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Thomas Green Clemson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0002
Scope and Content Note Thomas Green Clemson's papers reflect his intellectual interests in mining, geology, scientific agriculture and the promotion of education; his cultured back-ground as an artist, art collector, linguist and diplomat; and his personal life as a plantation owner, businessman, husband and father. A pocket journal, 1832-1837, is the first piece of Clemson's writing in this collection. Mr. Charles R. Clemson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, donated this brief journal and its typed transcription to...
Dates: 1786 - 2000; 1844 - 1888

Wiley Pardue Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0226
Scope and Contents The papers include bills, a note, an order, a plat, real estate conveyances, receipts, a tax assessment, a tax notice and a writing composition book. A hand-written list of the items in the collection is also included. Most of the material relates to Pardue's farming activities -- purchases of land and supplies, the slaughter of hogs, lumbering, and tax payments on his agricultural products. One April 10, 1852 receipt is for an enslaved hire; a note, dated February 2, 1858, may also document...
Dates: 1800, 1833, 1841-1842, 1844, 1847-1848, 1852, 1858, 1860, 1863-1865, 1867, 1870, undated