Shoemaker's ledger, 1860-1861.

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Shoemaker's ledger, 1860-1861.

1860 - 1861

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Unnamed shoemaker's ledger (July 1860 to August 1861) from Charleston (S.C.) contains accounts for sales of shoes and other items. Entries include dates of purchase, names of buyers, descriptions of purchases, persons for whom purchases were made, and prices. Items sold include different types of footwear including "plantation brogans," different types of hats, trunks, empty boxes, a Mary Jane toy, and a carpet bag. Large orders include fees for freight and drayage. Frequent purchases were made by Northeast Railroad Company, [Charleston] Orphan House, Edward Horlbeck for Boone Hall Plantation, and Charles Manigault.

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Boone Hall (Plantation : S.C.)

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Boone Hall Plantation, located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is one of America's oldest working plantations, continually producing agricultural crops for over 320 years. The land was gifted from owner, Theophilus Patey, to his daughter Elizabeth and her new husband Major John Boone as a wedding gift in 1681; it was then known as Boone Hall Plantation. The Boone family owned the plantation until 1811 when it was sold to Thomas A. Vardell and then Henry and John Horlbeck bought the property. ...