Agricultural Society of South Carolina records, 1785-1860.

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Agricultural Society of South Carolina records, 1785-1860.

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Two bound volumes, clippings, a circular, an indenture, lists, and notes pertaining to agriculture and the Agricultural Society of South Carolina. Volume 1 contains handwritten "Extract from Brevard's Alphabetical Digest of the Public Statute Law of South Carolina," a pamphlet entitled "Constitution of the Agricultural Society of South-Carolina" (Charleston, S.C.: A.E. Miller, 1834) with handwritten annotations and amendments, a pamphlet entitled "Address and rules of the South Carolina Society for Promoting and Improving Agriculture and Other Rural Concerns" (Charleston, S.C.: A.E. Miller, 1821) including handwritten annotations and additions, extracts (1785) from the society's journals listing the names of individuals who formed the society, and a list of members (1788-1858) and their dates of death or resignation. Volume 2 contains clippings concerning various agricultural societies and agricultural related information and activities, handwritten notes about agricultural inventions and improvements extracted from newspapers, wine accounts (1836-1855), and minutes (1825-1860) from meetings and reports of premiums awarded. Loose items include clippings about agriculture and the society, lists (1837, 1844) of members, a circular to district societies and citizens of South Carolina concerning forming a State Agricultural Society and containing the constitution of the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina, a letter of resignation (1860) from L.C. Clifford, and a letter (1795) from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to Jonathan Lucas, Sr., and an indenture (1815/1831) of Nathaniel Greene Cleary (Charleston, S.C. sheriff) and Stephen Elliott concerning a tract of land of Theodore Gaillard, Jr.

2 v.2 folders.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as its presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808, losing both elections. Pinckney was born into a powerful family of aristocratic planters. He practiced law for several years and was elected to the colonial legislature. A supporter of independence from Great Br...

Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830

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Elliott (Yale University, B.A. 1791) returned to South Carolina to operate a plantation in 1800. He also served in the state legislature (1796-1808); was bank president in Charleston, 1812-1830. Elliott was active in the founding of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina and served as its president from 1814-1830; he was presifdent of the Charleston Library Society; and he co-founded the Southern Review with Hugh Swinton Legare in 1828. In 1820 he was elected president of the U...

Cleary, Nathaniel Greene, ca. 1785-1838.

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Lucas, Jonathan, 1754-1821.

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Clifford, Loftus C., 1813-1885.

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Agricultural Society of South Carolina

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Organized in Charleston, S.C., as the South-Carolina society for Promoting and Improving Agricultural, and Other Rural Concerns; incorporated in 1795 as the Agricultural Society of South Carolina. From the description of Agricultural Socielty records, 1785-[ongoing]. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70970942 Organized in Charleston in 1785 as the South-Carolina Society for Promoting and Improving Agricultural, and Other Rural Concerns, the society...

Gaillard, Theodore, 1766-1829.

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State Agricultural Society of South Carolina (1839- )

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