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Poll Tax Lower Ward, 1859
Tax records for the City of Charleston, South Carolina, from 1859 to 1875. Variety of city taxes in lower and upper wards, sales tax and real estate. Two volumes for 1862 and 1863 document the city's capitation tax which was levied on free people of…
Bill of Sale for Enslaved People, February 2, 1851.
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…
Bill of Sale for Enslaved Person, March 27, 1831.
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…
Gibbes Family Letter, October 18, 1841.
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…
Proceedings of the Clionian Debating Society, 1847-1851
LibGuide on this item available. The Clionian Debating Society formed in Charleston in 1847 by Free Blacks with the goals of "promotion of their connection [to each other] and the improvement of their intellect." During the society's 10-year history,…