J.N. Robson and Son Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0049
This collection contains fifteen volumes of records - a daybook and journals, account books, a cash book, ledgers, sales, and a stock book, as agents of E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company, for explosives and ammunition. They cover the period 1866-1933.
J.N. Robson and Son, Charleston, South Carolina, were commission merchants and wholesale and retail dealers. Their business activities ranged from choice grains and hay to chickens, butter and eggs, to explosives and ammunition. They were located at 136 East Bay and 1 and 2 Atlantic wharf.
3.5 Cubic Feet (15 volumes)
English
In Charleston, South Carolina - following the Civil War when the steamship and the railroad replaced wagons for transporting tobacco and indigo - a diversity of storekeepers moved from King Street to East Bay. Although cotton still formed the bulk of export, the commerce of Charleston underwent great change. The J.N. Robson and Son records document these trends in export and domestic trade.
Provenance is unknown but was formerly cataloged BCl/+R667.
Prepared by Berniece Holt in 1984.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository