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The Hutchisons were residents of York County, S.C.

Extent: 731 MSS
Location: Pob + 5-FWN-5-4

Summary

Consisting of correspondence, land and legal papers, and photographs documenting the lives of four generations of this York County family; including such materials as lease agreements signed by Catawba tribal representatives, commissioners reports, minutes of meetings of Indian landholders, and correspondence reflecting Indian affairs along the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary; and letters, 1810-1827, from James Moore, onetime resident of York District who removed to the old southwest and eventually settled near Natchez, first working as an overseer but later owning a plantation.

Includes Moore's letters to his brother-in-law, David Hutchison, discussing military problems facing planters in the Mississippi delta during the War of 1812 and comment re the difference in agricultural prospects between Mississippi and South Carolina; correspondence and legal documents reflecting the mercantile and banking interests and investments of Hiram Hutchison (ca. 1790-1856), son of David Hutchison, including letters, 1853-1854, between Hiram Hutchison, John L. Manning, and James H. Thornwell re the establishment of a scholarship at South Carolina College.

Also includes materials re the settlement of the estate of Hiram Hutchison and the marking of his grave at Greenwood Cemetery, New York; correspondence and miscellaneous documents re the work of Adolphus Eugene Hutchison (1827- 1905) with the Indian Land Chronicle, a York County newspaper, and the establishment in 1880 of the Rock Hill Cotton Factory, the state's first steam-powered cotton mill, which A.E. Hutchison served as president; and World War I letters from Hiram Hutchison (1895-1950) written from Camp Sevier, Ft. Sill, Ft. Bliss, and various locations in France and England, relating details of his military service in the 118th Infantry, his wounding and hospitalization, and return to South Carolina in 1919.

Calendar

Abbreviations / Legend ADS = autographed document signed

ALS = autographed letter signed

ALS(T) = typed copy of autographed letter signed

DS = document signed

LS = letter signed

MP = printed manuscript

MS = manuscript signed

n.d. = undated

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MS, 2 June 1773 (statement of the Rev. Alex[ande]r Neilson that John and Sara Hutchison and their family "have lived many years within ye Bounds of ye Congreg[atio]n of Ballymoney and allways behaved themselves soberly & inoffensively" and that they intended to emigrate to the United States).
MS [incomplete], 20 July 1785, York County (bond of John Johnston to Gen. Newriver, Col. John Ayres, Maj. John Brown, Capt. Peter, Capt. John Kennedy, Capt. Quash, "Proprietors of the Indian Lands on the Catawba River").
ADS, 21 Jan. 1786 (indenture, John Hutchison to David Hutchison, land leased from the Catawba Indians).
ADS, 18 Nov. 1786 (bond--Andrew Ferguson to John Hutchison).
ADS, 25 May 1790 (indenture--John Harris to William Craig).
ALS, 6 Oct. 1790, Samuel Diper (?), to "Dr Sir" (responding to the charge of "fraudalent intentions").
MS, 12 Nov. 1791 (receipt--David Hutchison to Robert Jordan).
MS, 5 Mar. 1792 (receipt for 43 bushels of corn paid by David Hutchison to Matt Boyers).
MS, 25 Apr. 1792, "Aera Iron Works" (receipt for corn and flour supplied by David Hutchison).
DS, 28 Nov. 1792 (lease signed by Catawba chiefs and trustees leasing lands to David Hutchison).
MS, 12 Mar. 1793 (estate of Samuel Brown in account with Daniel Cook).
MS, 30 Mar. 1793 (receipt acknowledging Elizabeth Brown's payment of all debts against the estate of Samuel Brown).
MS, 27 May 1793 Aera Iron Works (receipt for corn, oats, and flour sold by David Hutchison).
MS, 1 Feb. 1794 (deed of gift of a Negro woman Poll and her mulatto daughter Minda from Samuel Brown to his daughters Catherine and Elizabeth).
ALS, 28 May 1794, Saml. McCullough, to David Hutchison (re a wagon which D.H. was having someone else to finish and D.H.'s outstanding account).
MS, 4 July 1794 (Amos Garrison's statement of Saml. Brown's indebtedness for "Ferriages" at various times).
ALS, 15 Aug. 1794, J. Kennedy, to Joseph Moore (requesting a shipment of whiskey).
ADS, 20 June 1795 (subpoena to John Hutchison to appear in court in the case of Alexand[e]r Faries v. A. Meek, D. Hutchison, and D. Neely).
MS, 9 Dec. 1795 (D.H. in account with John Brownlee & Co.).
ADS, 9 May 1797 (account against the estate of Samuel Brown for "one pare of Holsters and pistols").

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MS, 4 Oct. 1797 (D.H. in account with Cantey, Broom & Co.).
DS, 18 May 1798, York County (oath of William Kerr re a survey line drawn in 1775).

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MS, 7 Jan. 1801 (receipt--D.H. to Samuel Bigham--for headstones for his children and parents).
DS, 21 Oct. 1801 (oath of Alexander Stu[a]rt re a debt due him from the estate of William Crage [Craig]).
ADS, 8 June 1802, York Dist. (indenture--Thomas Spratt to Thomas M[c]Neal and his son Archibald--"a certain tract or parcel of Land the same being Indian land").
ADS, 23 June 1804, York Dist. (re the above land).
MS, 26 Jan. 1805 (receipt acknowledging D.H.'s payment of all debts due Wm. Little -"and nothing Remaining But Friendship").
MS, Nov. 1806 (promissory note).
ADS, 26 Apr. 1807, York Dist. (James Allen conveying to the daughters of Wm. Craig the Negro property that he inherited from their father).
ADS, 5 Aug. 1807, York Dist. (warrant of appraisement of Thomas Spratt's estate).
ADS, 17 Sept. 1807, York Dist. (Mary Craig conveying a Negro woman purchased from John Springs to her daughter).
MS, 21 July 1808 (Moses Neely in account with the estate of Thomas Spratt).
MS, 24 Dec. 1808 (James Wilson in account with the estate of Thomas Spratt for a walnut coffin).
ALS, 2 May 1809, Hagers Town, Md., Wendel Gilbert, to David Hutchison, Indian Land, York Dist. (acknowledging his letter and discussing the character of a Mr. Folly whom he was accusing of fraud).
MS, 4 May 1809 (Wm. Maclean in account with the estate of Thomas Spratt for medical services).
MS, 23 May 1809 (the estate of Thomas Spratt in account with David Wilson for legal services).
ALS, 15 June 1810, pmk. Knoxville, Tenn., James Moore, to David Hutchison, York Dist. (speculating that the Indian land would be purchased within twelve months, his meeting with the governor, requesting that he collect money owed by Wm. Moore and apply it to his debts, and news of activities and movements).
ALS, 15 Sept. 1810, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (stating that he lost his horse and did not have much money, engaging in business at Clarksville on the Cumberland River, urging him to collect the money from Wm Moore, and advising--"I would rather Live in the indian Land than here").
ADS, 1 Nov. 1810 (statement of Charles Miller, D.M. Pettus, and H. White who were appointed to arbitrate a dispute between D.H. and the heirs of A. McCorkle).
ALS, 6 Nov. 1810, Maurey County, Tenn., James Moore, to D.H., York County (planning to leave for the Natchez region in a boat in a few days--"if I find Business Good there I Shall Stay if not I will Return to South Carolina," urging him to collect the money from Wm. Moore, and staying with Joseph Hart).

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ADS, 1 May 1811, York Dist. (lease of 365 acres to Drewry Wilson from the Catawba chiefs).
ALS, 21 June 1811, Thos. McNeal, to D.H. (sending his and Dr. Henderson's receipts by Samuel Polk and stating--"My family and Sister and family is in tolerable health").
ALS, 6 Aug. 1811, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (reporting that he was living within nine miles of Natchez and overseeing for Eliz. White at $350--"But I have made an Excellent Crop, & Expect to Stay another year if I can get good wages though I live a very lonesome life & a very Disagreeable one," want of money compelled him to work as an overseer, enjoying good health, expecting a "Sickly Season" because of the Mississippi's high water--"it has overflowed all the Land for 20 or 30 Miles Back on t[he] other side of the River & Ruined all the crops of cotton on that side," hoping to return to S.C.--"But I am not satisfied nor wont be untill I get Back to you all & my native Country. That will never be untill I get Money Enough to put all my friends in a good humour I Dont want to meat them with my finger in my mouth," and inquiring re William Moore and his debt).
ALS, 1 Dec. 1811, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re his dislike for the country--"I do not like people Nor their principles for they are the most dissapated characters on Earth though some of them are very Rich their has Bean above twenty in Jail here at one time for Murdering horse Stealing & none hang'd," and inquiring re William).
ALS, 26 Jan. 1812, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (acknowledging receipt of his letter and the welcome news of his marriage, expressing pleasure that he collected some money from William and hoping that he would get more, disputing a statement of William's re money, commenting on the number of marriages, and observing--"if they keep on a few years Longer that country will become a town," and his intention to pay his debts).
ADS, 26 Mar. 1812 ("A Schedule of all the property Belonging to Joseph Moore").
ALS, 28 Mar. 1812, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H. (stating that he was at James McIntosh's within three miles of Natchez and earning $400.00 per year, commenting on news of acquaintances in York Dist., re the lax Sunday habits of the people in Mississippi, and reporting that he had seen Dr. Cook).
ALS, 26 July 1812, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (reporting they had heard of the war "which I fear will be an unhappy thing for our Country I stood my Draft yesterday and came off Clear," discussing the ties between England and many inhabitants of the region and advising that many would assist the British if they landed at New Orleans, rumors of a Negro insurrection, guns and powder taken from them, stating--"the heads of the plot are in separate confinement," still living with and working for James McIntosh who "is one of the Most agreeable men I have Ever Seen in this country," planning to work two plantations next season, and complaining that Dr. Cook had wronged him by "trad[ing] my note to an apothecary for the full value").
ADS, 1 Sept. 1812, York Dist. (bond--Robert and John Neely to David Hutchison).
ALS, 26 Dec. 1812, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (acknowledging his letter, regretting his defeat in an election for a house seat and commenting on the inferior people who most often won elections, re his relationship with James McIntosh and expecting to manage both plantations next season for $600, stating--"it hurts my feelings to hear that my Father & Mother are so fast Declining with Old age," hoping to send some money home, his disappointment with William, and news of friends from home).
ALS, 15 Apr. 1813, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (relating war news, expressing relief that father "has quit Drinking to access and has made good crops and doing well," and discussing his business affairs in York Dist.).
ALS, 11 July 1813, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (explaining why he did not send money by Ardrey and reporting the death of David Cook who "Departed this life on the fourth of April last Shortly after taking a frolic and has left a widow to Deplore his Loss").
ALS, 15 Aug. 1813, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re debts to people in York Dist. and mentioning friendship he had probably lost by his failure to honor obligations, cotton crop in jeopardy--"Cotton Crops have look[e]d very well here untill about three weeks back it has taken they Rot and as fast as the pods come to perfection they are Blasted and produce nothing," corn crops good, noting several sugar plantations inundated by flooding of the Mississippi River, large numbers of livestock lost, and preparations for war with the Creek Indians).
ALS, 20 July 1814, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (planning to return to South Carolina "at the End of this year," complaining about the intense heat and lack of rain which destroyed crops, and referring to his parents and associates in York Dist., including Robert Neely and Andrew Craig who apparently were indebted to David Hutchison).
ALS, 28 Aug. 1814, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (acknowledging receipt of his letter, mentioning plans to leave for S.C. and suggesting that the war might be a factor--"there is Every Reason to Suppose that this will be a troublesome place if the war Should continue there are a great many internal Enemys and it is Reported that the British have landed considerable force at or near pensacola, and the negroes will be much against this Country," planning to buy D.H. two mules when he left but expecting to pay a higher price due to the war, news of crops, mentioning the death of James Montgomery on the Sabine River--"he was shot Dead Some where near the Sabine River in the Spanish province," and David T. W. Cook living in Wilkinson--"I have been informed he dont drink so much as usual but takes it lightly and keeps a good...fiddle").
ALS, 29 Aug. 1814, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H. (expecting to be home by Jan. 1815 and mentioning other acquaintances from York Dist.).
ALS, 8 Oct. 1814, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H. (reporting that he avoided the draft by paying $50 for a substitute, mentioning the mules that he had purchased for D.H. at $100 each, re reports of British intentions in La., and reporting his visit with D.H.'s friend Cook).
ALS, 20 Nov. 1814, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re plans for returning home and the likelihood that McIntosh would not be able to pay him for the present crop, mentioning his evening with Cook--"he keeps a fiddle and a set of fools about him he plays and they Dance and Sing and the[y[ all take a sip at the Bottle--its Disgusting, and all genteel people Shun Such company," and suggesting that Cook practiced medicine only because there was not another physician available).
ADS, 12 Mar. 1815, York Dist. (resurvey of tract of land containing 202 1/4 acres that formerly belonged to Robert Neely).
ALS, 13 Mar. 1815, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re his employment situation--"I have the chance of working hands on equal Shares another year besides geting a handsome Sallery for my own Services but have not made a final contract," instructing D.H. re his family's affairs, re bringing mules to S.C., and cotton selling for $27 in Natchez and $30 in New Orleans).

