The Charleston earthquake : as told in letters from Robert Chisolm, ca. 1890.

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The Charleston earthquake : as told in letters from Robert Chisolm, ca. 1890.

Typewritten, annotated transcripts of letters and telegrams (1886) to Rev. Edward T. Horn in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania concerning the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake and the following week. Includes letters to Horn from Harriet Chisolm Horn and correspondence of other family members concerning the earthquake devastation and family matters.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338270

South Carolina Historical Society

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Horn, Harriett Chisolm, 1861-1946.

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Chisolm, Robert George, 1831-1907.

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Robert G. Chisolm was the son of Robert Trail Chisolm, owner of Chisolm's Rice Mill in Charleston, S.C., and held positions in his father's mill and later at a phosphate mining and manufacturing company in Charleston. Robert G. Chisolm's daughter Harriet married Edward T. Horn, a clergyman. From the description of The Charleston earthquake : as told in letters from Robert Chisolm, ca. 1890. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32145461 ...

Horn, Edward T. (Edward Traill), 1850-1915

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Chisolm family.

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