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United States. Continental Army. South Carolina Regiment, 4th. 4th South Carolina Regiment order book, 1775-1778.

Title: 4th South Carolina Regiment order book, 1775-1778.

Order book of the South Carolina Militia, 4th Regiment (South Carolina Artillery Regiment) contains reports about activities at Fort Johnson, Gadsden's Wharf, Granville Bastion, Laurens Battery, and the battle of Fort Sullivan (Fort Moultrie). Volume includes a list of "soldiers belonging to the grenadier company of the Second Regiment employed on the Works of the Grand Battery," "men recruited to work filling in the merlons," and "men employed as carpenters." Also includes a record of "Palmetto posts delivered at Fort Johnson out of the Harlequin schooner belonging to Capt. Elliott."

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Baker family. Family documents series, 1700-ca. 1935.

Title: Family documents series, 1700-ca. 1935.

Papers consist of correspondence, business and legal papers, genealogical material, receipts, photographs, and other items. Correspondence (1700-1907) of members of the Baker, Bohun, Elliott families and others concerns family matters, a 1795 Baker-Bohun family estate dispute, a landlord-tenant dispute over Coosawhatchie farmland, family history, John Drayton-Grimke's rectorship, and other matters. Correspondents include William Bohun (of Beccles, England, died 1785); Amarinthia Elliott; Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783); Richard Bohun Baker (1757-1837); Mary Butler Baker (daughter of Richard Bohun Baker, 1757-1837); and Barnard Elliott Baker (d. 1864). Includes a letter (1773) from S.C. Governor Charles Montagu to Barnard Elliott (d. 1778) regarding Montagu's resignation, voyage to London, and the possibility of war. Letters of Barnard Elliott (d. 1864) to his family concern military service at Ft. Sumter, his life as a prisoner of war at Point Lookout (Md.), and other matters. Business and legal papers (1795-1914) include wills, affidavits, and other documents pertaining to a lawsuit on behalf of descendants of William Bohun of Beccles, England, as well as bonds, land grants, leases, plats, estate papers of Amarinthia Elliott, and Revolutionary War claims of Richard B. Baker (1736-1783). Another group of papers (1787-1844) includes records (1812-1822) of the legal firm of McCormick & Egan (later Grimke & McCormick); slave records; and a fragment (1787-1837) of a "Sloop Book" containing accounts for ship construction expenses and for items shipped on the sloop Harriett and others. Receipts (1751-1900) are mostly those of Richard Bohun Baker (1736-1783) and Barnard Elliott (d. 1778), for dry goods, taxes, slaves, and other expenditures. Genealogical materials (1736-ca. 1935) pertain to the Baker, Bohun, Drayton, Elliott, Hyrne, and related families. Photographs (n.d.) are of Baker and Elliott family members and Archdale Hall plantation house after the 1886 earthquake. Other items include watercolor paintings of landscapes and other subjects.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1, 100 items.

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Smith, William Loughton, 1758-1812. William Loughton Smith papers, 1774-1834.

Title: William Loughton Smith papers, 1774-1834.

Papers consist of legal documents and records, accounts and other financial records, correspondence, and other items. Included are the papers of Smith's agent David Campbell (d. 1822). Legal papers chiefly pertain to estates administered by Smith and include wills, accounts, receipts, indentures, and related correspondence. Individuals represented include Smith's brother-in-law Barnard Elliott and Alexander Skene. Other case material (1780-1812) pertains to a dispute over a ship (Indien, renamed South Carolina) of Luxembourg used by South Carolina during the Revolution; included is an "Extract and Translation" (1780) of the original contract, a report (1805) by Smith, correspondence, and many documents in French. Two volumes (1795-1805) contain abstracts of court records of cases determined in South Carolina constitutional courts. Correspondence (1789-1794), mostly letters to Edward Rutledge during Smith's terms in Congress, concerns Smith's contested election to Congress, the powers of the presidency, the Constitution, foreign affairs, and other political matters. Financial records include accounts (1774-1813) for bonds, notes, mortgages, and other investments and transactions; receipts; and related correspondence. There are also accounts and receipts of Smith's children Thomas L. Smith and Anne C. Smith (later Anne Pederson) and accounts and receipts of Smith's brother Joseph A. Smith. In addition, there are accounts, receipts, and other financial records of the Santee Canal and Catawba Co. and correspondence and other documents concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Co. (Va.). Other items include bonds; estate records of William L. Smith; a bond (1807) between Smith and the trustees of the College of Charleston; a lease (1806) of College lands to Smith; two financial and appointment journals (1781, 1782); a copy of "The American Repository and Annual Register of the United States" (1798) with notes in the "Memorandums" section; a manuscript (n.d.) of a play (40 p.); and a critical essay.

ArchivalResource: 1.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36794383 View