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ADS, 4 Dec. 1815 (bond--Hiram Hutchison to William Armstrong and Robert Neely).
MS, 6 Mar. 1816 (affidavit re ownership of land).
ADS, 9 May 1816 (statement of agents "Lagaly appointed to act for the Cataba nation" affirming D.H.'s lease of his land).
ALS, 8 Sept. 1816, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H. (commenting on the long cessation of correspondence from D.H., cotton selling in New Orleans for $100 and slaves also bringing good prices--"I seen a negro sell for two thousand and five Dollars on a credit of six months--he was a rough carpenter--good field hands from $650 to 800 Dollars--and it is supposed a hand will pay for himself nearly in one year by making cotton," re the production of his hands and comparing with Carolina, advising--"if I had negroes enough to work a plantation I should wish it to be in this Territory on acct of the Goodness of the Soil and convenience of Market, and as for health its as healthy as Carolina," wanting letters from his family, and discussing brother William's situation).
MS, 18 Oct. 1816 ("A List of articles Sold at Vendue by Polly Wilson").
ALS, 10 Nov. 1816, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (acknowledging his letter of 8 Oct. with news that his father and brother William sold the plantation for $8/acre. discussing family business affairs, and noting--"I expect to begin to work on my own Land this winter if I can purchase a likely negro fellow which is my intention and probably two").
ALS, 29 Jan. 1817, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re his business affairs with brother William and others in S.C., and stating--"I am Geting six hundred dollars this year for Just riding over a plantation and get three hundred for two negroes without any expence but am Determin'd to quit the business this fall and return to York").
ALS, 4 Feb. 1817, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H. (discussing a document that D.H. wanted to conduct J.M.'s business affairs, and regretting his father's ill health and the possibility of not seeing him again).
ALS, 27 Feb. 1817, Natchez, James Moore, to William Moore, York Dist. (re letters received and sent, willing to send full power of attorney to D.H., planning to quit the overseeing business and come home in the fall, selling last year's crop--"160 Bales which I Sold for $25 Dollars amounting to the round Sum of $14,650.75--which would buy half the cotton in the indian Land," and urging him to sell all his land and come to the territory).
ADS, 25 June 1817 (power of attorney--James Moore to D.H.--giving Hutchison authority to sell his Indian lands in York Dist.).
ALS, 4 Aug. 1817, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (acknowledging his letter informing him of his father's death and his intention to return to S.C. to discharge family business, and mentioning the possibility of sister Peggy living with Aunt Harris to "take care of her in her old age").
2 ADsS, 12 Aug. 1817, York Dist. (lease and release of lands between D.H. and the Catawba Indians).
ALS, 28 Oct. 1817, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (planning to leave for S.C. at Christmas, discussing business affairs that he wished D.H. to settle, the yellow fever spreading from New Orleans to the Ohio River, five to ten dying daily in Natchez).
ALS, 8 Aug. 1818, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (business affairs in S.C. and sending him the Mississippi State Gazette).
ALS, 8 Oct. 1818, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (acknowledging his letter, reporting an uncommonly dry season--"Still I think there will be corn Sufficient to answer every purpose, and the cotton crops are good, when the rot has not affected it, which appears to be quite light in some places," re business affairs, stating--"all the money I can raise here I expect to give for negroes as soon as I receive it--in order to make cotton while the price is favourable," and possibility of postponing his return to S.C. until after another crop).
ALS, 23 Oct. 1818, Natchez, James Moore, to William Moore, York Dist. (crop news, re an offer of $10/acre for his land, stating that his reason for allowing D.H. to keep his money was that "I consider him a safe hand," inviting sister Peggy to come for a visit--"I will give her a negro girl as a compliment for her visit," pointing out to William the opportunities in the West that were not available in S.C., and reluctant to leave for S.C. until after his crop was finished).
ALS, 27 Jan. 1819, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re his pleasure upon the arrival of Hiram Hutchison for a visit, his return from a visit to New Orleans "in good health and Spirits & to my satisfaction does not think so highly of the place as many fools do," and instructing him to pay Isaac Harris $100.00).
ALS, 4 Feb. 1819, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (stating that he was in the same business and engaged for the year, re his purchase of three Negroes--a husband and wife and ten-year-old boy--for $1,850 "which sweeps my cash and leaves me without one cent to buy tobacco," looking for a spot "to make a permanent settlement," and inquiring about money due him).
ALS, 22 Mar. 1819, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re the dissolution of the partnership with Mr. Williamson, living on his own place and needing funds to purchase horses, plows, and provisions, falling cotton prices, and other business).
MS, 1819 (receipt--James Moore in account with William Hoag).

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ALS, 5 Jan. 1820, YOrk, H[iram] H[utchison], to D.H., Indian Land (soliciting support for Albert Allison who was a candidate for the Clerk's office).
ALS, 11 May 1820, Charleston, H.H., to D.H., York Dist. (preparing to sail for N.Y., re his business affairs, selling cotton, Cordy Pierce riding his horse to Newberry, and giving an account of purchases and sales).
ALS, 15 May 1820, Charleston, H.H., to D.H., York Dist. (business matters, sale of D.H.'s 9 bales, and his arrangement with Robert Latta).
ALS, 17 May 1820, Off the Bar of Charleston, H.H., to D.H., York Dist. (listing merchants with whom he dealt).
ALS, 22 May 1820, New York, H.H., to D.H., Yorkville (re his pleasant voyage, leaving for Philadelphia to purchase dry goods, and establishing his business in Newberry).
ALS, 23 May 1820, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re his marriage to a fourteen-year-old woman, instructing him to give $500 to his wife's cousin who was traveling to S.C., and other business).
ALS, ca. 24 May 1820, H.H., to D.H., Nation Ford, York (giving an account of sale of 18 bales of cotton, stating--"Business has been brisker with me than I calculated on," requesting him to send any money to Charleston to Thos. Fleming "Subject to my order...it may be the...means of me establishing my credit with my Friends in the Mercantile business--which will be of some importance").
ALS, 25 May 1820, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (instructing him re his business affairs in York Dist.).
ALS, 10 Aug. 1820, Newberry, H.H., to D.H., Nation Ford (listing goods that he was shipping).
ALS, 20 Oct. 1820, Newberry, H.H., to D.H., York (including a bill for blankets purchased).
ALS, 16 Dec. 1820, Newberry, H.H., to D.H., Pine Hill P.O., York Dist. (re a disagreement between them over the purchase of blankets, etc., explaining his position and actions, and responding to his father's statement "that I can calculate profit & Loss better than Right & Rong").
ALS, 21 Jan. 1821, Newberry, H.H., to D.H., Pine Hill P.O. (re his purchasing of goods on credit and inquiring--"I[f] you can procure any money out of any of those Estates by March it will enable me to lay in goods in the Spring to some advantage").
ALS, 30 July 1821, W[illia]m Barron, to John Hart (re the Rev. [Eleazar] Harris' interest in acquiring "the studdy house at the old church for his own uce").
ALS, 8 Apr. 1822, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re the birth of his daughter, stating that he had been offered an overseer's job at $12,000 pr year "but have declined in concequence of having a family and plantation of my own," working "Eight prime negroes" and 35 acres of cotton with 30 more to plant, paying a white man $250 pr year to supervise his work force, reporting that he sold land at Bayou Sarah, and regretting to learn of William's drinking and separation from his wife).
ADS, 13 July 1822, Montgomery County, Ala. (power of attorney--Randolph C. Harris to D.H.).
ALS, 26 Sept. 1822, Newberry, H.H., to D.H. (business not particularly brisk and cash scarce and sending him a few articles).
MS, 11 Jan. 1823 (Joseph Moore in account with George Graham, 1789-1811).
ALS, 25 Jan. 1823, Montgomery County, Ala., Randolph C. Harris, to D.H., York Dist. (instructing him re his business affairs).
ALS, 20 Feb. 1823, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (re business affairs and family news).
ALS, 10 Dec. 1825, Columbia, H.H., to D.H., York Dist. (enclosing his father's bank account, re items that were unavailable, and other business matters).

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ALS, 2 Feb. 1826, Newberry, H.H., to D.H., Yorkville (reporting the sale of his remaining Goodson land, concerned about his obligations and hoping that his father "will be able to do something considerable in raising funds for me," and leaving soon for Charleston).
ALS, 7 Feb. 1826, Columbia, Th. J. Roach, to D.H., Ebenezer P.O. (requesting that he collect some notes due his sister).
ALS, 22 Feb. 1826, Columbia, H.H., to D.H., Indian Land (low prices and doubting that prices could rise--"there is a heavy stock in Augusta and also at this place and a large proportion in the country," advising that he would sell at the present price, planning to deliver all his goods to R. McCullough & Co. in Newberry in Apr., hoping to take stock in Newberry in Apr. and Columbia in May, and concerned about payments due in Apr.).
MS, 27 June 1826 ("lines copied...to be used at the celebration of Independence at York").
ALS, 26 Aug. 1826, Troy, Tenn., John Hutchinson, to D.H., York C.H. (re his travels, stating that cotton grew well, his Negroes hired out for the year, requesting that he advise John Baxter of the opportunities available, and family news).
MS, 12 Sept. 1826 (receipt for a note to be collected).
ALS, 17 Jan. 1827, Columbia, H.H., to D.H., York Dist. (re his father's cotton that he was holding, and noting that Mr. [William E.] White seemed displeased over some shoes that he bought from H.H. at Newberry).
ALS, 1 Feb. 1827, Columbia, H.H., to D.H., York Dist. (re his father's concern about the shoes and discussing his preference for settling the account).
ALS, 1 Feb. 1827, Columbia, H.H., to Wm. E. White, York Dist. (re the disagreement over the shoes that White apparently rejected, explaining his father's concern and his desire that the matter be settled "in order that his mind may be more at ease," and advising--"Were it not on his account the business would be settled in court, as I do know that I have not exceeded your directions about the shoes").
ALS, 17 Feb. 1827, Natchez, James Moore, to D.H., York Dist. (mentioning acquaintances from York Dist. who had settled in Mississippi, stating that he recently bought three adult Negroes, cotton selling only $.07 to $.10, and stating--"We have abundant crops of every kind and plenty floating down the Mississippi Dayly").
MS, 16 July 1827 (promissory note for Indian lands sold to Cadwallader Jones by William Moore).
MP, 1 Aug. 1827 (broadside--War Dept., Pension Office, regulations).
ALS, 10 Oct. 1827, Columbia, H.H., by Wm. Shear, to D.H., Indian Land (sending him a sack of salt, informing him that his son was still in the North, and cotton selling at 10.5 cents).
ALS, 23 Oct. 1827, Scott County, Ky., Samuel Tinsley, to D.H., York Dist. (discussing a debt due H.H.).
ALS, 6 Dec. 1827, Columbia, H.H., to D.H. (stating that his cotton was shipped to Charleston as it was bringing only 9.25 cents in Columbia).
MS, 18 Jan. 1831, York Dist. (receipt for money due the sisters of James Moore which was collected by D.H.).
MS, 17 Jan. 1832, Columbia (receipt for sale of four bales of D.H.'s cotton).
MS, 21 Jan. 1832 (store bill--D.H. in account with A.S. Hutchison).
MP, 4 Nov. 1832 ("An Ordinance To NULLIFY Certain Acts of Congress...").
MS, 11 Mar. 1833 (promissory note).

