Message : [Charleston, S.C.], to Mr. Speaker and Gentl[eme]n, [ca. 1720].

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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South Carolina. Governor (1719-1721 : Moore)

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South Carolina. General Assembly

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S.C. Statute 1811(5)639 specified that every board of commissioners of free schools was to make a yearly return to the legislature. Governor Middleton recommended the passage of this act as a response to the systematic lack of education in the state. The first appropriation made possible 124 elementary schools for the state. As the system progressed, the term "free school" became embarrassingly exchangeable with pauper schools, because the 1811 act carried within it a written directive that an a...

South Carolina. Governor (1719-1921 : Moore)

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South Carolina planter, Indian fighter, and politician. A representative of Berkeley and Craven counties in the assembly, 1706-1708, Moore led South Carolina troops against the Tuscarora in 1713, and served as lieutenent-general during the Yamassee War in 1715. When the proprietary government was overthrown in 1719, Moore served as governor until Francis Nicholson arrived in 1721 with a royal commission to govern the province. From the description of Message ...

South Carolina. Militia

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A number of South Carolina militia units were adopted into the Continental Army. The 1st South Carolina Regiment, organized in 1775, consisted of ten companies. The Regiment was consolidated, although it retained its name, with the 5th Regiment, February 11, 1780 to consist of nine companies. It was reorganized in late 1782 and early 1783 to consist of three companies, and disbanded November 15, 1783. The 2nd Regiment was also organized in 1775 to consist of ten companie...

Moore, James, ca. 1680-1724.

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Glover, Charlesworth.

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