James Adger letterbook, 1809, 1817-1819, 1936.

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James Adger letterbook, 1809, 1817-1819, 1936.

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The collection consists of the original letterbook and a copy of a typescript transcription of the letterbook done in 1936 as part of Works Progress Administration Project 65-33-118, sponsored by the University of South Carolina and supervised by Dr. Anne K. Gregorie and Flora B. Surles; it was copied by Lula May McNinch. The letterbook contains copies of business correspondence concerning orders and the shipping of orders from Adger to various firms mainly in Augusta and Savannah, GA, New York City, Philadelphia, PA, and Great Britain.

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7536571

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Adger, James, 1777-1858

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Born November 2, 1777. Businessman in Charleston, SC; founded James Adger and Company, a hardware business and the commission and factorage firm of Adger and Black. Died Spetember 24, 1858. From the description of James Adger letterbook, 1809, 1817-1819, 1936. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 43974603 ...

Charleston Independent Greens.

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