Communications with other states, 1800-1830.

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Communications with other states, 1800-1830.

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This series consists primarily of copies of correspondence sent by the Governor of South Carolina to governors in other states which were forwarded to the General Assembly. Information generally includes the date, name of addressee, signature of author, and sometimes a list of other documents originally included. Subject matter often relates to proposed interstate compacts or interstate controversies.

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South Carolina. Department of Archives and History

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S.C. Statute 1811(5)639 specified that every board of commissioners of free schools was to make a yearly return to the legislature. Governor Middleton recommended the passage of this act as a response to the systematic lack of education in the state. The first appropriation made possible 124 elementary schools for the state. As the system progressed, the term "free school" became embarrassingly exchangeable with pauper schools, because the 1811 act carried within it a written directive that an a...