Receipt book, 1847-1886 (bulk, 1847-1868).

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Caldwell, James John, 1799-1850. Receipt book, 1847-1886 (bulk, 1847-1868).

Receipt book, 1847-1886 (bulk, 1847-1868).

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Business receipts of families of James J. Caldwell and to a lesser extent, John G. Brown, both of Columbia, S.C.; maintained by an [unidentified lawyer acting as?] executor on behalf of estates of J.J. Caldwell and J.G. Brown; volume records purchases of various goods and services around Columbia and elsewhere; majority of volume spans years following Caldwell's death so accounts presumed to be those of his widow, Nancy M. Caldwell. Volume documents various Midlands businesses and activities; some receipts partially printed and list taxes, ca. 1839-1843 and later, for "Poor, Bridge, and Public buildings annual tax"; spending for education documented by tuition receipts, 1852, for Fanny Caldwell to attend Johnson Female Seminary [after 1853, Johnson Female University] in Anderson, S.C., and receipt for money paid to James H. Carlyle, suggesting that a son attended Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. Other Caldwell family receipts list agreement to build or renovate house, shed, privy, and "leave bath house as is"; Brown family receipts include detailed list of medical care [ca. 1840s?] by Dr. Daniel H. Trezevant to Brown family members and African-American slaves; essays on legal history in S.C., "Organization of Court of Equity," re John Rutledge and others, ca. 1780s-1819; a legal proceeding [ca. 1820?] re Sheriff John Goodwin of Kershaw Co., S.C.; and poem re Irishman named Shamus O'Brien from town of Glingall, Ireland. Draft of essay addressed to president of unidentified organization, re "Eloquence of speech, declamation, and writing in all ages of the World has been a powerful agent in the hands of those who possessed it to accomplish any end which was dependent for success upon the favor with which the multitudes looked upon it ... Look back into ancient history and we see the priests influencing almost abundant every public measure merely by their interpretations of their oracles." Draft of legal [prenuptual?] agreement, 16 Dec. 1847, (p. 261-262) in which widow of J.H. Robert wished to resign her trusteeship in favor of Dr. Edward Riley "for the purpose of running 54 negroes to Baker Co., Ga., and of receiving $4500 to be invested in a tract of land there," for the use of various persons as part of a "marriage settlement" between "Mrs. Cruger" and "her husband N. Conyer ..." Later items include court summons, 1886, to serve on a jury in Charleston, S.C.

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