Alexander Robertson papers, 1863-1865.

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Alexander Robertson papers, 1863-1865.

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Ten items, primarily correspondence, between Alexander Robertson (Charleston, S.C. and Augusta, Ga.) and Mrs. M.A. Petigru of Sandover (Abbeville District, S.C.) re Robertson's handling of Petigru's business affairs with his firm Robertson & Blacklock. Letter, 28 Nov. 1863, from Robertson & Blacklock to Mrs. M.A. Petigru re interest paid by Governor Robert [F.W.] Allston on his bond due her. Two letters, 2 Feb. and 10 Aug. 1864, to Petigru re her financial affairs and mentioning the incessant enemy shelling of the city; stating that he could attend only to his customers' "money matters" as the government had taken all his clerks and concluding, "only one thing is clear and that is the more property one owns, the sooner they will be ruined if the War lasts."

10 items.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Petigru, M.A.

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Robertson & Blacklock (Charleston, S.C.).

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Allston, Robert F. W. (Robert Francis Withers), 1801-1864

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Robert F. W. Allston was a rice planter and civil engineer; surveyor general of South Carolina, 1823; member of the General Assembly, 1828-1832; state senator, 1832-1856; and governor, 1856-1858. From the description of Robert F. W. Allston letter, 1843 September 5. WorldCat record id: 22758135 Georgetown County, South Carolina plantation owner and politician. He graduated from West Point in 1821, leaving the army in 1822. Allston lived at Matanzas Plantation, later called C...

Robertson, Alexander, 1804-1888.

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