Tar and naval stores : a colonial Horry County industry : 1970-1991 / by Connelly Burgin Berry.

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Berry, Connelly Burgin. Tar and naval stores : a colonial Horry County industry : 1970-1991 / by Connelly Burgin Berry.

Tar and naval stores : a colonial Horry County industry : 1970-1991 / by Connelly Burgin Berry.

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Correspondence, drawings, and photocopied articles from journals and newspapers re production of tar and related forest products, including diagrams of the upland and flatland designs of tar kiln; Laurel Hill plantation of Col. Daniel W. Jordan (1810-1883) who came from North Carolina to Horry County ca. 1848 and became a major producer of tar during the 1850s. Other topics represented include family history and genealogy of the Horry and Chesterfield County areas and Pee Dee River vicinity; production of turpentine, tar, and pitch in South and North Carolina; discovery of tar kilnas described in archaeological reports and journal articles, including English Mercantilism and Carolina Naval Stores, 1705-1776, by Justin Williams, 1935; correspondents include Percival Perry, professor of history at Wakeforest University, and T.S. Buie of Spartanburg, S.C., including his obituary, 1977.

1 v. [ca. 75] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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