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Collection
Identifier: Mss 0064
Collection Overview
Volume contains handwritten minutes of the Board of Directors of the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad Company, Charleston, South Carolina.; Minutes include financial accounts (1864), a report (1865) of the stockholders' meeting, a list (1866) of bondholders and their bonds, reports, resolutions, and copies of letters sent by the company. Many entries for 1866 and 1867 concern creditors.
Dates:
1863-1867
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-013
Collection Overview
The collection consists of three Civil War era letters. The first letter was written by James E. Wilkins of Virginia to Colonel John Preston on January 23, 1861. In the letter Wilkins pledges his services to South Carolina. The second letter, written September 11, 1862 to John H. Easton, was from a Mr. Helton. In the letter Helton discusses his recovery from injuries suffered during the war. In the third letter, "C.A. Strange" discusses war time conditions to her brother.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1861, 1862, 1864
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0105
Collection Overview
The collection consists of clippings from illustrated newspapers gathered by the staff of the Special Collections department of the College of Charleston Library. It includes clippings from various illustrated newspapers and periodicals from within the United States and from England and France. Most of the newspapers contain images relating to events in South Carolina.
Dates:
1840-1917
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0103
Collection Overview
The collection consists of newspapers gathered by the staff of the Special Collections department of the College of Charleston Library. It includes full and partial copies of numerous newspapers from within South Carolina and from outside of the state. Most of the newspapers contain articles relating to events in South Carolina.
Dates:
1854-1938
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-017
Collection Overview
Typescript copy of the John Cordes estate book (1764-1798) transcribed during a 1935-1937 W.P.A. project. Inventory and appraisal (1764) of the John Cordes estate contains lists of slaves (names and appraised values), dishes, furniture, linens, animals, rice, indigo, and other items. The volume also includes slaves (with names and valuations) taken by Catharine Cordes of Charleston (S.C.), and by Theodore Gaillard. Memorandums signed by the estate's executor Samuel Cordes are with other...
Dates:
1937
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0083
Abstract
This collection consists of assorted legal instruments and correspondence that document the ownership of parcels of land on the Pocotaligo River, Prince Williams Parish, Beaufort District from 1764 to 1850. Known variously as Myrtle Grove, Live Oak, Providence and/or Leith plantations, they were cultivated (circa 1799) in cotton and rice, and were owned by various members of the Cuthbert, Rutledge, Palmer, Stoutenberg, Corbett, Heyward, and other families.
Dates:
1764-1850; Majority of material found within 1764-1839
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-020
Collection Overview
Typescript copies of Charles Alfred DeSaussure's memoirs of plantation life (1850-1870) and life in the Confederate Army. The first manuscript describes special events and experiences primarily at Woodstock Plantation (Beaufort District, S.C.), the distribution of food and goods to slaves, the activities of slaves, names and descriptions of slaves and their work, religious life, Gullah language and people, and DeSaussure's education and recreational activities (swimming, boating, and...
Dates:
approximately 1931
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0021
Collection Overview
Typescript copies (1937-1938) of 17 diaries (1832-1884) kept by John Berkeley Grimball of Pinebury and Old Fort Plantations, transcribed from the original by Frederica B. Keller during a 1935-1938 W.P.A. project.Entries include references to family matters, including the division of Grimball's mother's [Eliza Flinn] estate, social events, religion, a hot air balloon ascension (1834), a duel (1856), and Grimball's trips to Sulphur Srings, Virginia and elsewhere.The...
Dates:
1832-1938
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0072
Collection Overview
Front cover inscribed "F.R. Fisher. Notes." Frank R. Fisher's "notes" contain observations, drawings, and photographs relating to scientific and technological studies, particularly astronomical observations made while Fisher was a resident in Charleston, S.C. during the 1880s.; Fisher records important discoveries and observations made by various scientists earlier in the century. Fisher's astronomical observations begin in Charleston in 1882 with the sighting of a comet. He also records his...
Dates:
1882-1902
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0015
Collection Overview
Papers include a bond, an obituary, genealogical information, and a family Bible.; The bond (1852) in Georgetown (S.C.) of John Potts Ford to James Rees Ford, trustee of the estate of George T. and Mary W. Ford is for $4,000. The obituary of Elizabeth Shackelford Ford pays tribute to the child. Family genealogy relates to the children (born 1826-1840) of Stephen C. and Hannah Ford, and to the Fraser family. Genealogy includes excerpts from two Fraser family letters (1893, 1896).; A family...
Dates:
1839-approximately 1926
