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Copies: Francis Burt to his son, Armistead Burt, August 5/6, 1831 (photographs and negatives); J.C. Calhoun to Armistead Burt, August 5, 1837 (2 pages); Thomas G. Clemson to Armistead Burt, May 3, 1873 (2 pages); and Clemson to Burt, Jan, 31, 1874 (3 pages); also $1,000 Confederate bond, #4347, 6% (copy). The Francis Burt letter contains information about his family and their service in the Revolutionary War.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of thirteen items including scrip created by U.S. Constitution sesquicentennial commission for South Carolina, in 1937, in denominations of 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1.00; New Orleans $1,000 bonds, 1863; Confederate States of America $1,000 loan, 1862; State bank of South Carolina stock share, 1859; one glossy photograph of $100 confederate bill with likeness of John C. Calhoun; copy of $5.00 confederate bill, 1864; Stamps celebrating the founding...