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A factor's account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0073
Collection Overview

The account book contains information about transactions of an unknown merchant in Charleston, S.C. The book details the sale of cotton, rice, and other commodities. It also provides information about the sale of goods and trade with ships and other merchants who operated in Charleston. The account book is a detailed representation of these transactions, but it does not name the factor or the company who it belonged to. No information on the origin of the account book is available.

Dates: 1861-1864
Found in: Special Collections

Saul Alexander papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1030
Collection Overview Collection includes bound account and inventory ledgers, cancelled checks, check registers, correspondence, photograph, ephemera, and electrocardiograph chart. Collection contains business records (1914-1925) from The Saul Alexander Dry Goods Store in Summerville, South Carolina. Eleven bound volumes include an account ledger (1914-1919) organized by name of vendor; six inventory ledgers (1915-1925), each lists type of merchandise, quantity in stock, and price; expense ledger (1922-1924)...
Dates: 1914-1937
Found in: Special Collections

Henry Laurens account book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0027
Collection Overview Pages are missing or damaged. Business and personal accounts (1766 Sept.-1767 Dec., 1768 Feb.-1773 May, 1773 Aug.-Sept.) kept for Henry Laurens. Accounts are with individuals and companies for goods (primarily general merchandise) and services (including commissions). Several include the sale of individual slaves. A number of entries are for New Hope, Mepkin, Broton [Broughton] Island, Wambaw, and Wright's Savannah plantations. Other accounts include expenses for improvements made to brick...
Dates: 1766-1773
Found in: Special Collections

Legare, Colcock & Company ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0058
Collection Overview

Inscribed "Morton W. Wilson" and "Legare Colcock & Co." inside front cover. Bound ledger containing the accounts of Legare Colcock & Company with various individuals (including Col. James Legare and W.F. Colcock), establishments, and plantations probably kept by Morton W. Wilson. Includes an index. Items listed in the accounts include cloth, clothing, food goods, furniture, household goods, seeds, bagging, nails, axes, tobacco, and other items.

Dates: 1857-1862
Found in: Special Collections

J.N. Robson & Son records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0040
Abstract

Account books, ledgers, letterpress copybooks, and receipts for J.N. Robson & Son, who were Charleston, South Carolina commission merchants and wholesale and retail dealers in hay, grain, and groceries.

Dates: 1861-1902
Found in: Special Collections

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Broughton Island Plantation (Ga.) 1
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Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Summerville -- History 1
Jews -- South Carolina -- Summerville -- History 1
Mepkin Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.) 1
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New Hope Plantation (Ga.) 1
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Rice trade -- United States 1
South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 1
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Wambaw Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.) 1
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Alexander, Saul, 1884-1952 1
Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889 1
J.N. Robson and Son (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Karesh, Rosalyn Furchgott 1
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 1
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Legare, Colcock & Company (Charleston, S.C.) 1
Legare, James, 1805-1883 1
Saul Alexander Dry Goods Store (Summerville, S.C.) 1
Wilson, Morton W. 1
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