Letter, 1861 June 29 (Graniteville, S.C.) to Andrew Baxter Springs (Fort Mill, S.C.).

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Letter, 1861 June 29 (Graniteville, S.C.) to Andrew Baxter Springs (Fort Mill, S.C.).

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Business letter addressing payments of outstanding financial obligations of this textile mill in South Carolina during the Civil War. Letter, 29 June 1861, of James Montgomery, written from Graniteville (Aiken County, S.C.) and addressed to A[ndrew] B[axter] Springs, Fort Mill (Lancaster County, S.C.), reports, "By order of the President," that "We are now ready to pay the Interest from July 1860 to July 1861 on the Scrip issued by the Graniteville Company" and indicates that payment would be made in the form of a check drawn upon "the Bank of the State in Charleston or the Bank of Hamburg."

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Springs, A. Baxter (Andrew Baxter), 1819-1886

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Graniteville Company

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Graniteville Manufacturing Company, the largest textile mill in antebellum S.C., was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1847. Founded William Gregg (1800-1867), chose this site in Aiken County for its proximity to waterpower, granite deposits, and the S.C. Railroad. The company provided housing, a school, a store, and land for churches, creating a model mill village. From the description of Records, 1846-1919 [microform]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 757540716 ...

Montgomery, James R. (James Robert), 1858-1929

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