Rivers family papers, 1825-1883.

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Rivers family. Rivers family papers, 1825-1883.

Rivers family papers, 1825-1883.

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Papers consist of estate and trust records, legal documents, slave records, financial records, correspondence, and other items. Included are the papers of John Edward Rivers (1819-1878). Papers of Elias Lynch Rivers (1838-1911) include affidavits and two letters (1864) concerning William W. McLeod's claim against the state of South Carolina for the loss of a slave named Charles, who was put to labor at the fortifications on Sullivan's Island (S.C.) and died there; also included are trial justice and militia commissions (1877-1883) of C.H. Rivers. Papers of George Lamb Buist (1838-1907) as the executor of the estates of Edward Candler, Elizabeth Groves, Caroline M. Kortman (nee Bladen), and Mary Leader, include bills, affidavits, receipts, accounts, correspondence, wills, and letters testamentary and other legal documents; there is also a marriage certificate (1817) of Frederick Kortman and Caroline M. Bladen Kortman issued in Georgia, and a poem (1835) written to her from her son Edward in Philadelphia (Pa.) entitled "In Parting." In addition, there are estate papers (1853-1865) of Charles Legare, a free person of color of Charleston (S.C.) and a landlord; these papers consist of receipts, an insurance policy, Legare's will, letters testamentary, accounts, a bond, and other items. Other papers of George Lamb Buist include his notary public commission (1859), promissory notes, a letter (1862) from the Confederate Treasury regarding the redemption of defaced currency, and other items. Papers (1825-1849) of John Woddrop, Jr., a Charleston (S.C.) merchant, include letters to him from his father, John Woddrop, Sr. (1756-1828), regarding his salary at Woddrop, Sr.'s mercantile firm and a gift of Madeira wine; letters to him from Robert Scot, a cousin in Scotland, regarding family financial matters; a letter to Woddrop at Drakie Plantation (on the Savannah River) from Beckman McCall regarding Woddrop's debt to a Mrs. M. Smith of Sullivan's Island (S.C.) and other matters; receipts; bills; a power of attorney (1827) from John Woddrop, Sr. to his son; and a document (1849) transferring John Woddrop's power of attorney for Ann Sophia Woddrop McCall to Claudian B. Northrop.

0.75 linear ft.

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