Daniel Ravenel papers, 1815-1871.

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Daniel Ravenel papers, 1815-1871.

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Papers consist of correspondence, accounts, estate records, and other items. Letterpress copybooks (1823-1869) contain letters to C.G. Memminger, N.R. Middleton, George A. Trenholm, and many others concerning the College of Charleston, banking in Charleston (S.C.), the Confederate bank system, the Huguenot Church, estate cases handled by Daniel Ravenel, and other matters. A bound volume (1823-1851) marked "Private Accounts" contains bond, estate, and trustee accounts. A ledger (1859-1870) contains Daniel Ravenel's accounts with the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank and Samuel P. Ravenel and estate accounts (1864-1866) of Henry E. Ravenel. Another bound volume contains accounts (1837-1856) for the assigned estate of C. Edmundston & Co., estate accounts (1864-1866) of Francis M. Weston, and accounts (1863-1864) for "Funds received in Charleston, S.C. for the Relief of destitute Refugees from New Orleans, by the Federal Authorities." Other accounts include trustee accounts (1850-1871) for Louisa C. Ravenel and trust property accounts (1852-1863) for H.E. Ravenel and Selina E.P. Ravenel. Estate records include estate account books for John S. Cripps and Daniel Ravenel (1762-1807); and an estate book containing accounts, receipts, an inventory, and other material pertaining to the estate of Catherine C. Prioleau, as well as loose items, including a copy of her will. Other items include Confederate bond receipts, minutes of the meetings of the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank (1861-1862), and legal documents and property records, including land grants (1859), a deed (1871), and other documents regarding property of H.W. Nolen in Macon County (N.C.).

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Planters' and Mechanics' Bank of South Carolina (Charleston, S.C.)

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College of Charleston

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Prioleau, Catherine Cordes, d. 1849.

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Nolen, H. W.

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Ravenel, Louisa Catherine, 1805-1886

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Ravenel, Daniel, 1789-1873

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The son of Daniel Ravenel (1762-1807) and Catherine C. Prioleau (1769-1849), Daniel Ravenel the younger was an attorney, banker, and writer of Charleston, S.C. He was president of the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank, a member and official of the Huguenot Church, and wrote on topics such as church history and banking. In 1812 Daniel Ravenel married Caroline Cripps (1791-1844), daughter of John Splatt Cripps. From the description of Daniel Ravenel papers, 1815-1871. (The South Carolina H...

Ravenel, Daniel, 1762-1807.

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Cripps, John Splatt.

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Ravenel, Selina Eliza Porcher, 1828-1913.

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Charles Edmundston & Company.

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French Protestant (Huguenot) Church (Charleston, S.C.)

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Middleton, N. Russell (Nathaniel Russell), 1810-1890

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Nathaniel Russell Middleton of Charleston, S.C., was a plantation owner, treasurer of the Northeastern Railroad Company, and treasurer of the city of Charleston. Other family members represented include Annie DeWolf Middleton (1815-1908) of Bristol, R.I., N. R. Middleton's second wife; and the children bythis second marriage: Maria Louisa Middleton (b. 1844), Annie Elizabeth Middleton (b. 1847), Alicia Hopton Middleton (b. 1849), Nathaniel Russell Middleton, Jr. (1851-1896), and Charlotte Helen ...

Ravenel, Samuel Prioleau, 1822-1902.

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Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888

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South Carolina legislator and Confederate Secretary of the Treasury; from Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1861-1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030153 Lawyer and politician of Charleston, S.C.; member of: S.C. House, 1836-1852, 1855-1860, 1877; Secession convention, 1861; Board of Free School Commissioners of Charleston; drafter of Confederate constitution; Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-1864; President of the Etiwan Phospa...

Weston, Francis Marion, 1783-1854.

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Ravenel, Henry Edmund, 1824-1863.

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Trenholm, George Alfred, 1806-1876

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Secretary of Confederate Treasury; member of South Carolina House of Representatives; cotton broker and native of Charleston, S.C.; Trenholm owned John Fraser & Company of Charleston, S.C., and shipped sea island cotton to Fraser, Trenholm, and Co. (Liverpool, England); Trenholm also owned interests in interests in steamships, railroads, banks, hotels, plantations, wharves, and cotton presses; father of William Lee Trenholm (1836-1901), who served as Captain, Company B, Seventh Regiment, Sou...