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- Title:
- Cannonsborough Rice Mills account book
- Date:
- 1855
- Creator (Corporate):
- Cannonsborough Rice Mills
- Description:
- Volume contains a chronological record (1855-1856) of the number of bushels, tolls, vessels on which the rice arrived, names of individuals (plantation owners), where the rice was stored (floor and "binn") and the marks used, the names of factors, the vessels on which rice was shipped, and other data. Mill accounts contain expenses for rice, drayage, coopers, carpenters, watchman, Negroes (hire), labor, salaries of various individuals, repairs, baskets and brooms, rice, cords of wood, poles, barrels, mill stones, wharf building, cart license, a butcher's bill, horses, insurance on rice, discount on a note, sales of rice, ironwork, sweep chimney, blacksmith work, and other expenses. Income is from cash received at mill, from various individuals for rice flour and rice, from freight and tolls on rice, from notes, and from other items. The Cannonsborough Mills, begun in 1825 by former Governor Thomas Bennett, included twenty-two pestles driven by steam and fourteen pestles run by tide power. Its property fronted Ashley River a third of a mile. In 1847 Bennett deeded the property to his son-in-law, Jonathan Lucas, III. The larger of the Cannonsborough mills burnt in February of 1860.
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Series:
- South Carolinians at Work
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Bennett, Thomas, 1781-1865
- Topical Subject:
- Account books, Milling, Rice trade, and Rice--South Carolina--Charleston
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.) and South Carolina--History--1775-1865
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- Mss 34-0068
- Date Digital:
- 2012-03
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2011, The South Carolina Historical Society. All rights reserved. For more information contact The South Carolina Historical Society, 100 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401.
- Admin ID:
- 24083
- Admin ID (Page)
- lcdl:51460/212375
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