Papers, 1837-1928.

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Papers, 1837-1928.

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Correspondence, legal and financial papers, and an account book relating mostly to Gregg's plantation and general store. The papers document cotton shipping, sometimes on riverboats; store and post office sales; enlistment, promotion, and desertion in the Confederate Army in S.C.; and loans, crop liens, and commission merchants in the 1890s. Includes a history and photograph of the store in 1928. The account book contains a store ledger and minutes of the Mars Bluff Anti-Negro Trading Society (1847-1848) and includes lists of slaves, slave hiring, purchases of seed cotton and railroad cross ties, accounts with customers, many of whom were slaves, including a violinist, and entries about robbery in the community.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7151213

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Gregg, J. Eli, fl. 19th cent.

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Planter and merchant, Mars Bluff, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1837-1928. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 25911839 ...