Barnwell County collection, 1880-1933.

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Barnwell County collection, 1880-1933.

Receipts, clippings, and accounts relating to history of Barnwell County, S.C., collected by P.P. Davis. Consisting of accounts, ca. Sept. 1877-7 Aug. 1884, of subscribers to The People, a newspaper published in Barnwell, S.C., possibly at a store or post office owned by G.E. Steadman; Tax receipt, 2 Nov. 1881, for real and personal property owned by B.A. McKibbin; account, Sept. 1884-Oct. 1886, for J.W. Holmes of Barnwell, S.C., with Langley Brothers (Charleston, S.C.) "Ladies and Gents' underwear, linen and white goods." Two clippings: obiturary, 21 May 1886, re biographical sketch of lawyer H.M. Thompson; and clipping, 1889, re sensational murder trial and acquittal of Dr. Thomas Ballard McDow for murder of editor Francis Dawson in Charleston, S.C.

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McDow, Thomas B., 1853-1904.

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Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889

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Journalist, of Charleston, S.C., and Versailles, France. From the description of Family papers, 1386-1963 (bulk 1859-1950). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122600913 From the description of Papers, 1866-1961. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40329091 Editor and publisher of the News and Courier, a newspaper of Charleston, South Carolina. From the description of Memo and letters to W.J. Magrath, 1873-1875. (The South Carolina ...

Davis, P. P. coll.

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Thompson, H. M.

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Langley Brothers (Charleston, S.C.)

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