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MS, 1 Jan. 1834 (store bill--D.H. in account with W.E. White).
ADS, 15 Jan. 1835 (statement of E. Avery re debt of $87.50 due from the estate of Samuel Hutchison).
MS, 21 Feb. 1835 (store Bill--D.H. in account with A.S. Hutchison).
ADS, 28 Aug. 1835 (statement of Wm. A. Carrothers re debt due from the estate of Samuel Hutchison).
ALS, 19 Dec. 1835, Cheraw, H.H., to D.H., Yorkville (re the "great fire" in Cheraw, stating--"the Bank will not loose one cent by the sufferers," referring to charters for banks in Camden and Hamburg granted by the legislature, encouraging him to send Andrew to Charleston to subscribe for every member of the family--"Bank stock will be a good standby to leave to the children," and urging him to collect all the money due him).
ALS, 19 Dec. 1835, Cheraw, H.H., to A.S. Hutchison, Yorkville (re the fire in Cheraw and reporting "the Bank will sustain no loss by it all monies loan[e]d to the sufferers being guaranteed by letters from the Factors who are undoubted," urging that they subscribe to the stock of the Hamburg bank and recommending that the family purchase 680 shares, and arguing that he was the only family member who previously had subscribed for stock -"I have often urged you and Father to do so you have both stood by with you[r] money and let others run off with the golden opportunity").
ADS, 19 Dec. 1835, York Dist. (receipt for Isabella Kirkpatrick's legacy from the estate of Samuel Hutchison).
ALS, 14 Jan. 1836, Cheraw, H.H., to A.S. Hutchison, Yorkville (discussing their subscription to the Bank of Hamburg stock, explaining that he had $20,000 deposited "for this business," advising--"It will not be necessary I presume to say any thing to the girls about the business if you fear that it might make too much independence for family peace," and assuring him that he had nothing to fear "as [I] will see that all is paid for and should thi[s] give you more than you will to hold I will take the shares you do not want").
MS, 23 Jan. 1836 (account of Samuel Hutchison's indebtedness to A.S. Hutchison presented in settlement of the estate).
MS, 6 Nov. 1836 (receipt of David Hutchison for first installment of Hamburg Bank stock).
MS, 20 Feb. 1837 (receipt for N.B. Hutchison's boarding and schooling).
MS, 13 Jan. 1838 (store account--D.H. in account with A.S. Hutchison).
MP, 12 Dec. 1838 ("Report Of the Committee on the Judiciary, upon the Petition of sundry citizens of York and Lancaster Districts, praying that the title of the Catawba Indians to their lands in said Districts, may be extinguished," and "A Bill To vest the Reversionary Interest of the State, in the Catawba Indian Lands, in the Lessees thereof, and to secure the sustenance and support of the remnant of the Tribe of Catawba Indians").
ADS, 20 May 1839, York Dist. (execution of judgment against Saml. Burns for a debt owed D.H.).
MS, 24 Jan. - 28 Dec. 1840 (store account--D.H. in account with A.S. Hutchison).
MS(T), 3 Apr. 1840, Nation Ford, Catawba, York Dist. (contemporary copy of Catawba Commissioners reviewing the history of the Catawba's lands and the tribe's history, recommending that the legislature ratify the annexed treaty [not present] "believing its terms are as moderate as the State ought to desire, and as liberal towards the Indians, as they would be likely to use Judiciously....").
MS, 31 July 1840 (minutes of meeting "of the Indian Land-holders" signed by the Rev. Archibald Whyte, secretary, to consider the treaty between the state and the Catawba Indians and concluding--"The Treaty being again twice read, was, after mature deliberation, unanimously approved of by the meeting").
ALS, 25 Aug. 1840, Hillsboro, [N.C.], C[ad]w[allade]r Jones, to D.H., Nation Ford (thanking him for sending copies of the treaty and memorial which he considered "just to all the parties concerned & if properly pressed before the legislature will doubtless receive its sanction," approving the project to settle the remnant of the Catawbas among the Cherokees "for the tribe being considerably civilized & an orderly, quiet people, we may reasonably hope that they will do beteer among them, than in their present situation or among other Indian people," hoping to see Gov. Swain before returning to S.C. in order to obtain "some evidence from a high source, of the improvement & moral condition of the tribe with whom it is proposed to unite them," and discussing politics and the success of the Whig party).
MS, 2 and 20 Oct. 1840, Raleigh (contemporary copies of letters of S.F. Patterson and Cadwallader Jones re the Indian treaty).
MS, 1840 (census of slaves in the Indian Land, York Dist., listing owners and total slaveholdings).

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ADS, 13 Feb. 1841, York Dist. (judgment against Dempsey Gaulden for indebtedness to D.H.).
ALS, 26 June 1841, Cherokee, Qualla Town, Haywood County, N.C., Wm. H. Thomas, to D.H., Old Nation Ford P.O., York Dist. (re the meeting of the Cherokee council attended also by Catawbas to consider proposals--"they came to the conclusion that they were willing for the small remnant of the Catawba Indians to reside with them or form a settlement adjacent thereto provided they would agree to come under the same rules and regulations by doing which they were willing the Catawba Indians should enjoy all the privileges enjoyed by the Cherokees, in every respect," discussing "the morals and improvements" of the Cherokee during his twenty-two year residence with the tribe, and commenting re the financial condition of the tribe and their plan for using "the considerable amount of money due them from the United States under the treaties of 1817--1819--& 1835").
ALS(T), 27 July 1841, Exec. Dept., Yorkville, John P. Richardson, to Joseph F. White (appointing J.W. "Agent to carry into effect the treaty between the State & the Catawba Indians" and giving him his instructions).
ALS, 8 Sept. 1841, Executive Dept., Raleigh, N.C., J.M. Morehead, to J.F. White (responding to White's request for an opinion re the removal of the Catawba Indians from S.C. to the Cherokee lands in N.C.--"so far as the Department over which I preside is concerned...I am utterly opposed to this species of population being brought into our territories" and advising--"The same motives which induce your State to get clear of such a population, induce us to keep clear of it, as far as we can, and the arguments, which would readily occur to you, why our Cherokees should not be sent to your State to reside among and amalgamate with your Catawbas--are equally strong against your sending your Catawbas to our State").
MS, [ca. 1841] (statement of the commissioners in D.H.'s hand endorsing the treaty).
ALS(T), 26 Apr. 1842, Nation Ford, York Dist., D.H., to J.M. Morehead (contemporary copy of letter carried with Catawba chief James Hegg(?) with the explanation that he sought an audience with Gov. Morehead but "as owing to his imperfect acquaintance with the English language, he finds a difficulty in making himself understood, he has requested the undersigned to give a general statement of his matters" and discussing in great detail the condition of the Catawba tribe and the reasons which compelled them to seek residence with the Cherokees in Haywood County, N.C.).
MS, 4 Nov. 1842 (addressed to Rob. Johnston--poem re "Reflecting on Life's passing scene").
MS, 21 Dec. 1842 (receipt for sale of six bales of D.H.'s cotton).
MS, 13 Jan. 1843 (receipt for sale of a Negro man Hardy conveyed to A.S. Hutchison by D.H.).
DS, 8 Apr. 1843, University of North Carolina (T.L. Johnston's literary society certificate).
DS, 7 June 1843, University of North Carolina (T.L. Johnston's diploma).
MS, Oct. - Nov. 1843 (Miss Adaline Hutchison in account with the administrator of A.S. Hutchison).
MS, Nov. 1843 (account of a gold watch purchased for $125.00 by Miss Mary Hutchison from the administrator of A.S. Hutchison).
MS, ca. 1843 (estate of A.S. Hutchison--accounts "Appraised Good" and "Doubtful Notes").
MS, ca. 1843 ("A List of Sealed Notes against the Estate of A.S. Hutchison").
MS, ca. 1843 ("Amount Doubtful Ac[coun]t as Appraised").
MS, ca. 1843 ("Good Notes").
MS, ca. 1843 ("A.S. Hutchison (Appraisal)").
MS, 21 Feb. 1844 (store account--Eugene Hutchison in account with A.S. Hutchison).
ALS(T), 16 Jan. 1845, Cottage near Hamburg, H.H., to the Rev. Mr. Bishop, Ebenezer Church, York Dist. (contemporary copy of letter explaining that he commissioned Gregg & Hayden to have manufactured at the North "a set of Silver communion service: consisting of four silver cups or goblets, & one Silver Tankard--accompanied by two bread waiters, two napkins & one Damask cloth for the Ebenezer Church" and explaining that his mother and other family members were buried there and "I first heard the wonderful adaption of the Gospel to the immense necessity of human nature: & it is there that I wish to manifest my regard to the friends of my childhood in some appropriate offering to the congregation through you").

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ALS, 10 Mar. 1845, Charleston, Gregg & Hayden, to H.H. (informing him of the shipment of the communion service and including the invoice).
MS, 17 Mar. 1845 (D.H.'s tax receipt).
ALS, 3 May 1845, Columbia, Andrew Wallace, to H.H., Nation Ford P.O. (stating that the bank officers had investigated A.S.H.'s accounts "but nothing can be discovered that will show that he has in any instance paid any thing beyond what he was legally liable for his own a/c stands all closed").
MS, 25 Nov. 1845 (receipt for "filling Set of Waggon wheels").
MS, ca. 1845 (accounts re estate of A.S. Hutchison prepared by his father D.H.).
MS, ca. 1845 (statement of notes, principal, and interest re estate of A.S. Hutchison).
ADS, 11 Aug. 1846 (A.E. Hutchison's militia oath).
MS, 16 Sept. 1846 (postal account--Miss Mary Hutchison in account with A. Whyte).
DS, 5 Dec. 1846 (A.E. Hutchison's commission as lst Lt. of the Ebenezer Light Infantry).
MS, 24 Dec. 1846 (receipt for settlement of an account paid by A.E. Hutchison).
MS, 26 Dec. 1846 (Ugene [Eugene] Hutchison's store account with Moore & Springs).
MS, 1 Jan. 1847 (statement of "John Campbells loss on F Spences note").
MS, 2 Jan. 1847 (receipt for A.E. Hutchison's purchase of a horse for $80.00 from John Dobson).
ADS, 14 Aug. 1847 (order to attend a court martial at Ebenezer "for the trial of all defaulters in militia & patrol duty").
MS, 2 Nov. 1847, Columbia (A.E. Hutchison's account with P. & R. Bryce, including the sale of six bales of cotton).
MS, 3 Dec. 1847, Columbia (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with P. & R. Bryce).
MS, 4 Apr. 1848, Columbia (store account--A. E. Hutchison and P. & R. Bryce).
ALS, Apr. 1848, Indian Land, York Dist., H.H., to Ch[arle]s Beck, Columbia (explaining that his brother Eugene was building a house and soliciting his assistance in buying glass, locks, hinges, paints, etc., as "it is probable he could do better...in Columbia than have them made here").
MS, 5 May 1848 (A.E. Hutchison in account with Samuel Schooly).
ALS, 16 July 1848, Bono, Lawrence County, Indiana, Isabella Fergusen, to A.E. Hutchison (stating that she had not heard from Mr. Wallace about a land warrant and soliciting his assistance in getting necessary information).

