Records, 1811-1831.

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Records, 1811-1831.

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Correspondence, promissory notes, bills, and receipts re the business of a Charleston mercantile firm of Thomas Napier, Jacob Rapelye, and William S. Bennett, including invoices of shipments of rice from Charleston, S.C., to New York, N.Y.; accounts of cotton sold by Alexander MacGregor & Co., Liverpool, England, and purchases of cloth and other dry goods from various British firms. Topics include descriptions of economic conditions in Charleston and Columbia, S.C., New York, N.Y., and various places; shipping of cotton, rice, potatoes, and oranges; the 1821 boycott of auction sales by dry goods jobbers and retailers of New York; local events in Charleston, S.C. Other topics include reorganization of the firm following the withdrawl of Napier, ca. Jan. 1822, and Bennett's hope to sell his interest in the firm and move to the North; Denmark Vesey's attempted slave insurrection of 1822; and the favorable impact on Charleston trade, ca. Oct. 1822, caused by yellow fever epidemic in New York. Collection also includes ledger volume, 1823-1825, re law suits and debts involving Bennett and Hunt, Furman and Hibben, and others; ships' papers, 1817-1822, from Charleston, Savannah, New York, and elsewhere, including bills of loading, listing name of ship, captain, cargo, ports of origin and destination, and an insurance policy, 1821, for 35 hogsheads of molasses. Other correspondents and firms include Robert Anderson, Edward Bennett, William S. Bennett, Benjamin Burroughs, Charles Lawton, John R. Ludlow, A.B. McLeod, Paul Rapelye, Vandervoort & Van Winkle; and the British firms of Jackson & Broadfoot, King & Gracie, Hardwick & Duncan, George Ashton, James Barnes & Sons, Robert White, and John Grundy Sons & Wood.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Bennett, William Swinton, d. 1823.

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W.S. Bennett (1786-1823) was a businessman of Charleston, S.C., and a partner in firms William S. Bennett & Company and Napier, Rapelye & Bennett. From the description of William Swinton Bennett papers, 1821 Dec. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 704292837 ...

Napier, Thomas, 1776 or 1777-1860

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Merchant, of Charleston, S.C.; member of firm of Napier, Rapelye & Bennett, a factorage firm dealing in cotton, rice, and other commodities. From the description of Thomas Napier papers, 1803-1947; (bulk, 1803-1860). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 38092642 ...

Rapelye, Paul.

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Alexander MacGregor & Co. (Liverpool, England)

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Vandervoort & Van Winkle (New York, N.Y.)

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Anderson, Robert C.

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Robert Anderson was the son-in-law of Alexander Macauley. From the description of Anderson-Macauley papers, 1770-1858 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145410781 Robert Anderson, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1805, was the commander of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Union commander held out against Confederate forces for four months, without supplies from the North. When the Confederate troops discovered that a shipm...

Rapelye, Jacob.

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Napier, Rapelye & Bennett.

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"Auctioneers" or factors dealing in rice, cotton, and other commodities; located (ca. 1822) at 17 Vendue Range, Charleston, S.C.; members of firm maintained business and family associations in New York, N.Y.; Savannah, Ga.; and Liverpool, Manchester, and Leeds, England. From the description of Records, 1811-1831. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37112213 ...

Bennett, Edward, 1950-

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Brother of Buffalo judge Philander Bennett. From the description of Letter : Buffalo, N.Y., to John Bennett, Savannah, Ga., 1823 Dec. 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113380 ...