The collection consists of articles, newspaper clippings, historical tour itineraries and other material relating to the history of Pendleton, SC, especially historical buildings in the city and surrounding area. Included are a biographical sketch of Samuel Earle Maxwell, a prominent landowner; a list of historic homes (and other buildings) in Pendleton and the families who occupied them; a short history of "Old Pendleton"; and a photocopy of a document that may have been written by Edmund Pendleton, a prominent Virginia lawyer and legislator to his nephew Henry Pendleton, for whom Pendleton was named. There is also some information on other historic buildings in Anderson, Greenville, Oconee and Pickens Counties.
12 item(s)
English
The items in this collection were donated by Gaillard Hunter, James F. Miles, Elaine Schaap, Emma A. Sitton and Mary Stevenson. Accession 80-7.
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