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MS, 28 Sept. 1848, Columbia (A.E. Hutchison's account with P. & R. Bryce).
MS, Sept. 1848 (A.E. Hutchison's account with P. & R. Bryce).
ALS, 10 Feb. 1849, Cheraw, M.C. Collins, to [Hiram] Hutchison (thanking her brother-in-law for a "valuable present").
MS, 10 Mar. 1849 - 22 Mar. 1850 (Mr. Murdock's pork account with A.E. Hutchison).
ALS, 5 June 1849, London, Union Bank of London, W.W. Scrimgeour, to [Hiram] Hutchison (informing him of the number of employees and the salaries, etc. for the Bank of England).
AL, 20 Dec. 1849, Charleston, to Eugene Hutchison (instructing him to pay to sister Ann White "any money you may collect out of the Estate of our dear Father David Hutchison").
MS, 1 Jan. 1850 (promissory note of Thomas Allen agreeing to furnish slave Margaret various articles of clothing, etc.).
ALS, Apr. 1850, Nation Ford, ?, to Eugene Hutchison (courtship letter).
MS, 2 May 1850 (receipt for interest on bond and mortgage of house paid by Eugene Hutchison).
MS [incomplete], 23 May - 13 June 1850 (minutes of 5th - 8th meetings of Catawba Division, No. 69, Sons of Temperance).
MS, 9 Nov. 1850 (list of pledges "in Labour or otherwise, for the purpose of covering the [Crossroad] School House, and fencing the ground thereto, at the intersection of the York and Nation Ford road").
MS, 21 Nov. 1850 (promissory note).
MS, 12 Dec. 1850, Columbia (account of sale of two bales of cotton purchased by Woodward & Randolph from A.E. Hutchison).
MS, 16 Dec. 1850 (notice of sale of "a Likely negro woman & child belonging to the estate of George P. White").
MS, 16 Dec. 1850 (store account--Miss Mary S. Campbell in account with Adams & McCorkle).
MS, 1850 (A.E. Hutchison's receipt for payment of his "Indian land Tax").
MS, 1850 (A.E. Hutchison's receipt for payment of his general and district taxes).
MS, 1850 (statement of judgment for debt).
MS, 1 Jan. 1851 (Mary Campbell's account with H.W. Campbell for boarding).
MS, 7 Feb. 1851 (receipt).

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MS, 18 June 1851 (A.E. Hutchison's account with Stillwell & Wilson).
DS, 1 Sept. 1851 (bond--Samuel Richardson of N.Y. to John Watts dePeyster of N.Y.).
DS, 1 Sept. 1851, N.Y. City (indenture--Samuel Richardson and wife to John Watts dePeyster).
MS, 1851 (receipt for A.E. Hutchison's Indian Land tax).
MS, 15 Jan. - 3 Apr. 1852, Coates Tavern, York Dist. (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with W.P. McFadden).
ALS, 18 Feb. 1852, Charleston, H.S. Hayden, to H.H. (reporting an offer for his pew in Charleston).
MS, 25 June 1852, New York (receipt--Mrs. A. White to H. Warren--for "Rose Wood pianoforte made by Chickering Boston").
ALS, 14 Jan. 1853, Exec. Dept., Jno. L. Manning, to H.H., N.Y. (thanking him "in behalf of the State for the princely offer...so honourable alike to your spirit of munificence and intelligence" and requesting "time to consider the best means of accomplishing your purpose").
MS, 22 Jan. 1853 (receipt for seven bales of cotton sold by A.E. Hutchison to J.H. McGinnis).
ALS, 9 Feb. 1853, N.Y., H.H., to "My Dear Brother" (re the proposal of the Rev. J.R. Gilland who "proposes to get rid of the trouble of managing the $1000 for his child provided he is to receive the interest of $70 pr an. without the trouble" and "beg[ging] to be excused from managing his business--he refused to do this in the beginning, and he might change his mind in the end," recommending that his brother buy a 7% bond of the Charlotte & S.C.R.R.--"this will be Safe, and give you no trouble," and advising that Charlotte & S.C.R.R. and S.C.R.R. bonds were good investments while the Greenville R.R. & Co. "[is] an unfortunate, & badly managed road").
ALS, 14 Feb. 1853, Ebenezer, John Campbell and Alex[ande]r Fewell, to J.M. Ross (offering "to go AE Hutchison's security on the Bond for the management of Jane Gilland's property").
LS, 1 Mar. 1853, N.Y., Finance Committee, to H.H. (requesting him to forward his subscription check to St. Luke's Hospital).
LS, 2 Apr. 1853 (acknowledging receipt of the above).
ALS, ca. 1 July 1853, Adeline Caldwell, to Mr. C. Bouknight (authorizing H.H. to receive her dividend check on five shares of Charlotte & S.C.R.R. stock).
DS, 9 Nov. 1853 (Bank of Hamburg $5 bearing signature of H.H.).
DS, 22 Nov. 1853 (receipt for payment in full of the first installment on fifty shares of Savannah Valley RR stock).
MP, 31 Dec. 1853 ("A Condensed Statement of the Condition of the Bank of Hamburg, South Carolina").
MS, 21 Jan. 1854 (receipt).
MS, 21 Jan. 1854 (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with Broach, Massey & Co.).
MS, 27 Feb. 1854 (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with J. N. McElwee).

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DS, 15 Mar. 1854 (receipt for pew rent paid by George W. Turner, Calvary Church, New York).
ALS, 18 Apr. 1854, Hamburg, H.H., to J.L. Manning and the Rev. James H. Thornwell (enclosing five 7% bonds [not extant], $1,000.00 each, to be used "for the sole purpose of establishing a Scholarship in the South Carolina College" without any conditions but specifying four "desires").
ALS, 27 Apr. 1854, South Carolina College, J.H. Thornwell, to H. H. (expressing gratitude for his gift to the college--"I do not know of any form in which charity can be so worthily manifested, except when employed in diffusing the blessings of religion, as in extending the means of education to indigent merit").
MS, 1 May 1854 (account with Dr. James M. Johnson for visits to family and slaves).
MS, [ca. 3 May 1854] (resolution of the S.C. College Board of Trustees accepting and thanking H.H. for his scholarship).
ALS, 4 July 1854, Berlin, H.H., to "Dear Sir" (giving an account of his travels through Holland and Germany).
ALS, 26 July 1854, Clarendon, Jno. Lw. Manning, to H.H. (enclosing the resolution of the S.C. College Board of Trustees [see 225 above] accepting and thanking H.H. for his scholarship and stating--"I hope Providence will bestow upon you length of days, to see the accomplishment of much of the good which may reasonably be expected to flow from your bounty: and that you may be richly rewarded by not only witnessing the benefit arising to the recipients themselves, but by the expressions of their lasting gratitude to you as their friend and benefactor").
ADS, 6 Nov. 1854 (articles of agreement between Samuel Richardson and H.H. for the sale by S.R. to H.H. of "All that certain Lot piece or parcel of ground with the Store front & Dwelling House thereon...distinguished by the Street number 60 East Twenty first street," New York City).
DS, 14 Nov. 1854 (deed to the above property).
DS, 14 Nov. 1854 (policy with the Harmony Fire Insurance Co. for the above property).
DS, 14 Nov. 1854 (policy with the Fireman's Insurance Co. of Charleston on the above property).
DS, 14 Nov. 1854 (receipt for payment of taxes).
ADS, 14 Nov. 1854 (title search).
ALS, 27 Dec. 1854, Columbia, Danl. F. Spigener, to A.E. Hutchison, Rock Hill (reporting the amount he paid for freight on a shipment of flour).
ALS, 13 Feb. 1855, Rock Hill, Jonathan N. McElwee, Jr., to Mrs. A. White (stating that he was writing re his claims "as from fears to call on you personally...feelings might be aroused that would be quite unpleasant," discussing "the unpleasant attitude we are placed in on main street in this place by the present confined condition of our streets & ways to & from the country, which I have always deemed a proper object of interest, not only to those who live here but those coming in from the country," and recommending a solution).
ALS, 14 Feb. 1855, Rock Hill, A.T. Black, to Mrs. A. White (calling upon her to allow the main street to be opened through a portion of her land and requesting--"I wish you to let me know by Next friday morning Without fail Whither you will open Either or not and if I git no answer to this I Will take it for granted that you resist and Will then pr[o]ceed to institute such proceedings in the Case as may Be advised by Law").
MS, 14 Feb. 1855 (Dr. James M. Johnson's statement of charges for visits to the Hutchison family and slaves).
ALS, 26 May 1855, Tivoli P.O., Dutchess County, N.Y., J. Watts dePeyster, to H.H., N.Y. (re the New York City property purchased by H.H.).
MS(T), 23 June 1855, Edgefield District (typescript of will of H.H., with proof of will, 19 Mar. 1857).
MS, 31 July 1855 (receipt for A.E. Hutchison's subscription to the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian).

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MS, 5 Sept. [18]55 (receipt for payment of taxes on H.H.'s 60 East Street property).
DS, 30 Oct. 1855 (policy with Home Insurance Co. on the above property).
MS, 1 Nov. 1855 (receipt for interest on bond and mortgage).
ALS, 24 Nov. 1855, Obion County, Tenn., the Rev. E[leazar] Harris to A. Eugene Hutchison, Rock Hill (written by "an old man (65) now in the deepest poverty" who had written two letters but received no reply and enlisting Hutchison's assistance in selling some personal property at the home of Col. J.M. Harris).
ALS, 3 Dec. 1855, Augusta, Ga., [Mrs.] F.C. Ring, to Mr. Hutchison (thanking him for his gift of $200 and the $24 interest from Dr. Ford, stating--"It has been the greatest service to me. I have been able to commence with a few Boarders and I hope by prudence and industry to succeed").
ALS, 17 Dec. 1855, N.Y., H.H., to "Dear Brother" (re his willingness to have his niece Lizy attend a school in N.Y., noting--"it is difficult to find good teachers in yr neighborhood and I believe there is none near your house," and praising the curriculum of the school--"The French and other living languages are being taught every where in the northern Schools and childhood is the time to catch the idiom, so as to speak the Language as well as read it").
MS, 1855 (receipt for payment of A.E. Hutchison's taxes).
MS, 1 Jan. 1856 (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with A. Whyte).
MS, 8 Jan. 1856 (receipt for a pair of pants made for A.E. Hutchison by O.G. Stewart).
MS, 28 Jan. 1856, Rock Hill (A.E. Hutchison in account with Broach, Massey & Co.).
MS, 22 Mar. 1856 (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with Manny Powell & Co.).
DS, 19 July 1856 (Home Insurance Co. policy on H.H.'s New York City house).
ALS, 23 Oct. 1856, Bank of Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to "Dear Sir" [A.E.H.] (relating that he received a telegram informing him of H.H.'s death and leaving for N.Y. to perform his duties as executor but hoping to see A.E.H. when the train stopped in Rock Hill).
ALS, 4 Nov. 1856, N.Y., Jno. J. Blackwood, to Eugene Hutchison, Rock Hill (re his visit to H.H.'s gravesite in Greenwood Cemetery and discussing the will).
ALS, 28 Nov. 1856, Hamburg, Jno J. Blackwood, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re questions concerning settlement of H.H.'s estate).
MS, 1856 (receipt for payment of A.E.H.'s general and district taxes).
2 MSS, ca. 1856 (receipts for A.E.H.'s subscription to the Yorkville Enquirer).
MS, 1 Jan. 1857 (store account--A.E.H. in account with A. Whyte).
ALS, 5 Jan. 1857, Charlotte, [N.C.], William Johnston, to A.E.H. (responding to his letter stating that the train had killed some of his hogs which were then eaten by the hands, inquiring re details, and noting A.E.H.'s report that meal was scattered on the track -"I hope that you are mistaken in this, as I never heard of such conduct on the part of any negro on the road").
2 MSS, 10 Jan. 1857 (store accounts--A.E.H. in account with Broach, Massey & Co.).

