: 92: 90: 81: 77: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 48:21 April 1704 47: 43: 38: 35:Manigault by 32: 27: 20: 132: 104:Charles Town 101: 88: 87: 72:(1781-06-05) 52:Charles Town 157:1781 deaths 152:1704 births 70:5 June 1781 146:Categories 115:References 82:Ann Ashby 137:. 1900. 124::  79:Spouse 39:, 1757 67:Died 45:Born 148:: 131:. 58:, 54:,

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Charles Town
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Charles Town
Declaration of Independence
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"Manigault, Gabriel" 
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
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1704 births
1781 deaths
Businesspeople from Charleston, South Carolina
Members of the South Carolina General Assembly
Merchants from colonial South Carolina
American slave owners
Manigault family

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