A certificate appointing John Julius Alston to the post of Aide-de-Camp to the Brigadier General of the fourth Brigade Infantry with the rank of Captain on January 30, 1860. This was signed by William Henry Gist, William R. Huntt, William Alston Pringle, and James Simons.
A certificate naming John Julius Alston an attorney in the state of South Carolina on April 4, 1860, signed by John Belton O'Neall, Job Johnston, Francis H. Wardlaw, and Thomas J. Gantt.
A certificate appointing John Julius Alston to the post of Senior First Lieutenant in the Battalion of Artillery in the Regular Enlisted Force of South Carolina on August 13, 1861. This was signed by Francis Wilkinson Pickens, James A. Duffus, and William H. Peronneau.
A certificate naming John Julius Alston a solicitor in South Carolina on January 16, 1861, signed by John Belton O'Neall, Job Johnston, and Thomas J. Gantt. Chancellor Wardlaw was noted as absent. At the bottom, "United States of America" is crossed out and replaced by "Commonwealth of South Carolina."
A South Carolina Continental Currency six-dollar bill, which promises the bearer "six Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver." The bill features the image of a camel. On the reverse, the monetary value of 9 pounds, 15 shillings, 0 pence is written. The bill was printed in "Charles-town" by Peter Timothy.
A South Carolina Continental Currency ten-dollar bill, which promises the bearer "Five Spanish milled Dollars or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver." The bill features the image of a running horse with the Latin phrase "dominum generosa recusat." On the reverse, the monetary value of 8 pounds, 2 shillings, and 6 pence is written. The bill was printed in "Charles-town" by P. Timothy.
A South Carolina Continental Currency twenty-dollar bill, which promises the bearer "Twenty Dollars or Thirty two Pounds ten shillings Current Money of this State." The bill features the image of a bird flying from a cage with the Latin phrase "ubi libertas ibi patria."
A South Carolina bill worth seventy dollars or 113 pounds and 15 shillings. The bill features a botanical border and the image of Hope with the Latin phrase "spes mentis solatia." The reverse features the image of Prometheus being attacked by a vulture.
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