Gourdin family papers, 1727-1888.

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Gourdin family papers, 1727-1888.

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Papers consist of legal documents, correspondence, business papers, estate and property records, genealogical material, and other items. Included are the papers of Theodore Samuel Gourdin (1823-1861), the records of the law firm of Rutledge & Young, and a telegraphic code book of Gourdin, Matthiessen & Company. Property records include a list (n.d.) of plats of family land grants in various counties of South Carolina; a deed (1777) of land along the PeeDee River (S.C.) to Ely Kershaw; a deed (1795) of land along the Wateree River (S.C.) to Samuel Boykin; and a plat (n.d.) of Pinckney family property in Charleston (S.C.). Correspondence includes letters (1809-1852) to Eliza S. Courtney [Courtenay?] of Charleston (S.C.) from family and friends in Philadelphia (Pa.), Boston (Mass.), New York (N.Y.), and elsewhere regarding personal matters and family and social life; and correspondence of John Algernon Sidney Ashe (a Gourdin relative) with lawyer Thomas S. Grimke concerning the estate of his father John Ashe, with related documents. Genealogical material (1727-1852) concerning the Gourdin family and related families includes clippings, copies of wills, notes, family Bible records, and other items.

1.5 linear ft.

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Gordon family.

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Ashe, John Algernon Sidney, 1796-1868.

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Kershaw, Ely, 1743-1780.

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Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834

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Courtney, Eliza S.

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