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Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina Feb 1864

Receipt To C. Sareon For Loss Of His Slave, Hooker, To Employment In The Confederate Army, South Carolina. Columbia, February, 1864., South Carolina

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Instrument indicating Sareon received $1250 from S.C. for having Hooker, his slave, build military fortifications in the state.


Diplomatic Letter Of Introduction For James Chesnut Of Camden, S.C. Written By John Forsyth, Secretary Of State, 1839., John Forsyth Apr 1839

Diplomatic Letter Of Introduction For James Chesnut Of Camden, S.C. Written By John Forsyth, Secretary Of State, 1839., John Forsyth

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Diplomatic letter of introduction for James Chesnut of Camden, S.C. "to the respective diplomatic agents of United States in Europe," written and signed by John Forsyth, U.S. Secretary of State, in compliance with a request from the Secretary of War Joel Poinsett (also from S.C.). 1839.


Certificate Authenticating The Original Appointment Of B.H. Saxon As Secretary Of State Of South Carolina, Signed By Pierce M. Butler, Governor, And B.H. Saxon. Dated November 4, 1837, Columbia, S.C., Pierce Mason Butler Nov 1837

Certificate Authenticating The Original Appointment Of B.H. Saxon As Secretary Of State Of South Carolina, Signed By Pierce M. Butler, Governor, And B.H. Saxon. Dated November 4, 1837, Columbia, S.C., Pierce Mason Butler

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

The appointment of B.H. Saxon as the Secretary of State of South Carolina is certified by this document. Signed by Pierce M. Butler and B.H. Saxon. 1837.


Marquis De Lafayette Letter To Francis Huger Regarding The Former's Tour Of The U.S. 1825., Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette Mar 1825

Marquis De Lafayette Letter To Francis Huger Regarding The Former's Tour Of The U.S. 1825., Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This letter to Francis Huger regards Lafayette's tour of the United States. Huger was the son of Isaac Huger, befriended by Lafayette during the American Revolution. Here Lafayette writes about his progress towards South Carolina on the tour.


Ten Pound (£10) Note Of South Carolina Currency, 1775., Provincial Congress Of South Carolina, Gideon Dupont, Edward Blake, Thomas Corbett, Aaron Loocock, William Parker May 1775

Ten Pound (£10) Note Of South Carolina Currency, 1775., Provincial Congress Of South Carolina, Gideon Dupont, Edward Blake, Thomas Corbett, Aaron Loocock, William Parker

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This South Carolina certificate no. 36967 "entitles the bearer to Ten Pounds Current Money." Signed by Gideon Dupont, Aaron Loocock, Thomas Corbett, William Parker, and Edward Blake.