Papers of the Glover and North families, 1732-1918, (bulk, 1855-1890).

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Papers of the Glover and North families, 1732-1918, (bulk, 1855-1890).

Papers of the Glover and North families, 1732-1918, (bulk, 1855-1890).

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Papers re Civil War; estate of Edward North; land papers associated with members of Glover, Black, Buchanan, Butler, Sanders, Harvey, Fripp, Hazzard, Hyrne, Fenwicke, Norton, Longworth, Stobhart, Heyward, Webb, and McCarthy families; including 2 land grants, 8 Apr. 1732 and 9 Apr. 1734, signed by [Gov.] Robert Johnson to John Beamor and James Lloyd; plat, 10 Jan. 1797, for Fountainbleu plantation (Colleton County), belonging to estate of Edward Fenwick (filed in Pob). Directories, 1844-1865, listing African-American slaves, occupation, date of sale or purchase, dates of birth and death, medical visits, and allocation of supplies; letter, 8 July 1855, Saratoga, N.Y., re trip to Niagara Falls; letter, 26 Jan. 1862, James Lynah to Joseph Glover, re attempts to secure exemption from military service for overseer; letter, 17 Mar. 1863, re possible purchase of plantation, plans to send money and cotton to Nassau, and slaves in Orangeburg County. Letter, 4 Apr. 1864, from J[ames] H. Glover, re volunteer troops, deployment to Virginia, and employment of blacks; letters, 1865, from African-American servants to Joseph Glover, re condition and care taken of his property; labor contract, c.1865, by Joseph Glover with freedmen; letter, 1 Nov. 1871, Moulmein, [Burma], William L[eonard] Gage, to J[ohn] Wilkes North, re politics, voting by former slaves, possible removal of freedmen, and changed attitude abroad toward Americans since Civil War. Letters, 1881-1882, Cedar Springs Institute, Spartanburg, S.C., from Rebecca and William North; letters, 1884-1886, Badwell Plantation (vicinity of Abbeville and McCormick Counties) from Henry and Thurston North to Rebecca North Glover, re difficulties in operating plantation; letter, 6 Feb. 1886, Charleston, from William Mazyck Miles, re parties and leisure activities; letter, 7 Sept. 1886, Charleston, S.C., Emily T. Holmes, to "Bec," re earthquake. Letters, 1887-1890, Texas, Mexico, and Guatemala, from Henry North, re his work in Texas, connection with Mexican National Railroad Construction Company, social, economic, and political conditions in Mexico, and connection with coffee plantation in Guatemala; letter, 20 Apr. 1889, Enoree, S.C., Thurston North, to "Beckie," re employment at general store, and construction of Enoree Manufacturing Co.; letters, 1891, Atlanta, Ga., from Thurston North, re social and economic conditions. Also including various documents, including deeds, inventories, and bills of sale listing slaves by name. Other counties represented include Abbeville, Beaufort, Colleton, Orangeburg, and Spartanburg.

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