Time Period: American Revolution (1775-1783)

Continental Army Southern Department Records, 1778-1890 (Bulk 1778-1780)

The Continental Army Southern Department Records and Order Book is a bound volume written to keep records & orders for the Southern Department of the Continental Army. The book contains six different sections: 1. Rules for the Formation of Troops, 2. Journal of the Campaign to the Southward (General Robert Howe’s expedition into East Florida, …


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2nd South Carolina Regiment Records Book, 1778-1779

The 2nd South Carolina Regiment Records Book, 1778-1779, is a bound volume written for the 2nd South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army. The volume consists of four pages (with writing on the insides of the front and back covers) and contains “Roll of Non Commissioned Officers, and Soldiers in Capt. Blake’s Company 8th March …


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2nd South Carolina Regiment Order Book and Related Records, 1777-ca. 1929

Authorized June 6, 1775, the Second South Carolina Regiment organized at Charleston, South Carolina during the summer of 1775. The Regiment consisted of ten companies from eastern South Carolina. Adopted into the Continental Army in November 1775, the Regiment was assigned to the Southern Department in February 1776. The Regiment was assigned to the 2nd …


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South Carolina Oyster Industry: A History

This is an electronic resource from the Gregg-Graniteville Library at University of South Carolina, Aiken


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Thomas Family and Muller Family papers

The Thomas Family and Muller Family papers along with related personal collections housed at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina total approximately 32 linear feet. There are an additional 219 volumes of business ledgers from the Sandy Run Store and Thomas Store (Ridgeway, S.C.). All of these materials span 1702 through …


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Forgotten Books

Public domain books printed in the 16th-19th centuries including numerous titles written by Thomas Jefferson and Early English books.   Browse by Topic Jeffersonian Americana Library of English Literature


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South Caroliniana Library Map Collection

The map collection of the South Caroliniana Library has always been a significant resource for geographers, historians, and genealogists. In the past two hundred years, technological changes have substantially altered the landscape of South Carolina, and the library’s map collection visually documents these transformations. The maps show airports, battlefields, cemeteries, churches, cities, highways, Native American …


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Development of the Printed Page

The images in this collection have been created from a portfolio of book and manuscript leaves that was compiled and sold by The Society of Foliophiles in 1964. The collection was released in an edition of 20 sets that each contained 135 examples, and was titled “The History of the Written Word.” By using actual …


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