Satisfying the curiosity of an unnamed correspondent as to the career of John Dawson in Charleston, in an autograph letter, signed by Porcher, from Charleston, August 15, 1873, to an unnamed correspondent
4to. Two pages, approximately 300 words, in part: “The chief magistrate of this city until about 1836 was called the Intendant … [in] 1806 John Dawson was elected [warden] from the thirteenth ward … the same year he was elected Intendant [serving until 1809] … In 1811 he became cashier..... More