Henry Laurens Account Book

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- Title:
- Henry Laurens Account Book
- Date:
- 1766
- Creator (Personal):
- Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
- Description:
- Business and personal accounts (September 1766-September 1773) kept for Henry Laurens. Several include the sale of individual slaves. A number of entries are for New Hope, Mepkin, Broton [Broughton] Island, Wambaw, and Wright's Savannah plantations. Other accounts include expenses for improvements made to brick tenements, and an Ansonborough house and lot. One personal entry is for "my arrears & fines in full" for the Charlestown Library Society.
- Collection Title:
- Henry Laurens Account Book, 1766-1733
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Topical Subject:
- Slaves--South Carolina, Plantations--South Carolina, Retail trade--South Carolina, and Account books--South Carolina
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina--History--Colonial period and ca. 1600-1775
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 0027
- Date Digital:
- 2011-04-14
- Digitization Specifications:
- 600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Zeutschel Omniscan A0 Overhead Scanner, Archival Master file is a TIFF.
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Public domain.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 24302
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