Elias Horry scrapbook, 1810-1815, (bulk 1814)

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Elias Horry scrapbook, 1810-1815, (bulk 1814)

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Scrapbook of Elias Horry contains clippings and printed copies of ordinances, City Treasurer's statements, Orphan House funds, and other printed items. Also contains handwritten notes about City Council meetings and a "Bill for the inspection, adjustment, and regulation of weights and measures" (1814). In addition includes "bills of mortality" (deaths in Charleston) and measures for the defense of the city. Poetry [not before 1815] is also included.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Charleston Orphan House

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The Charleston Orphan House, the first municipal orphanage in the U.S., was created by an act of the city council on October 18, 1790, at the instigation of council member, John Robertson. By this act, the Orphan House was charged with "supporting and educating poor orphan children, and those of poor distressed and disabled parents, who are unable to maintain them". The Orphan House stood on the corner of St. Philip and Calhoun Streets. It officially opened on October 18, 1794, and ...

Charleston (S.C.). City Council

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Charleston, South Carolina municipal legislative body. An Act of 1783 created election districts (wards) for council members. Council members were previously known as aldermen or wardens. From the description of Charleston City Council proceedings, 1832-1936. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 3532708 ...

Horry, Elias, 1773-1834

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South Carolina plantation owner, businessman, mayor of Charleston S.C., and South Carolina state representative. He was the son of Thomas Horry (1748-1820), a plantation owner and South Carolina state legislator. His first wife was Harriet Vanderhorst (d. 1815), who was the mother of William Branford Horry (1799-1808), Thomas Lynch Horry (1806-1871), and Harriet Vanderhorst Horry (1808-1900), who married Edward Frost. From the description of Letters to Thomas Horry, 1807-1808. (The S...