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Ryan, John S. John S. Ryan papers, 1858-186[3?].

Title: John S. Ryan papers, 1858-186[3?].

Letters from J.S. Ryan in Charleston, S.C., to Andrew F. Giraud, [New York]: letter, 13 Dec. 1858, expressing regrets for not attending a sister's wedding and mention of horse trading; letter, 4 Dec. 1860, re political conditions in S.C. and popular support for secession, "We are all for Secession.... Business is suspended... and all are preparing for war"; letter, 20 Dec. 1860, enthusiasm for war and suggesting that all free people of color be banished and sent to the North; and letter, 30 Jan. 1861, re disruption to business and shipping by hostilities, reporting "difficulty in getting goods to our Republic... S.C..... is right... fire on the Stars & Stripes," predicting the surrender of Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens, and sending "My Secession love to all." Letter, 15 Jan. 1861 (Charleston, S.C.), to "Dear Sir," commenting on extreme opinions expressed in the Mercury newspaper and the misrepresentations of the views of the North but pointing out that the South's position had also been misrepresented, "The South... has been traduced... her institutions have been slandered, her property taken away from her forcibly, and last of all her soil has been invanded," and stating his support for secession in spite of the economic implications for himself, "It may deprive me of the earning of a long life, yet I am fully confident," and news of aquaintances. Letter, 14 Aug. 1862, to Gen. [James] J[ohnston] Pettigrew, informing him that G[eorge] A. Trenholm and T[heodore] D. Wagner had sent to Richmond "An elegant Sword... to you," and fifty lbs. of coffee for Gen. [John Henry] Winder, with note from Pettigrew to Winder re the gift; and letter, 13 Mar. 186[3?] of Benj[amin] Huger to Ryan, testifying to the efficient discharge of his duties as "Post Commissary at Suffolk in 1861-62."

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Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England). Indenture, 1868 Feb. 29.

Title: Indenture, 1868 Feb. 29.

Bound volume containing indenture, 29 Feb. 1868, between Theodore Dehon Wagner and William Lee Trenholm of Charleston, the parties "of the First part," and James Robb of New York, and Charles T. Lowndes of Charleston, the parties "of the Second part," which records an agreement for settling the affairs of John Fraser and Company (in Charleston, S.C.) and Fraser, Trenholm and Company (in Liverpool, England). The document reads that all suites pending against these companies shall be stayed and the parties of the first part "agree to execute their joint and several Bonds for the aggregate sum of ... $1,500,000 in favor of..." the parties of the second part. An index of real estate involved in this transaction identifies the firm's ownership of property throughout South Carolina.

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