Correspondence, Nov.-Dec. 1959, re Gandee's research into colonial history of Lexington County, S.C., and his discovery in Switzerland of various mid-18th century promotional pamphlets printed in German that encouraged settlement in S.C., along with two examples of such items, published in 1740 and 1754. As promised in these letters, Gandee later secured photocopies of these titles from the Schweizerische Landesbibliothek and donated copies to the Library [see SCL collection titled: Swiss Emigration to South Carolina Pamphlet Collection, 1711-1754]. Photostatic copies and translation of a 1740 tract promoting advantages of settlement in S.C.: "True and fully dependable good news from the English Royal Province Carolina" with translation from the German and comments by Gandee; sample pages copied from "Oldest and Best Almanac... for the blessed year of our Lord 1754..." describing conditions in South Carolina, including a list of the first German settlers of the Dutch Fork area in what was then backcountry S.C. The term "Dutch Fork" refers to a region where the Saluda River and the Broad River join to form the Congaree River and includes portions of Lexington, Newberry, and Richland Counties. During the second and third quarters of the 18th century, many Protestants who spoke German (i.e. Deutsch) settled in the area.
