Beresford Bounty Fund and Church Fund account books, 1859-1875.

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Beresford Bounty Fund and Church Fund account books, 1859-1875.

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Three bound volumes containing accounts and notes concerning the fund, and loose papers including three letters and a statement. Volume 1 (1859-1867) and volume 2 (1868-1875) have "Berresford Bounty Fund" inscribed on their covers. Entries note income derived from interest, dividends, and other sources. Expenses are for salaries, the services of Rutledge & Young, repairs to buildings, school supplies, student expenses (books, board, clothing, mending, pews for the scholars), and other goods and services. Volume 3, inscribed "Church Fund," contains a record of income received from interest on bonds and the Bounty Fund loan, and other sources. Expenses are for repairs to the church and chapel, salaries for clergy and the sexton, loans to the Bounty Fund, the convention, and other goods and services. Three letters (1873, 1874) from Rutledge & Young, counsellors at law, to "Dear Sir" contain financial accounts. A statement (1875) of the property of the Beresford Bounty Fund contains an account of assets and estimated income.

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Beresford Bounty Fund.

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Rutledge & Young (Charleston, S.C.)

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St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish (S.C.)

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South Carolina parishes created by the Church Act of 1706 as separate parishes within the same area. St. Thomas Parish was for the English speaking Anglican worshippers, and St. Denis for the French community at Orange Quarter which had petitioned for acceptance into the Church of England. The parishes were combined in 1768. The Beresford Bounty Fund was established in 1721 by Richard Beresford for the support, maintenance, and education of the poor of St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish, and the es...

Beresford, Richard, d. 1722.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...