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ALS, 13 Jan. 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (postponing their trip to N.Y. due to reports of freezing weather to the North and discussing the estate).
ALS, 19 Jan. 1857, Charlotte, W[illia]m Johnston, to A.E.H. (re the likelihood that the Charlotte & S.C.R.R.'s employees did eat his hogs which were struck by the train and agreeing to compensate him).
ALS, 20 Jan. 1857, Bennettsville, the Rev. P.E. Bishop, to [A.E.H.] (friendly letter from a former resident of York Dist.).
AL [incomplete], 20 Jan. 1857, Rock Hill, [A.E.H.], to Dear Sir [John J. Blackwood] (agreeing to the temporary postponement of their trip to N.Y. and discussing the estate).
ALS, 28 Jan. 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re their trip to N.Y., acknowledging that the sale of the house, if Mrs. Hutchison wished it, required the consent of Mrs. White and children, and offering to purchase "some good Stocks or Bonds" for Cousin Mary if she was agreeable).
MS, 29 Jan. 1857 (store account--A.E.H. in account with A.F. & J.B. Fretwell).
ALS, [ca. Jan. 1857], Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re their trip to N.Y. for the purpose of settling H.H.'s estate).
MS, 4 Feb. 1857 (A.E.H.'s receipt for subscription to the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian).
MS, 5 Feb. 1857 (store account--A.E.H. in account with E. Hope).
MS, 5 Feb. 1857 (store account D.F. Schooley in account with E. Hope).
MS, 20 Mar. 1857 (requesting A.E.H. to let Mr. Garrison have $10 worth of corn).
ALS, 1 Apr. 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re his trip to N.Y. and the bad weather there, discussing his progress in settling the estate, and his discussions with Mrs. H. concerning a monument).
ALS, 4 Apr. 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (discussing the various securities in H.H.'s estate and listing values).
MS, 6 Apr. 1857, Hamburg (extract of letter from J.J.B. to Mrs. H. informing her of his return from N.Y. and conveying the family's opinion re a proper monument for H.H.'s gravesite).
MS, 20 Apr. 1857 (receipt for balance of payment on land--A.E.H. to H.W. Campbell).
MS, 24 Apr. 1857 (receipt--D.T. Schooley in account with A.E.H.).
MS, 28 May 1857 (receipt for payment of $3,000 due J.J.B. as executor of H.H.'s estate).
MS, 2 June 1857 (receipt for medical services rendered A.E.H.'s slave by Dr. James M. Johnson).
ALS, 23 June 1857, Hamburg, J.J. Blackwood, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (discussing payments to beneficiaries and other details of H.H.'s estate).
ALS, 11 July 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (proposing to make a loan of money in the estate--"I think I can lend what I have in hand to parties at from two to five years, interest payable annually at this Bank, on such names as I should be willing to lend my own money").

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MS, 18 July 1857, N.Y. (receipt for payment of $2,361.50 for H.H.'s monument).
ALS, 3 Aug. 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E. Hutchison (discussing details of the estate and expressing regret that Mrs. H. did not choose to sell the house--"I am sure she would be more comfortable in most respects in a Boarding house. Still she knows best, being on the spot & having tried both plans to some extent").
ALS, 27 Aug. 1857, Hamburg, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E. Hutchison (re details of the estate).
ALS(T), 22 Oct. 1857, N.Y., J.T. Soulter, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (copy of letter sent earlier concerning the responsibility of paying for the monument).
ALS, 30 Oct. 1857, Charlotte, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (reporting that the northern railroads suffered badly in the crash and may not pay coupons in the fall and soliciting a loan from the family to pay Mrs. Hutchison's annuity--"I would be glad if you could do so, as dislike to go out of the family for the money").
ALS, 28 Nov. 1857, J.T. Soulter, to A.E.H. (reporting that he would make arrangement to have Mrs. H. sent a photograph of the monument but urging that Mr. Blackwood should proceed with the payment, and advising--"In family matters little things sometimes lead to misunderstandings, and I always guard against them").
ALS, 1 Dec. [18]57, Chester Dist., Geor[ge] C. Gill, to A.E.H. (inquiring re a tract of land that he was interested in purchasing).
ALS, 20 Dec. 1857, Ft. Mill, C.S. Clawson, to A.E.H. (offering "a large quantity of weatherboarding Tuck flooring...at a price that will defy competition").
MS, ca. 1857 (assets of H.H.'s estate).
ALS, 2 Jan. 1858, Charlotte, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re the monument, discussing the failure of the Knoxville Gas Co. and his recommendation that they advance the money for paying off the debt "and take a mortgage upon the property, and sell it forthwith, buying it up for the use of those who advanced the money to pay off its debts," and suggesting that they might want to dispose of Wilmington & Manchester Rail Road bonds--"I have not much faith in Rail Roads in the South which have not much but passengers to depend on for profits, and that road especially has little else to sustain it").
2 MSS, 4 Jan. 1858 (Adams Express Co. receipts).
MS, 2 Feb. 1858 (receipt for A.E. Hutchison's subscription to the Tri-Weekly South Carolinian).
MS, 18 Feb. 1858 (store account--A.E. Hutchison in account with A. Whyte).
ALS, 23 Feb. 1858, Yorkville, A.S. Wallace, to A.E.H. (relating that he had been unable to settle Mrs. Ferguson's bounty land claim "and am rather fearful that the evidence that I have now before the department will not be sufficient to establish the claim as the department is now very rigorous in its requirements").
ALS, 4 Mar. [18]58, Charlotte, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re his conditional purchase of sixty bonds of the Spartanburg & Union R.R. in order to generate income to pay Mrs. H.'s annuity and expressing optimism re the market--"Stocks are going up very fast...and all think by Summer, will be at their old rates again").
MS, 4 Mar. 1858 (receipt for items purchased from S. Watts, Fashionable Milliner and Dress Maker, Charleston).
ALS, 12 Apr. [18]58, Charlotte, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (wanting to consult with A.E.H. re stocks to sell to purchase the Spartanburg and Union R.R. bonds--"It is likely northern Stocks would sell best," other possibilities, and inviting him to go to the Hamburg and Graniteville meetings).
MP, 19 Apr. 1858 ("Statement of the Bank of Hamburg, So. Ca., Monday Evening, April 18, 1858").
ALS, 8 May 1858, Yorkville, W.B. Wilson, to A.E.H. (inquiring re the least amount that he would accept in his claim against J. McFadden).
ADS, 17 May 1858, York Dist. (copy for Commissioners of Roads and Bridges of the section of the Grand Jury's presentment re roads and bridges).

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ALS, 20 July 1858, Arsenal, Columbia, C.C. Ferr, to A.E.H. (explaining that the gun he returned had no percussion lock).
ALS, 30 July 1858, Charlotte, J.J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (discussing investment considerations and options and stating that he had arranged the bonds of the Spartanburg & Union R.R. and was relieved "for I have always feared that the unsatisfactory nature of the W & M left by yr Bro[the]r for his wife's maintenance, might some day open his will, and if so, give a great deal of trouble and expense, and perhaps make a new disposition of his property").
ALS, 25 Aug. 1858, Charlotte, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (investment matters).
MS, Aug. 1858 (blank form for appointing overseers for certain sections of road).
ALS, 20 Sept. 1858, Chester, Hemphill & Gaston, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (requesting him to send a note against the estate of R.E. Kennedy).
ALS, 27 Sept. 1858, Yorkville, W.B. Wilson, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (acknowledging his letter and expressing "thanks for your kindness in obliging me in above matter").
ALS, 19 Oct. 1858, Charlotte, J.J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re the final settlement of the estate).
MS, 22 Oct. 1858 (receipt for 150 shares in the Bank of the Republic purchased by A.E.H. from the estate of H.H.).
MS, 1858 (A.E. Hutchison's bond for a six pounder iron cannon with percussion lock issued by the state of South Carolina). 310. MS, 19 Mar. 1859 (receipt for payment of account of Dr. James M. Johnson for visits to A.E.H.'s family).
ALS, 7 Apr. 1859, Yorkville, I[saac] D. Witherspoon, Jr., to A.E.H., Rock Hill (reporting the payment of $1360.00 "upon the note of Jno Campbell Guardian against the McFaddens").
ALS, 13 Apr. 1859, Charlotte, J.J. Blackwood, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (business letter re investments).
ALS, 16 Apr. 1859, Yorkville, W.B. Wilson, to A.E.H. (re the McFadden note).
ALS, 30 Apr. 1859, Charlotte, J.J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re arrangements for them to leave for the North).
ALS, 5 May [18]59, Rock Hill, M[ary] Hutchison, to "My Dear Brother" (informing him of their activities during his absence).
AL [incomplete], 24 May 1859, Rock Hill, to "Dear Sister" (accepting her offer of $1500.00 "for the Furniture you have sold").
DS, 22 Sept. 1859 (writ in debt).
DS, 10 Nov. 1859 (stock certificate--Bank of Hamburg--for 450 shares owned by A.E.H.).
ALS, 10 Nov. 1859, N.Y., J.T. Soutter, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re insurance on H.H.'s house in N.Y.).
ALS, 15 Dec. 1859, Rock Hill, W.H. Thomasson, to [A.E.H.] (reporting that he had changed his mind about buying the Chronicle but that he was interested in the vacant position at the Rock Hill Academy).

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ALS, 19 Dec. 1859, Carthage, Ala., John J. Mills, to A.E.H. (explaining that his payment on a note would be late).
ALS, 27 Dec. 1859, Carthage, Ala., John J. Mills, to A.E.H. (sending payment).
ALS, 29 Dec. 1859, A. Whyte, to A.E.H. (discussing the plight of the Chronicle, proposals for operating it, and stating--"I know of two or three who would have taken the paper but declined because the proprietor spent most of his time in Beer guzzling and travelling about," and expressing a willingness to "do any thing that is reasonable to try and keep up the paper").
ALS, 14 Jan. 1860, A. Whyte, to A.E.H. (re the management of the Chronicle and his willingness to support Thomas J. Eccles, stating that the paper could earn $1,500.00 if properly managed, and advising--"I wish to favor Eccles, but am unwilling to have any thing to do with Mc[Elwees]").
ALS, 17 Jan. [18]60, Jonathan N. McElwee, [Jr.], to the Rev. A. Whyte (regretting the developments re the Chronicle, stating--"I regret that the association of my name should be at any time repugnant to the propserity of any enterprise," and making a proposal for continuation of the publication with Eccles as editor and McElwee to retain one-third ownership).
MS, 23 Jan. 1860 (re Graniteville Manufacturing Co. stock dividend due A.E.H., Mrs. Ann White, and Miss Mary Hutchison).
ALS, 30 Jan. 1860, Chester, J.L. Gaston, to A.E.H. (re a receipt from Mr. McCutchen for money due his wife and proposing that A.E.H. come to Chester to pick up the receipt).
ALS, ca. Jan. 1860, A. Whyte, to [A.E.H.] (speculating re future of the Indian Land Chronicle).
MS, 15 Feb. 1860 (receipt for payment of $700.00 interest on legacy of H.H. signed by James and Mrs. M.J. McCutchen).
ALS, 15 Feb. 1860, Charlotte, N.C., Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (business letter).
MS, 15 Feb. 1860 (receipt for payment of interest to Adeline Caldwell on legacy of H.H.).
ALS, 21 Feb. 1860, Ebenezer, W.H. Thomasson, to A.E.H. (explaining that he did not come to Yorkville as "I met
my man' above Ebenezer").
ALS, 17 Mar. 1860, 17 Mar. 1860, A. Whyte, to A.E.H. (arranging for the return of music left at Hutchison's house, relating his suspicion that his Negroes were guilty of theft--"Say to the young man in the store that if any of my negroes offer to trade, and have any money, unless small change to stop it and let me know," and explaining that $3.00 was taken from his mantle).
ALS, ca. 23 Mar. 1860, J.J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (re the meeting of stockholders of the Knoxville Gas Light Co. to elect new directors).
ALS, 12 May 1860, Chester, John A. Bradley, to A.E.H. (notifying him of receipt of four bonds from H.W. Conner & Co.).
ALS, 18 July 1860, Chester, Jno. A. Bradley, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (sending him Mississippi Central R.R. Co. bonds and explaining that there were insufficient funds in his account to cover the cost).
MS, 18 July 1860 (receipt for bonds showing balance due of $467.08).
ALS, 13 Aug. 1860, Eagle Creek, Ark., R.L. Neely, to A.E.H. (stating that he was pleased with Arkansas and the prospects there, advising W.M. Moore "if he moves to Texas next fall he had better learn to do without eating for he cannot get anything their," and mentioning the election for governor).
ALS, 15 Aug. [18]60, Bank of Charlotte, Jno. J. Blackwood, to A.E.H. (informing him that N.Y. dividend checks sent to him and Ann White, discussing the "Valley Road" [Savannah Valley R.R.] and his opinion "it is high time we were stirring that matter again," and advising that other stockholders "are anxious to get out of it if they can").
ALS, 15 Aug. 1860, Yorkville, W.C. Beatty, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (notifying him of his appointment as "D.G.W.P." of the Rock Hill Division).

