Conner family papers, 1818-1938.

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Conner family papers, 1818-1938.

1818 - 1938

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The Conner family papers consist of personal, family and business correspondence, records of household expenses, travel accounts, records of land holdings, political papers and correspondence, and legal records of Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861) and his wife Juliana Conner; their son James Conner (1829-1883) and his wife Sallie Enders Conner (d. 1928); and their children Mary Conner Moffett and Henry Workman Conner (1868-1938). The papers (1818-1861) of Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861), Charleston merchant, president (1814-1850) of the Bank of Charleston and the South Carolina Railroad Company (1850-1861), include his personal letters (1825, 1838) to his mother and sister, a journal (1850s) with references to economic and political events, and land records for property in South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Travel journal (1827) of Juliana Courtney Conner's trip from Charleston, S.C. through Tennessee shortly after her marriage to Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861). Full transcription available. Papers and correspondence (1865-1883) of James Conner (1829-1883); son of Henry Workman and Juliana Courtney Conner, Charleston attorney, U.S. Attorney General for South Carolina (1856-1860), Confederate general, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee (1876), and Attorney General for South Carolina (1876-1880); include family correspondence (1853-1888), personal financial records (1857-1882); and his legal papers (1843-1896) as a Charleston attorney, counsel of the South Carolina Railroad, receiver of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad Company, and as S.C. Attorney General after Reconstruction. Papers and correspondence (1865-1912) of Sallie Enders Conner (d. 1928), wife of James Conner (1829-1883) and president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Includes Enders family correspondence (1865-1909) mainly of Sallie Conner's sister, Nannie Enders Cabell, household receipts (1884-1912), and papers (1903) pertaining to the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a monument to the Hunley crew in Charleston (S.C.). Papers and correspondence (1890-1938) of Henry Workman Conner (1868-1938), Charleston attorney and chairman of the Charleston Democratic Executive Committee, include personal and family letters (1893-1938); his personal investment and financial records (1891-1903, 1930-1938); correspondence (1901-1923) concerning Dean Hall plantation in Berkeley County; papers for the Charleston Democratic Executive Committee (1904-1918) and a number of Charleston social organizations.

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