Charles family papers, 1821-1969.

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Charles family papers, 1821-1969.

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Chiefly business records; bills for medical services, prescription, plantation and household supplies, and purchases and sales of slaves; receipts for school tuition; and family correspondence re social, economic, and political life of Darlington District, S.C.; including letter, 2 Dec. 1821, Platt Spring Academy, Lexington District, S.C., from John Charles, to his brother Edgar Charles, Darlington, S.C., re school life, morals of students, and school expenses. Two letters, 18 Feb. 1828 and 1 Mar. 1828, Philadelphia, Pa., from Robert and William Charles to their brother Hopkins Charles, re presidential chances of [John Quincy] Adams and [Andrew] Jackson and having to borrow money due to lack of family support; letter, 16 Dec. 1859, from [Margaret] Louisa [DuBose] Charles, to her husband Hopkins G. Charles, re unexpected arrival of William Charles and anticipation of a slave insurrection. Labor agreement, 7 Sept. 1865, between William E. Charles, Robert Kelso Charles, and various freedmen identified by name; letter, 20 Apr. 1901, Washington, D.C., from M[atthew] C[albraith] Butler, to Robert Kelso Charles, re politics in S.C., corruption of the dispensary system, and urging R.K. Charles to publish his account of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.; and genealogy, c. 1940, re descendents of Thomas Charles; and family Bible records, 1969, including connections with Lide, Haynsworth, Pugh, and Bacot families.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Charles, Margaret Louisa DuBose, 1814-1884

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Charles, William E., 1836-1932

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Charles, Edgar Welles, 1801-1876

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Charles, Hopkins Gardner, 1809-1884

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Charles, John Kelso, 1802-1836

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Butler, M. C. (Matthew Calbraith), 1836-1909

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Charles, Robert Kelso, 1797-1903

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Charles family.

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Residents of Darlington County, S.C.; Andrew and Sarah Kelso Charles were parents of Robert Kelso Charles (1797-1903), Andrew Blackwood Charles (1798-1818), Edgar Welles Charles (1801-1876), John Kelso Charles (1802-1836), William W.H. Charles (1804-1829), Thomas Jefferson Charles (b.1806); Hopkins Gardner Charles (1809-18840) was son of Hugh Lide and Carolina Augusta Bacot Charles and husband of Margarey Louisa DuBose Charles (1814-1884). From the description of Charles family paper...

Platt Spring Academy (Lexington County, S.C.)

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