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ALS, 23 Aug. 1860, Chester, J.L. Harris, to A.E.H. (advising him of bonds available).
ALS, ca. 1860, H.W.C., to A.E.H., Rock Hill (wanting almanac for 1860 and requesting -"If Sam cannot recross the River please to give him a pass untill he can come home").
ALS, 25 Sept. 1861, York Dist., John D. Wylie (letter of introduction for Albert Eugene Hutchison while travelling to Va. to join the 9th Regt., S.C. Volunteers).
MS, 15 Feb. 1862 (receipt for payment of interest from legacy of H.H. to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 8 Mar. 1862 (promissory note--William Aiken to A.E.H.).
MS, 15 Feb. 1863 (receipt for payment by A.E.H. to Adeline Caldwell of interest on legacy left by H.H.).
MS, 15 Feb. 1863 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 6 Mar. 1864 (promissory note--Thomas Wood to A.E.H.).
MS, 7 Mar. 1864 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
ALS, 20 Apr. 1864, Rock Hill, Jno. M. Thain, to T.C. Thain (requesting that he pay A.E.H. $100.00).
MS, 9 May 1864 (promissory note--G.E.M. Steele to A.E.H.).
MS, 3 Sept. 1864 (delivering his boy Joe as security for an endorsement).
MS, 30 Oct. 1864 (promissory note).
MS, ca. 1864 ("Notes belonging to A.E. Hutchison").
MS, 10 Feb. 1865 (promissory note).
MS, 22 Apr. 1865 ("Due Capt AE Hutchison Seven Hundred Dolls in Confederate currancy payable on demand").
MS, 15 Feb. 1866 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
ADS, 8 Oct. 1866 (list of notes presented by A.E.H. "to be established against the estate of H.W. Campbell"). 359. MS, 27 Oct. 1866 (receipt for interest paid to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 15 Feb. 1867 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).

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MS, 24 July 1867 (list of bonds and stocks owned by Mrs. A. Caldwell).
MP, Nov. 1871, Augusta, Hook & Gardner (re $5,200.00 worth of Bank of Hamburg notes in their possession "with instructions from our Clients to bring suit against such of the Stockholders as are accessible").
ADS, 3 Feb. 1872, York County (deed--Eliza J. Steele to Robert M. Sims).
MS, 15 Feb. 1872 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 15 Feb. 1873 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 10 Jan. 1874 (receipt for payment of interest to Addie Caldwell).
MS, 15 Feb. 1874 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 8 Jan. 1875 (receipt for payment of interest to Addie Caldwell).
MS, 15 Feb. 1875 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
ADS, 10 Mar. 1875, York County (deed--R[obert] M[oorman] Sims to A.E. Hutchison--for land on Lansford Rd. near Rock Hill in payment of a debt).
ADS, 17 June 1875, Bradley County, Ark. (William Bradley conveying to A.E.H. his "interest claim and wright in the Rock Hill Academy").
ALS, 22 June 1875, Dobysville, Ark., R.J. Adams, to F.H. Barber (relating that his family moved to Dobysville 18 months previously, a healthy location, re the situation of agriculture, reporting--"We live in a pleasant neighborhood good society, we have preaching every Sabbath, just a pleasant walk from where we live to the church and Academy, we have a Female school at this time[.] Our State government is getting along very smoothly now," and relinquishing his claims in the Rock Hill Academy).
MS, 1 Nov. 1875, Rock Hill (Ann White's proxy to A.E.H. to represent her stock in the Rock Hill Academy).
MS, 1 Nov. 1875, Rock Hill (Mary Hutchison's proxy to A.E.H.).
MS, 4 Nov. 1875, York County (Eliza Steele's proxy).
MS, 8 Nov. 1875 (unsigned proxy).
MS, 9 Nov. 1875, Rock Hill (D. Hutchison's proxy).
MS, 13 Nov. 1875 (minutes of stockholders of Rock Hill Academy for the purpose of electing trustees).
MS, 6 Jan. 1876 (receipt for payment of interest to Addie Caldwell).
MS, 15 Feb. 1876 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).

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MS, 4 Jan. 1877 (receipt for payment of interest to W.J. and Addie C. Rawlinson).
MS, 5 Jan. 1877 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MS, 4 Sept. - 24 Dec. 1877 (ginning account--W.C. Hutchison to J.R. Weisler).
MS, 3 Jan. 1878 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
MP, 29 Oct. 1878 (ticket to Hampton Ball sponsored by Jenkins Rifles).
MS, 4 Jan. 1879 (receipt for payment of interest to Addie C. and W.J. Rawlinson).
MS, 7 Jan. 1879 (receipt for payment of interest to James and M.J. McCutchen).
DS, 10 June 1879, York County (J.P. Caston appointing David Hutchison "to take charge of my mercantile business in the town of Rock Hill, and to continue the same according to my usual custom except that all sales shall be strictly for cash: and that all notes and accounts be forthwith collected...").
MS, 8 Jan. 1880 (receipt for payment of interest to W.J. and Addie Rawlinson).
DS, 6 Aug. 1880, York County (deed--James S. White, A.H. White, Mary White, and A.R. Witherspoon conveying land to Rock Hill Cotton Factory).
DS, 22 Mar. 1881, York County (same conveying land to Rock Hill Cotton Factory).
DS, 2 Apr. 1881 (Campbell Hutchison's certificate for fifteen shares of stock in the Rock Hill Cotton Factory).
DS, 4 Oct. 1881, York County (deed--G[eorge] E[li] Mc[Duffie] Steele to Rock Hill Cotton Factory).
ALS, 12 Nov. 1881, Providence, R.I., F.E. Sprague, Franklin Foundry and Machine Co., to A.E.H., Rock Hill (quoting prices for machinery). 395. ALS, 6 Dec. 1881, Columbia, R.M. Sims, to A.E.H. (re a business matter).
MS, 7 Jan. 1882 (receipt for payment of interest to Addie C. and W.J. Rawlinson).
5 MSS, 15-30 Sept. 1882, Rock Hill (accounts--W.C. Hutchison to Ivy Co. for sale of cotton).
DS, 2 Oct. 1882 (certificate for one share of stock in Rock Hill Cotton Factory issued to Campbell Hutchison).
7 MSS, 6 Oct. - 9 Dec. 1882 (receipts for cotton sold by W.C. Hutchison to J.M. Ivy & Co.).
MS, 4 Jan. 1883 (receipt for payment of interest to Addie C. and W.J. Rawlinson).

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ALS, 27 Jan. 1883, Belle Gordon, to Capt. A.E.H. (applying for the position of assistant teacher "in the school that Miss Emma Roach has in charge").
MS vol. bd., 20 Feb. 1883 - Jan. 1888 (occasional diary entries).
ALS, 3 Mar. 1883, D. James Winn, president, Bellemonte Cotton Manufacturing Co., to A.E.H., Rock Hill (reporting his company's satisfaction with the Babcock & Wilcox Co. boiler and giving information on production of yarn and consumption of wood).
ALS, 6 Mar. 1883, Atlanta, A. Randall, superintendent, Exposition Cotton Mills, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (stating that their B&W boilers "seem to be doing very well now" but that the company was still in the process of adding machinery and "have not been able as yet to test them with a view to there economy").
ALS, [ca. Mar. 1883], Atlanta, Jas. Roswell King, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (explaining that his company had used the B&W boiler only a year but was satisfied with its performance and providing other information re the operation of Fulton Cotton Spinning Co.).
MS, 29 May 1883, Charlotte (receipt for dresses with stand purchased by A.E.H. from E.M. Andrews).
ADS, 31 Aug. 1883, York County (receipt for $2,825.08 paid by A.E.H. in a judgment).
3 MSS, 17 Sept. - 8 Nov. 1883, Rock Hill (receipt for cotton sold by W.C. Hutchison to J.M. Ivy & Co.).
MS, 5 Oct. 1883 (receipt for payment of A.E.H.'s property taxes).
MS, ca. 1 Jan. 1884 (receipt for payment of interest to W.J. Rawlinson).
ALS, 19 May 1884, A.S. Caldwell, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re a parcel of land that someone wanted to purchase).
DS, 26 May 1884, York County (Anna A. Campbell conveying a lot in Rock Hill to W.B. Fewell).
ALS, 4 Feb. 1885, Yorkville, D. Harrison, to "Dear Sir" (inquiring re "the number of polls in the limits of your School District...[i]n order to give Rock Hill School District its apportionment of the School fund apart from the fund of the Township").
DS, 6 Feb. 1885 (certificate for three shares of stock in the Rock Hill Cotton Factory in the name of Campbell Hutchison).
ALS, 9 Feb. 1885, Columbia, T.C. Robertson, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (business letter).
AL [incomplete], 30 Apr. 1885, Newark, N.J., [A.H. Crockford], to A.E.H., Rock Hill (guaranteeing the savings to be effected with the use of his steam generator).
MS, 5 Aug. 1885 (receipt).
2 DsS, 31 Oct. and 17 Nov. 1885, Columbia (promissory notes-- Jones, Robertson & Co. and A.E. Hutchison to Carolina National Bank of Columbia).
MS, 5 Jan. 1886 (receipt for payment of interest to W.J. Rawlinson).
LS, 20 Jan. 1886, Winnsboro, Jas. H. Rion, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (posing questions re the handling of the estate of H.H.).

