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Harris, Tucker. Medical bill, to Philip Porcher, Esq., 1799-1801.

Title: Medical bill, to Philip Porcher, Esq., 1799-1801. 1799-1801.

Porcher [of Oldfield Plantation].

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Christ Church Christiana Hundred (Greenville, Del.). Records of Christ Church Christiana Hundred, 1831-1998 (bulk, 1888-1987).

Title: Records of Christ Church Christiana Hundred, 1831-1998 (bulk, 1888-1987).

The collection is divided into two series governed by their storage place in the church at the time of the acquisition. Series I consists of all the records that were contained in the church Vault. By and large these are the oldest records. The more recent documents that comprise Series II were stored in the attic. Where appropriate, the church's original filing structure at the folder level was maintained. The records chronicle the activities of Christ Church over a span of nearly one hundred fifty years and include administrative meetings minutes, committee activities, financial documents, legal documents, correspondence, and other records relating to the business of running a church.

ArchivalResource: 16 linear ft.

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Huger, Cleland Kinloch, 1818-1892. Cleland Kinloch Huger papers, 1731-1932.

Title: Cleland Kinloch Huger papers, 1731-1932.

Consisting of letters, deeds, plats, and mortgages re Huger, Allston, Alston, Horry, Pawley, Dwight, and Izard families in Georgetown and Horry Districts re life during Colonial, Antebellum, Reconstruction, and later eras. Includes papers re African American slaves identified by name; letters of overseers and plantation managers; transfer of lots in Georgetown, S.C.; correspondence, 1845- 1846, between C.K. Huger and brothers Benjamin and Thomas Pinckney, re sale of family real estate in Abbeville District, S.C., and disposition of slaves; and letter, 13 May 1851, from Charleston postmaster Alfred Huger opposing proposed convention [Southern Rights Convention]. Papers re Huger's ownership and management of Exchange, a rice plantation in Georgetown District, S.C., purchased from R.F.W. Allston in 1846 and resold to him in 1853; letters from Charleston slave trader Philip J. Porcher and plantation manager William G. Linerieux; letters of Charleston factors J.C. Huger, Thomas B. Huger, and Alfred F. Ravenel re Charleston rice market, sale of Huger's rice, and shipment of supplies; and documents, 1856-1857, re Huger's involvement in sale of plantation owned by Charles Alston, Jr. Civil War items include vouchers and receipts for payments made by Huger as chief ordnance officer, Department of S.C., Georgia, and Florida; record of "Batteries of Light Artillery ...," 6 Jan. 1865; inventory of ordnance stores in Cheraw (Chesterfield District, S.C.), and Wilmington, N.C., 10 Feb. 1865; and letter, 20 Mar. 1865, to Brig. Gen. Josiah Gorgas, Richmond, Va., re ordnance stores lost during evacuation of Cheraw, S.C. Items dating to Reconstruction era include papers, 1865-1867, re agreement between Huger and Bentley D. Hassell and Morris K. Jesup & Co., New York, to sell railroad equipment and supplies, as well as Huger's involvement, 1869-1892, in insurance business in Charleston, S.C.; miscellaneous items include broadside circular, Dec. 1843, re opening of Pendleton Female Academy under superintent James F. Gould. Broadside, 27 Jan. 1857, "List of 53 Prime Negroes Now engaged in the cultivation of Rice on Waccamaw River. For Sale By Alonzo White," with individual slaves identified by name; bound volumes include 3 account books, 1854-1884, 1866-1887, 1874- 1884; 3 letterpress copybooks, 1866-1872, 1872-1875, 1875-1889, re Huger's insurance business; and 2 letterbooks, 1895-1899, 1900-1902, of Huger's son-in-law, A.F. DeJersey.

ArchivalResource: 675 items and 8 v.

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Hazard, Isaac Peace. Isaac Peace Hazard papers, 1825-1843.

Title: Isaac Peace Hazard papers, 1825-1843.

Chiefly business correspondence between Isaac Peace Hazard, South Kingston, R.I., and William Ravenel of firm Ravenel, Stevens, and Company, re values and sales of wool, cotton, lumber, and rice. Including two letters, 23 Dec. 1825 and 3 Feb. 1827, to Rowland Gibson Hazard, South Kingston, R.I., re traveling by boat from Savannah, Ga. and domestic cotton and wool manufactures and prices; letter, 16 May 1832, from Rowland Gibson Hazard, to Isaac Peace Hazard, re visiting Philip S. Porcher and traveling to Eutaw Springs, S.C. Letter, 7 Dec. 1841, Charleston, S.C., from Rowland Gibson Hazard to Isaac Piece Hazard, Peace Dale, R.I., re business affairs and taxes imposed on British wool producers.

ArchivalResource: 33 items.

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