Richardson family papers, 1754-1925.

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Richardson family. Richardson family papers, 1754-1925.

Richardson family papers, 1754-1925.

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Consisting chiefly of family and personal papers, land and legal records of James Burchell Richardson and his descendants, especially William Henry Burchell Richardson. Contains invoices from various Charleston merchants and factors re purchase of goods and sale of cotton; land and legal records re Charleston, Clarendon and Sumter counties, including document, ca. 1855, re road maintenance in Clarendon District S.C., listing the eighteen commissioners, the road sections for which each was responsible, and number of slave and white hands assigned to each section; and invoice, ca. 19 Oct. 1858, of the Columbia Cotton Mill. Early papers include letter, 10 Jan. 1784, from William Richardson to Col. Joseph Kershaw (1727-1791) requesting a meeting to deliver titles to lots in the town of Camden, S.C., from Col. Joseph Habersham (1751-1815), "in conformity to your agreement with him of the 2d May 1783. I have to request that you will appoint a time and place to receive them, this evening if convenient as I wish to depart tomorrow morning. Some of your late conduct which has come to my knowledge puts it totally out of my power to wait on you at your house so that you'll excuse my desiring a meeting for the above purpose." Includes family letters depicting antebellum social life in South Carolina, and various sites in Europe, including northern Germany; South Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction; and state and local politics, including correspondence of Julianna A.M. Richardson re the inauguration of her husband, John Peter Richardson, as governor in 1886. Also includes correspondence, 1883-1884, between James Burchell Richardson and their son, Charles T. Richardson, a student at Holy Communion Church Institute, Charleston. Seven oversize items, 3 Apr. 1754-12 Apr. 1800 document land owned by Richard, John, and William Richardson in old Craven County, S.C., on the south side of the Wateree River: land conveyance, 4 Jan. 1785, of real estate from William Richardson (1743-1786) and Ann (1750-1810), his wife, of Camden District, S.C. to John Rutledge (1739-1800) of Charleston for eleven hundred pounds sterling. Rutledge purchased for that sum two plantations in Craven County on the south side of the Wateree River, one consisting of three hundred acres and the other of one hundred fifty acres. Besides bounding on the river and vacant lands, the former tract was bordered on one side by land of James Michie, while the latter tract was bordered by a Mr. Brown. The seals of William and Ann Guignard Richardson are still intact. Because William Richardson died the following year, his handwriting was later verified by Gen. Zachariah Cantey (1759-1882). Witnesses to the document were Elizabeth Fley and Isham Moore. However, it was not "sworn to and subscribed" until 2 February 1809, by which time Elizabeth Fley had become Elizabeth Ioor.

124 items.

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