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LS, 16 Feb. 1886, Charleston, Robertson, Taylor & Co., to A.E.H., Rock Hill (business letter).
LS, 25 Feb. 1886, Winnsboro, Jas. H. Rion, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (giving an opinion re the interest payments by H.H.'s estate).
ALS, 29 Apr. 1886, N.Y., J.H. Parker, Banker and Commission Merchant, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re a stock purchase and enclosing confirmation).
ALS, 23 June 1886, Cheraw, Jas. C. Coit, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (inquiring re his prospects in a race for Congress, relating opinion that Hemphill would not get the nomination--"I see by the papers that he will have opposition from York, and I hear of dissatisfaction in Lancaster," asking for A.E.H.'s candid assessment of his prospects, and concluding--"Be assured however, that whatever your answer may be...my friendship to my fellow member of the old Wallace House will not be diminished").
ALS, 7 July 1886, Columbia, T.C. Robertson, to "Captain" [A.E.H.] (re a note, stating -"I begin to have some hopes of cotton," and reports that "some of the Southern mills need cotton").
ALS, 29 Aug. 1886, Columbia, W.A. Clark, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re two cotton notes secured by 100 bales each and calling upon him to pay the unsecured balance as well as an $8,100.00 note secured by 200 bales).
ALS, 1 Sept. 1886, Columbia, T.C. Robertson, to Dear Captain [A.E.H.] (re the terms under which W.A.C. "would take a note at 8% with R.H.F. stock as collateral" and mentioning the earthquake--"We had a devil of a shake last night and I hope it shook all of the bad luck out of me").
ALS, 7 Sept. 1886, Columbia, T.C. Robertson, to Dear Captain [A.E.H.] (re the receipt of the note and fifteen shares of Rock Hill Factory stock and holding the Charleston cotton--"I...hope the improvement in the mkt will continue and that I can get a squeeze to put off some of it").
ALS, 23 Sept. 1886, Columbia, T.C. Robertson, to Dear Captain [A.E.H.] (still holding 200 bales in Charleston and advising--"The mkt looks like an advancing one, but I have been so shattered I have no heart to advise any course of action. I have made up my mind to keep fighting until forced to stop, and not to assign or ask for any compromise. The tide can hardly flow forever one way").
LS, 23 Oct. 1886, Charleston, Robertson, Taylor & Williams, to Jones & Robertson and A.E. Hutchison, Columbia (enclosing statement for sale of 898 bales of cotton and statement of note and inquiring if the Rock Hill Factory stock held as security "is worth $100 pr share").
2 MSS, 23 Oct. 1886, Charleston (Jones & Robertson and A.E. Hutchison, Columbia, in account with Robertson, Taylor & Williams).
ALS, 26 Nov. [18]86, Columbia, T.C. Robertson, to Dear Captain [A.E.H.] (reporting that Fisher "seems in much better humor and is willing to stay by the year for $850....I am glad he is satisfied for you will not get a more honest or conscientious man").
ALS, 3 May 1887, Yorkville, Jos. F. Wallace, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re the amount of a judgment against him).
ALS, 20 June [18]87, Chattanooga, Tenn., Alfred Webb, Union Iron Works, to A.E.H., president, Rock Hill Cotton Factory (re specifications of a boiler).
ALS, 22 June 1887, Charlotte, N.C., Mecklenburg Iron Works, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (re the cost and specifications of two boilers).
4 MSS, 13-21 Oct. 1887 (receipts for A.E.H.'s cotton received by J.R. Weisler).
MS, 26 Oct. 1887 (receipt for payment of dues, Rock Hill Lodge, No. 111, A.F.M.).
DS, 4 Nov. 1887 (certificate for one share of Rock Hill Cotton Factory stock in the name of Campbell Hutchison).
MS, 13 July [18]88 (A.E.H. in account with Allen, Steele & Co.).
2 MSS, 8 Nov. and 6 Dec. 1888 (store account--A.E.H. in account with Allen, Steele & Co.).

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DS, 11 Jan. 1889 (collateral note--A.E.H. to Jones & Robertson).
MS, 24 Jan. 1889 (store account--A.E.H. in account with Allen, Steele & Co.).
DS, 31 Jan. 1890 (A.E.H.'s return of personal and real property).
DS, 25 Apr. 1890, York County (deed--Mary E. White and others to Rock Hill Cotton Factory).
DS, 1 Sept. 1890, York County (deed--William B. Fewell to Rock Hill Cotton Factory).
MS, 27 Feb. 1891, Charlotte, N.C. (Rock Hill Cotton Factory in account with Mecklenburg Iron Works).
DS, 1 Feb. 1892 (A.E.H.'s return of real and personal property).
ALS, 21 June 1892, Charlotte, N.C., Geo. E. Wilson, to A.E. Hutchison, Rock Hill (re the application of Presbyterian High School of Rock Hill to the trustees of Davidson College for a loan of $7,500.00 and inquiring re the value of the real estate and the stock of Standard Mills and Rock Hill Land Co. offered as collateral security).
DS, 14 Feb. 1893 (Rock Hill Cotton Factory's return of real and personal property).
LS, 21 July 1893, Asheville, N.C., C.E. Graham Manufacturing Co., to Rock Hill Cotton Mills, Rock Hill (ordering yarn).
MS, 1895-1898 (A.E.H.'s return of real and personal property).
ALS, 24 July 1895, Columbia, Robt. Sims, to "My dear Sister" (inquiring re particulars of Sallie's death and other family news).
LS, 11 Oct. 1895, Raleigh, N.C., W.A. Withers, Statistical Agent, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (enclosing monthly report blank [not present]).
MS, 4 Sept. 1896 (record of three bales of A.E.H.'s cotton received by J.R. Weisler).
MS, 25 Jan. [18]97 (ginning account--W.C. and A.E. Hutchison in account with J.R. Weisler).
MS, 10 Oct. 1898, Rock Hill (cotton account--W.C. Hutchison in account with Ed Fewell).
2 MSS, 25 Oct. 1898, Rock Hill (cotton account--W.C. Hutchison in account with A. Friedheim & Bro.).
MS, 15 Nov. 1898, Rock Hill (W.C. Hutchison in account with Sanders, Orr & Co.).
36 MSS, 1898, 1939-1963 and n.d. (genealogical correspondence and notes).

1900s

ALS, 22 June 1901, Savannah, Ga., W.H. Daniel, to A.E.H., Rock Hill (requesting that he "arrange for some reliable person" to copy the Hart headstones in Ebenezer cemetery).

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ALS, [ca. Dec. 1917], 118th U.S. Infantry, Hiram Hutchison, to "Dear Papa" (signing passes for the adjutant and his first Christmas away from home).
ALS, [ca. 1917] Ft. Sill, Hiram, to Mother (re his various training exercises, the weather, and returning to Greenville).
ALS, [ca. 1917], Camp Sevier (Greenville County, S.C.), Hiram, to Mother (thanking her for apples and a sweater and noting--"We got a pretty intelligent bunch. The men from North and South Carolina were a much finer lot than the Tenn. boys. I'm glad we didn't get any of the Tennesseans").
ALS, [ca. 1917], Camp Sevier (Greenville County, S.C.), Hiram, to Sister (regretting to learn that she was having trouble with her eyes and explaining that he could not get home on weekends).
ALS, [ca. 1917], [El Paso], Hiram, to Mother (re their training and the escape of some horses that they were guarding, commenting--"I thought that the cow boy was a thing of the past but there are lots of them around here and it is a regular moving picture to see them break horses," camp news and activities, and reporting his purchase of a Kodak).
ALS, [ca. 1917], [El Paso], Hiram, to Mother (re payment of his debts with his pay, temperature very cold at night, and stating--"We hear all kinds of wild reports these days. One day we hear that we will go into Mexico and the next day we hear that we are going home soon").
ALS, [ca. 1917], El Paso, Hiram, to Sister (sending her Mexican jumping beans, re a parade in which they participated--'longest that has been in the U.S. since the close of the Civil War," not anticipating "much pleasure" from a 15-day hike, and noting that "all the ladies out here are great horse back riders").
ALS, [ca. 1917], Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Hiram, to Sister (re his enjoyment of the trip out riding on top of the caboose, giving an account of their trip, and discussing the terrain and climate).
ALS, [pmk. 5 June 1918], 118th Infantry School Detachment, APO 714, Hiram, to Mother (re his training and visit to a museum).
ALS, 13 June 1918, APO 714, Hiram, to Mother (re his training and notices in the papers of friends).
ALS, 24 June 1918, Paris, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Mother (stating that he completed his training and preparing to rejoin his regiment, professing not to understand why he had not received letters from home, and a day touring Paris).
ALS, 6 July 1918, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Mother (re his activities, receiving letters from home, and news of friends).
ALS, 10 July 1918, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Sister (company hiking and drilling, a 48-hour visit to the trenches for observation, and their quarters).
ALS, 25 July 1918, Hiram, to Mother (re his promotion and transfer from Co. H to K, re their first experience in the trenches--"Every thing was quiet except for a little shelling and aero-bombing and my company did not suffer any casualties," and requesting some newspapers from home).
ALS, [pmk. 31 July 1918], APO 749, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Sister (re activities, his promotion and transfer, and friends).
ALS, 2 Aug. 1918, Hiram, to Mother (noting that the first officer killed was a Citadel man and the first to be decorated with a croix de guerre "was a former classmate of mine," and the shooting down of a German plane).
ALS, 4 Aug. 1918, Hiram, to Mother (stating--"The French people who live in the country and small towns are far behind the Americans in modern implements and conveniences. The farmers have...splendid horses and cows but they use the most old-fashioned wagons and plows imaginable," and their activities).
ALS, [pmk. 8 Aug. 1918], Hiram, to [Anne Hutchison] (re their training schedule and news from friends at home).
ALS, 15 Aug. 1918, Hiram, to [Anne Hutchison] (stating that they were "in a rest camp working hard and waiting for something to happen" and news of his friends).
ALS, [pmk. 17 Aug. 1918], Hdq., Co. K, Hiram, to A.H. (dinner with Col. Spratt and describing the "spread" prepared by the mess sergeant, and their quarters in an abandoned farm house).

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ALS, 20 Aug. 1918, Hiram, to "Dear Sister" (discounting reports in the papers that the regiment was involved in the recent fighting).
ALS, 25 Aug. 1918, Hiram, to Mother (Col. Spratt and Lindsay coming to dinner and hoping she would save some peaches for him--"If the good work keeps up over here we'll be coming home soon").
ALS, 2 Sept. 1918, Somewhere in France, Hiram, to Sister (re his preference for having no news of himself in the papers, still in their comfortable quarters--"We now have a dinner bell and the family cat has returned," frequent visits by the major, and urging father to write).
ALS, 11 Sept. 1918, Somewhere in France, Hiram, to Sister (re their new quarters in a small French village "far back from the lines undergoing more training," requesting papers to keep up with news of his friends, and other activities).
ALS, 15 Sept. 1918, Hiram, to Mother (commenting on the recent elections--"I hope Blease will retire and remain quiet now," and hoping to be home soon).
MS, 30 Sept. [19]18, Rouen, Hiram, to Family, Rock Hill ("Slightly Wounded--Well -Writing").
MS(T), Sept.- Oct. 1918 (casualty list of Co. K, 118th Infantry).
MS, 1 Oct. 1918, Cong. W.E. Stevenson, to Mrs. W.C.H. (stating War Dept. had no news of their son but expressing certainty that he could not be hurt seriously).
ALS, 1 Oct. 1918, London, Hospital, Hiram, to Mother (re the extent of his wounds from a high explosive shell and assuring them not to be overly concerned, and news of his regiment in the action).
ALS, 1 Oct. 1918, Rock Hill, Mrs. W.C.H., to Hiram (re receipt of his cable and inquiries about him).
L(T), 4 Oct. 1918, Washington, Eugene [Hutchison], to Hiram (re news of his being wounded and inquiring about his condition--"I hope you go[t] the S. of B. that hit you, or some others to take his place," and news of home, especially "an epidemic of Spanish Influenza").
ALS, 14 Oct. 1918, 4th London General Hospital, Hiram, to Mother (recovering nicely).
ALS, 25 Oct. 1918, 4th London General Hospital, Hiram, to Mother (re receipt of five letters from home, recovering nicely, and no news from his regiment).
ALS, 15 Nov. 1918, 4th London General Hospital, Hiram to Mother (re the reaction in London to the armistice--"The people of London simply went wild. I have never seen such a mob in all my life. It was almost impossible to walk along the streets," and his recovery).
ALS, 29 Nov. 1918, Hiram, to Mother (out of hospital in a rest camp and waiting to return to his regiment in France).
ALS, 2 Dec. 1918, Hiram, to Sister (advising her to save Christmas present until his return and expecting to leave for his regiment in France).
ALS, 14 Dec. 1918, APO 749, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Mother (situated in a village in western France, reporting that the division would remain indefinitely, stating that when asked if he intended to remain in the army "I decided to ask for a prompt and complete separation from the service," and hoping to visit Paris and Nice).
ALS, 15 Dec. 1918, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Papa (re their situation and delay in returning home, Lindsay's inclination to remain in the army, and inquiring re his father's cotton).
ALS, 28 Dec. 1918, Nice, Hiram, to Mother (giving an account of his travels and his delight with Nice).
MS(T), 1918 (roster of Co. K, 118th Infantry, including home town).

