James Nipper papers, 1802 Nov.

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James Nipper papers, 1802 Nov.

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Petition, 18 Nov. 1802, of for financial assistance by army veteran James Nipper "To the Honourable house of Assembly Siting at Columbia," citing his Revolutionary War record, including capture at Savannah, Ga., escape and injury, and later service with [Thomas] Sumter and [Richard] Winn and requesting the Assembly "to consider him as the object of their relief"; and statement, 20 Nov. 1802, of Elijah Jones.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Jones, Elijah (Blues musician)

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Nipper, James.

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Veteran of the American Revolution. From the description of James Nipper papers, 1802 Nov. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31399839 ...

South Carolina. General Assembly

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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...