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Letters and correspondence, 1955-1958

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6

Collection Overview

From the Collection:

Financial records, letters and correspondence, plats, and printed materials relating to the Pinehurst Tea Plantation founded in Summerville, South Carolina, by Charles U. Shepard. Financial records include mortgages, titles, receipts, abstracts, and deeds relating to the sale, purchase, and transfer of the property and properties that would become the Pinehurst Tea Plantation, including Carew Farm and Newington Plantation. Records also include letters and correspondence between Charles U. Shepard, Harriet K. Minot, Samuel Lord, G. W. Dingle, and others relating to various surveys and lot measurements of Pinehurst, routine financial matters including payments, transfers, and agreements related to Pinehurst, Carew Farm, and Newington Plantation as well as letters and correspondence of Harold M. Sebring re the history of tea cultivation in South Carolina. Plats include a plat for a piece of land surveyed in Colleton for an A. Fogartie, a plat for a portion of "The Tea Farm," a plat showing proposed hotel site and golf links on the Pinehurst Tea Farm property, and assorted hand drawn plats. Printed materials include an oversize scrapbook of clippings compiled by Shepard relating to the Pinehurst Tea Plantation and tea production, culture and trade, the U. S. Department of Agriculture Report Tea Culture: The Experiment in South Carolina by Shepard, Shepard's obituary in The Parish Leaflet, "Growing Tea in Summerville" by Harold M. Sebring, and a postcard depicting azaleas at Pinehurst Tea Farm.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955-1958

Creator

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.25 linear feet (1 document box, 1 slim document box, 1 oversize volume, 1 oversize paper folder)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
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Charleston South Carolina 29424
(843) 953-8016
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