Annotated and amended statutes at large of South Carolina, 1870-1877.

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Annotated and amended statutes at large of South Carolina, 1870-1877.

Volume containing a printed copy of pages 425-528 of the "Statutes at large of South Carolina," amendments, and annotations. Printed pages (1870), containing brief handwritten annotations, are interleaved with pages containing handwritten amendments and annotations (1872-1877). One handwritten entry reads "Inferior Court Charleston County." Volume contains a printed index.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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