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Bank of Charleston records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0004
Abstract

Records of the Bank of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. Materials relate to the daily operations and financial transactions of the Bank of Charleston. Collection includes ledgers, journals, and receipt books containing records of general accounts, deposits, loans, and exchange rates. Also included are ledgers containing the business accounts of Merchants National Bank, Savannah, Georgia, and the Bank of Liverpool.

Dates: 1837-1874
Found in: Special Collections

Farr family papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates: 1828-1990
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture

Lewis R. Gibbes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0020
Abstract Papers of Lewis R. Gibbes, Professor of mathematics, astronomy, and physics at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, from 1838-1892. Papers include materials relating to Gibbes' studies in France, assorted obituaries, eulogies, and memorials, his published papers and newspaper articles (collected into several scrapbooks) on his scientific work and other topics, assorted Elliott Society of Natural History materials, astronomical charts and calculations, assorted cartes de...
Dates: 1800s-1893, 1937
Found in: Special Collections

Harold and Herman Goldman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1182
Abstract

Assorted personal papers of traveling salesmen and Freemasons Harold and Herman Goldman of Jellico, Tennessee.

Dates: approximately 1915-1943
Found in: Special Collections

James Elliott receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-133
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a receipt issued to James Elliot for 200 dollars for a year-long subscription to the Fairfield Herald newspaper. The recipt is signed by E.H. Britton.

Dates: 1849
Found in: Special Collections

Lipsitz family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1102
Abstract

Promotional materials, business materials, clippings, correspondence, and publications of the Lipsitz family of Beaufort, South Carolina. Materials primarily relate to the Lipsitz Department store, owned and operated by three generations of the Lipsitz family from 1902 to 2009.

Dates: 1876-1953
Found in: Special Collections

Randolph family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0043
Collection Overview Papers consist of financial and legal documents and correspondence pertaining to Harrison and Louise Wagener Randolph, the Randolph family, and George Andreas Wagener. Financial documents include bank deposit books (1918-1961) of Harrison and Louise W. Randolph, tax returns (1946-1960) for Harrison and Louise W. Randolph and their estates, a ledger (1955-1959) of accounts of Louise W. Randolph and her estate, reports of audits (1956-1959) of the accounts of Louise W. Randolph and the estate...
Dates: 1870-1961
Found in: Special Collections

Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-132
Collection Overview This collection consists of a receipt issued by the Office of Receiver in Charleston, S.C. to Patrick O'Donnell for 279 dollars and 58 cents. It is dated October 21, 1864 and signed by John Y. Stock, receiver. "Confederate States of America. Office of Receiver, under the Sequestration Act of 1861. Received at Charleston, oct. 21st 1864 of Mr. Patk. O'Donnell. Two hundred and seventy-nine Dollars 58 cents, the same being in full amount due by him for 2 year's interest to 31st Aug. 1864 under...
Dates: 1864
Found in: Special Collections

Receipt for schooner Betsey

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-047
Collection Overview

Receipt of payment for three months dockage from January to March 1837 from Captain Edmund Palmer for the schooner Betsey to S. Gould of the Harborsmouth Wharf Company. The payment of five dollars and twenty-four cents was received on March 15, 1837 in turnips, potatoes and hay.

Dates: 1837
Found in: Special Collections

Receipt for sloop Mary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-058
Collection Overview

This collection consists of a single receipt for peas and flour received from Bollman Brothers by the sloop Mary on June 17, 1870. The goods were sent to C.P. and G.W. Chiman at Toogoodoo signed for by E.D. LaRoche. On the reverse side of the receipt is written "Sloop Mary, Captain Mills, June 27, 1870".

Dates: 1870
Found in: Special Collections

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