Nathaniel A. Hunt papers, 1857-1894.

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Nathaniel A. Hunt papers, 1857-1894.

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Chiefly business receipts, bills of lading, advertisements, and correspondence re business matters including letters and advertisements from northern merchants Charles Warren, Fogg and Holmes, and J.H. Lester, all of Boston, Mass.; including letter, 18 July 1857, Charleston, S.C., from Joel Witherby, Charleston, S.C., re poor business conditions in Tullahoma, Tenn., revisiting Charleston, S.C., and opening a trade store in either Illinois or Texas. Four letters, 24 Oct. 1865, 31 Mar. 1866, 8 May 1866, and 3 Sept. 1867, from Nathaniel Hunt, re the resumption of trade between Charleston merchants and Northern wholesalers following the Civil War; letter, 31 Mar. 1866, from Henry D. Law, New York, N.Y., re shipment of earthenware goods; letter, 8 May 1866, New York, N.Y., from G. Elsom, re financial stability of Mr. Trim, a crockery merchant whose King Street store was destroyed by fire. Advertisement, 21 Feb. 1867, re special auction of shoe inventory of Fogg & Holmes of Boston, Mass.; letter, 20 Sept. 1870, Charleston, S.C., from J. Burke and Son, Midway, S.C., re defective shoes purchased from Nathaniel Hunt's boot and shoe business; letter, 1 Oct 1870, to Nathaniel Hunt, Charleston, S.C., re shoe shipments.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Hunt, Nathaniel A., fl. 1870.

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Merchant of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Nathaniel A. Hunt papers, 1857-1894. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42750873 ...

Charles Warren Company (Boston, Mass.)

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J. Burke and Son (Orangeburg County, S.C.)

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Charles Warren Company (New York, N.Y.)

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Hunt, Nathaniel A.

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Law, Henry D.

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Fogg & Holmes (Boston, Mass.)

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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