Oliver Frank Ott papers, 1889-1981; (bulk 1889-1917).

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Ott, Oliver Frank, 1866-1939. Oliver Frank Ott papers, 1889-1981; (bulk 1889-1917).

Oliver Frank Ott papers, 1889-1981; (bulk 1889-1917).

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Chiefly business correspondence and statements re Ott's activities as a lumberman supplying lumber to Benjamin I. Simmons of Charleston, a manufacturer and dealer in rough and dressed lumber; including legal agreement, 14 Sept. 1896, whereby Ott agreed to fill lumber order for Simmons' Charleston mill in consideration of Ott use of "mules, tram-cars, engines, boiler, saw-mill, and fixtures" purchased under a mortgage in the name of B.I. Simmons. Papers document that Ott shipped his lumber to Charleston by raft on the Edisto River but conditions were often affected by the weather and water level; letter, 12 Mar. 1897 (Branchville, S.C.) from Simmons in Charleston, "your lumber is not manufactured as it ought to be... sending it down as you do it cannot be classed for anything but seconds, and you get half price for it"; letter, 9 Aug. 1899, from Benjamin I. Simmons, Charleston, re enclosed contractual agreements with William Gilmore Simms for cutting timber from his Woodlands plantation (Bamberg County, S.C.); letter, 21 May 1901 (Midway), from Simmons reporting that "Mims is on the sand... please take your [farm] hands and go down and shove him off"; circular letter, 29 Apr. 1902, from J.C. Hemphill on letterhead stationary for "The South Carolina, Interstate & West Indian Exposition," re the sale of souvenir tickets by local businessmen for "Wagener Day." Correspondence addresses dispute between Ott and Simmons re lumber rights to standing timber cut by Ott: two letters, 2 and 7 Apr. 1903, from Benjamin Simmons, Charleston, re his disapproval of Ott's cutting lumber for another company while still under contract with him, "I am a little surprised to know that you took an order from the Anderson Lumber Co.... It must be distinctly understood that you cannot cut any lumber for any one but me, as long as you are indebted to me. If you want to cut for Anderson, let him pay me what you are owing me, and you will then be at liberty to cut for whom you please... The timber that you are now cutting was bought and paid for by me, and stands in my name, and never has been paid by you"; "Benefit Certificate," 6 June 1907, Carolina Mutual and Protective Association (Spartanburg, S.C.) to insure 4 horses; and ledger, 1904-1921, for Ott's accounts as a dealer in "Fine Horses and Mules" at Branchville and Elloree, S.C.

505 items and 1 volume.

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