Arnoldus Vanderhorst papers, ca. 1870-1939.

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Arnoldus Vanderhorst papers, ca. 1870-1939.

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Papers consist of official, business, and personal correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and other items pertaining to the affairs of Arnoldus Vanderhorst. A group of papers (1896-1939), mostly concerning the operations and maintenance of a Kiawah Island (S.C.) plantation, but also family and personal matters, includes correspondence, leases, accounts, and legal documents regarding litigation with tenants, relatives, merchants, and government agencies. Papers concerning Vanderhorst's legal cases consist mainly of correspondence but also include wills and other estate papers, receipts, plats, abstracts of titles, and other legal documents. Legal documents include estate settlements and disputes, insurance claims, real estate transactions and other property matters, including the sale of Chicora Wood Plantation (Georgetown County, S.C.) for the estate of Elizabeth W.A. Pringle. A large part of the case materials pertain to the purchase of properties of the Charleston Terminal Company by the City of Charleston (S.C.) in 1922, and include extensive examination of titles to the old wharfs owned by the Company. Another large group of papers includes correspondence and other documents pertaining to the purchase of Boone Hall Plantation and other properties by the South Atlantic Pecan Company. Business papers include account books and other financial records, and correspondence concerning investments and other matters. Political papers (1901-1926) are mainly correspondence regarding legislative affairs, but also include clippings and other items. Other correspondence has to do with Vanderhorst's personal and civic affairs. Topics include the purchase of law books, recreational pursuits such as travel, breeding hunting dogs, and yachting, and his activities as a member of various civic and social organizations.

ca. 5 linear ft.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Pringle, Elizabeth W. Allston (Elizabeth Waties Allston), 1845-1921

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Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (1845-1921) was the daughter of South Carolina Governor Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864). She married John Julius Pringle (1842-1876) in 1870 and lived at White House Plantation (S.C). She became a widow at the age of thirty-one and moved to the Allston family plantation, Chicora Wood, to help her mother, Adele P. Allston, care for her widowed brother's children. She was the author of "A Woman Rice Planter" and "Chronicles of Chicora Wood" and she wrote under the ...

Vanderhorst, Arnoldus, 1877-1944

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Charleston, S.C. attorney, South Carolina state representative, and co-owner of Kiawah Island, S.C. He was the son of Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1835-1881) and Adele Allston Vanderhorst (d. 1915). From the description of Arnoldus Vanderhorst papers, 1910-1940. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36793917 Charleston, S.C. attorney, S.C. state Representative, and co-owner of Kiawah Island (S.C.). The son of Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1835-1881) and Adele Petigru...

Charleston Terminal Co.

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Vanderhorst family.

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South Atlantic Pecan Company (Columbia, S.C.)

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