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Bluffton News Letter

These Bluffton News Letters include social news, school news, wedding and death information, town gossip, contest announcements, church news, editorial pages, advertisements, service announcements, and fashion updates.

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This inventory includes documentation of the family struggling during and after the American Civil War. The letters include various accounts from family members on how the war has impacted their lives. At the end of the documents, there is a Kirk…

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These letters contain correspondence written by Betsy Caldwell and Kirk descendants. They also include letters between family members updating one another on health concerns, death, births, and marriages. There is also mentions of college and…

Tags: Abbeville, Aiken, Alms House, Balfour, Barhamville Academy, Beaufort, Beck Ferry, Bedon, Big Ben Chambers, bill, Black Swamp, Bonneteau, Books, Boston, Brennan, Brown, Brownlee, Calhoun, Calliwassee Island, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Catholic, Ceader Point, Charleston, Christmas, Civil War, Clay, Columbia, Congaree River, Consumption, Coober, cotton, Dimmick, Dubose, Elmore, Embroidery, England, estate, Female Collegiate Institute, Finely, Fleming, French, Garth, Georges Parish, Gilliard, Gillisonville, Grahamville, Greland, Hale, Harstene, Harte, hospital, Irby, Island Packet, Jaudon, Johnson, Kings, Latin, Liberty Island, London, Lords Proprietors, Marks, Maroteau, Marquant, Mason Dixon Line, May River, McClane, Miller, Moore, Mount Pleasant, New Orleans, Niagra, Norfolk, Nott, Ocketee Creek, Okeita, Paris, Pastels, Philadelphia, Philipson, Pickney, plantation, Playbill, Robertville, Rose Hill Plantation, Russell, Salem Academy, Savannah, Savannah River, Schooleys Mountain, Shaffer, St Helena, St. Lukes Parish, steamboat, Texas, The Bluffton Historical Preservation Society, The War of 1812, Trevelle, Van Pelt, Vance, Virginia Springs, Weeks, Wescoat. Woodward, Whitemarsh, Whitney, Winnsborough, Woodville, Yellow Jaundice, Yorksville

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These letters contain communication between George Coe, his mother, Agnes, and his sister Emeline. Family finances and property exchanges are detailed in these letters. Updates on various families in Bluffton are presented in these letters. Agnes…

Tags: Adams and Co, Alabama, Alter, Australia Gold, Beaufort, Belvidere, Bluffs Island, Boset, Brayety, Brewster, Brick Oven, Brown, Burhamville, Burnell, California, California Acorns, Callawasse Plantation Property, Cape May, Charleston, Charlottesville, Cod Liver Oil, Congestion of the Brain. St. Lukes Church, Consumption, Cotten, cotton, Crystal Palace, Dampshire, Danfuskie, Danville, Davenport, Dowing, Family Health, Family Herbal Recipes, Finances, Firemans Parade, Flordia, Florence, Franklin, Freney, Frickling, Germantown, Gold Digging, Gold Hunting, Gold Mines, Gordon Springs, Gospel, Halsted, Harland, Helfensteuer, Hibbler, Hilde, Humbleton, Hunting Island, hurricane, Indian Aggression, Jackson, Jane Way, Kentucky, Kneedler, Lawton, McElroy, McPherseanville, Medical Academy in Paris, Miller, Mininis, Montvale, Neuraigia, New England, New York, Newark, Niagra, Oakatee Bridge, Opera, Osborne, Outbuilding, Pendergast, Pennsylvania, Peterson, Pickney, plantation, Pneumonia, Pony, Porter, Purchres, railroad, Rankin, Roman Catholic, Sabbath, San Francisco, Savannah, Scottish Criss, Scriven, Senate, Shasta City, Shoumaker, Sorrell, South America, St. Lukes Parish, State Convention, Steaboat, Stone, Stuckart, Stuckert, Sullivans Island, Sulphur Springs, Temperance Tavern, Texas, Thomas, Trenton, Valparaiso, Van Pelt, Virginia, Weddings, White Ash, White Mountains, Whooping Cough, Wilkes Barre, Wyreka Country, Yellow Fever

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These letters include communication between George Coe, his mother, and his sister Emeline. The letters contain updates on the family, including their health, deaths, marriages, children, and travel. George's mother urges his non-Christian son to…

Tags: Alum Springs, Beaufort, Blackman, Bluffton, Boarding House, Boston, Brayety, Bruen, Brunswick, Buenos Aires, Bulls Island, Burnet, Callawashee, Callohill Street, Campbell, Cape May, Charleston, Cholera, Citadel, Columbia, Comstock, Connecticut, Crab Crick, Daguerrotypesyet, Davenport, Delaware, Drexel, Durhamville, Eagleton, Europe, Fleming, Florida, Freney, Georgia, God, Habersham, Hambleton, Harwood, Hunting Island, Huntington Island Plantation, Indians, Jane Way, Kneedler, Lounds, McPherseanville, Minis, New Haven, New York, Okatie, Patterson, Pendergast, Philadelphia, plantation, Presbyterian Church, Rankin, rheumatism, Rodriquez, San Francisco, Schooleys Mountain, Seaport, Senate, Shaista City, Sorell, South American, South Carolina, Steam Packet Train, Stodard, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Throcknorton, Trenton, University in Charlotte, Van Pelt, Virginia, Walterborough, Wells

The New York Herald

The New York Herald newspaper with front page illustration of the Battle of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.

Tags: battle, Beaufort, Civil War, Daniel Wood donation, Hilton Head, ship

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Inventory includes news articles, manuscript, letters, genealogical notes, postcards, books, headstone details, index of death notices, marriage licence, and obituaries.

Tags: Barlett, Beaufort, Bible, Birdsey, Bluffton, Bonaventure, Calhoun, cemetery, Chatham County, Comer, Frew, Funeral rites, Grahamville, Kane, Miller, Savannah, Savannah Morning News, Scotland, Shilwell, Stillwed, The Free South