These papers are almost entirely related to South Carolina politics during the 1960s and early 1970s. They document James Duffy's role in the Republican Party and the operations of that Party at the local level during a period of vigorous growth in South Carolina.
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.
Letter from General Bratton of Farmington, Fairfield County, South Carolina, to William G. Hinnant, Chairman of the [Democratic] "Committee", April 21, 1890, concerning the political situation in the state.
Typed copy and carbon copy of letter from O.M. Doyle, Columbia, South Carolina, to Captain [William W.?] Hollingsworth, Pickens County, South Carolina, regarding a state appropriations bill and discussing the financial condition of South Carolina in March, 1869.
Original book and carbon typescript, consisting of the roll of the Redshirts on February 2, 1878 (74 names) and on August 28, 1880 (51 names); minutes of meetings held at Farmers Hall and Maxwell Hall in Pendleton listing elections, officers and resolutions; and correspondence (listed in the minutes) with the Adjutant and Inspector General E.W. Moise regarding their status as a state group or as an independent and private club which would offer its services to the state if needed.