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ALS, [1918], "On Board Ship," Hiram, to Mother (sailing for Europe).
ALS, [1918], Gen. Hosp., London, Hiram, to Sister (re his wound and the excellent treatment that he was receiving, noting that cotton was quoted at 33.05--"The folks around home ought to feel good over the prospects of a higher market this fall," and recovering nicely).
MP, 1918 (map of the "western Battle Fields").
MP, 1918 ("German Text").
MS, [1918] (postal--"The ship on which I sailed has arrived safely overseas").
ALS, 1 Jan. [19]19, Paris, Hiram, to Sister (returning to duty after a leave spent in France and mentioning places he had visited).
ALS, 16 Jan. 1919, Hiram, to Mother (expecting to be returning home shortly and noting that Lindsay McFadden and a "good many" officers planning to stay in the Regular Army).
ALS, 24 Jan. 1919, Hiram, to Sister (reporting that Lindsay had transferred to Regular Army and that C.C. Wyche, a Citadel man, was commanding Lindsay's battalion, stating that they were reviewed by Gen. Pershing who "seemed well pleased with the appearance of the men," and his conferring the Medal of Honor on James Dozier--"Dozier certainly made good in this war and I am glad that his services were rewarded").
ALS, 26 Jan. 1919, Hiram, to Mother (wanting to buy sister either pearls or a cameo "but I am not well enough versed...to attempt to pick out the real article. The people are getting rich off the ignorance of the American soldiers," explaining how the French collected their wood by trimming hedges--"They never cut a tree down except for lumber but trim all the limbs off and burn these limbs").
ALS, 3 Feb. 1919, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Sister (coming home--"start Killing chickens and Baking cakes cause I'm coming and don't expect to do any thing but eat and sleep for the first week").
ALS, 15 Feb. 1919, 118th Infantry, Hiram, to Sister (expecting to leave before the end of the month).
MS, 28 Feb. 1919 (Troop Movement Order # 11, American Embarkation Center, APO 762, AEF).
MP, Feb. 1919 (circular of the Navy Relief Society).
DS, 3 Dec. 1921, York County (deed to property in Rock Hill sold by Taylor Massey to A.E. Hutchison and others).
DS, 2 Feb. 1922 (application for membership in American Legion Auxiliary).
ALS, 19 Mar. 1927, Spartanburg, S.C., Alice Steele McClure, to "Dear Jennie" (re her family and children, a recent visit to Rock Hill--"The town was so much changed to me, but I love it still," and commenting on the heavy snowfall--"I do not think I have ever known it to snow as hard in South Carolina as it is doing now").
ALS, [20 May 1929], Alice, to [Mrs. I.A. Bigger, Rock Hill] (family letter re activities).
82 MSS, 1931-1932 (financial and membership records of the Grand Voiture of South Carolina, Voiture Nationale, La Societe des 40 Hommes et S. Chevaux).
LS, 29 July 1932, Columbia, S.C., Nat Turner, to Hiram Hutchison, Rock Hill (requesting the American Legion's "newly elected Grand Chef de Gare's presence" at the baseball regional tournament in Columbia).
LS, 30 July 1932, Columbia, T. Henry Suydam, to Hiram Hutchison, Rock Hill (inviting him "to attend the wreck on August 18th").

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LS, 8 Feb. 1933, Indianapolis, [unidentified correspondent], to Hiram Hutchison, Rock Hill (stating that a prior engagement would prevent his attending a Forty and Eight function in S.C.).
MS(T), 10 Apr. 1935, [San Juan, Puerto Rico], E[ugene Hutchison], to [Hiram Hutchison] (discussing H.H.'s management of the farm).
MS(T), 21 Apr. [19]35, San Juan, E[ugene Hutchison], to H.H. (describing the area around Ponce, sugar and coffee plantations, noting--"The aristocrats are the coffee planters and the people who work the plantations are more or less white....You never see a negro of
cafe con leche'--high yellow--on a coffee plantation. The blacks work the sugar plantations along with the
cafe,'" re the dependence on horses for work and transportation, inquiring about the farm, and lamenting--"Here we are loaded up with a lot of old property, being taxed to death and no income from it and no revenue and billions and billions are being appropriated to feed and take care of a lot of worthless and shiftless people and some how in some way sometime, this money will have to be paid back and who will have to do the paying").
ALS, 27 June [19]35, E[ugene Hutchison], to H.H. (discussing their farm and other matters).
DS, 5 May 1937 (appointing H.H. trustee for Red River School District # 5).
DS, 1 June 1939 (DAR certificate--Anne Claire Hutchison Bigger).
ALS, 4 July 1943, Columbus, Miss., Genus, to [Mrs. I.A. Bigger, Rock Hill] (family news and expecting to be shipped to Hawaii).
ALS, 5 Sept. 1943, APO 719, "Big Dit," to "Dearest Dad" (stating--"many of my experiences have truly opened my eyes on just what
global war' means--it's terrific and the boys out here are doing a magnificent job").
ALS, 20 Nov. 1943, APO 719, "Big Dit," to "Dear Dad" [A.E. Hutchison, Rock Hill] (keeping daily notes--"Many interesting things happen, I go places and do things that I cant write of now--but someday I can really give you an earfull," commenting on news from home, and expecting to move to another island).
ALS, 20 Oct. 1944, APO 709(?), "Big Dit," to "dearest Sis" (family news, the pain of separation, and his travels).
ALS, 25 Nov. 1944, APO 709, Genus, to [Mrs. I.A. Bigger, Rock Hill] (commenting on news from home).
ALS, 14 Feb. 1945, APO 709, Genus [A.E. Hutchison, Jr.], to "My Sweet Sis Valentine" (commenting on news from home and noting--"Some of the places I go are interesting--but usually its just another island used as a stepping stone to our eventual goal--Tokyo").
LS, 10 Mar. 1960, South Caroliniana Library, E. L. Inabinett, to Mrs. J.A. Bigger (thanking her for a donation and sending information about the Library).
MP, 29 June 1962 (newspaper article re the retirement from teaching of Mrs. Anne Claire Bigger).
ALS, 12 Oct. 1963, Robert Campbell Lake, to Estelle (giving family information).
MS(R), ca. Apr. 1968 ("Glencairn Garden--A Dream Come True" by Nannie C. Hutchison).
DS, 6 Apr. 1969 (proclamation re dedication of Glencairn Gardens signed by Rock Hill mayor David Lyle).
ALS, 19 Apr. [19]70, David [A. Williams], to Billy White (enclosing photographs of Hiram Hutchison's grave site and tombstone in Greenwood Cemetery, New York).

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MS, n.d. (account of expenses for burial of Saml. A. Davis).
MS, n.d. (receipt--David Hutchison in account with Bowen, Biggers & Co.).

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MS, n.d. ("The History of the Division of the State into Counties with the County Names").
MS, n.d. ("The Good Old Times" by Jennie E. Johnston).
MS, n.d. ("American Indians").
MS, n.d. ("Builders").
MS, n.d. ("The French in S.C.").
MS, n.d. ("The By Laws of the Ebenezer Light Infantry" with a list of members).
MS, n.d. (signatures of militia members certifying their knowledge and understanding of the unit's rules).
MS, n.d. ("Camp Meeting" at Matthew Livingston's plantation).
MS, n.d. ([Daniel G. Stinson] on the condition of blacks "since freedom," stating that the Negroes were dissatisfied and disappointed with the results of their freedom, and concluding--"It is therefore natural they should desire to make a change & go to a people who they have been taught to believe are their natural friends").
ALS [incomplete], n.d., [Daniel G. Stinson] (declining an invitation on account of health and age and discussing the Revolutionary generation).
MS, n.d. (list of Catawba Indians, possibly a census).
MS, n.d. (computation of interest and principal payments--A.E. Hutchison--written on the back of wallpaper).
MS, n.d. (request to pay bearer $1.50).
ALS, n.d., H[iram] Hutchison, to "Dear Father" (returning $50.00 as "Mrs. Mulden (?) is unable to give any Security for payment" and explaining that her sons were not held in high regard and were not worth the risk of a loan--"Mr. Clark says he has no confidence in them, that they sculk up and down street and look like vagabonds, and that their conduct proves them nothing else").
MS, n.d. (list of [Hiram Hutchison's] stock investments and real estate holdings).
MS, n.d. ("Amt of Debts Due by Saml Hutchison Decd.").
MS, n.d. ("Int continued on Doubtful notes").
ALS, n.d. A. Whyte, to Eugene [Hutchison] (discussing mail service).
ALS, n.d., A. Whyte, to Eugene [Hutchison] (business letter).
ALS, n.d., Lizzie, to "Dear Cousin" (re braid patterns).

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MS, n.d. ("List of Road Hands").
MS, n.d. (order for cotton mill supplies).
MS, n.d. (list of books).
MS, n.d. ("List of Road Division Commencing at Wild Cat creek to Fewells Store").
MS, n.d. (blank militia muster report form).
ALS, n.d., A.E. Hutchison, to "Dear Joe" (commending him "after 17 years of close relations with each other" and stating--"I have ever found you prompt reliable & always at your post under good & bad times the same with all your energies exerted for the good of your mill, working day to night for its interests, often times at great disadvantage still calm and cool keeping the interests of stockholders and operatives in mind....").
MS, n.d. ("List of Road Divisions").
MS, n.d. (list of military deployments).
ALS, n.d., W.B. Allison, to Capt. Hutchison (re Hutchison's resignation from the militia and instructing him to turn over funds to his successor if an election were held).
ALS, n.d., A.E. Hutchison (business letter).
MS, n.d. (Alex Moore ordinary to David Hutchison--receipt for first year's settlement of ordinary's fee for the estate of Patrick McMahon).
MS, n.d. (amount of cotton ginned and packed).
MS, n.d. ("Comparative Statement of Steam plant of Rock Hill Mfg. Co., and Globe Mill, Rock Hill, S.C.").
MS, n.d. (specifications "For the erection of a Brick Building for A.E. Hutchison in R. Hill").
MS, n.d. (on cover of envelope addressed to the Rev. A. Whyte, Rock Hill--"Jonathan [N. McElwee, Jr.,] seems to have mounted his war-stud--the neighing of which is probably worse than its tramp").
2 MSS, n.d. (receipts for cotton).
ALS, n.d. Maggie, to Mollie [Mrs. A.E. Hutchison] (friendly letter requesting the loan of her music book containing "Shed not a tear").
MS, n.d. (list of names for road duty).
ALS, n.d. J. Daniel, to Miss Mary Hutchison (sending him a bottle of sherry for $1.50).
MS, n.d. (fragment of literary piece signed "old Catabaw").
MS, n.d. (order for mill supplies).

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Administrative Notes

Location: Pob + 5-FWN-5-4
Accession number: 11507
Referenced: University South Carolinana Society Program, 1992, pp. 15-20.
Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of the South Caroliniana Library.

Calendar to the Hutchison Family Papers, 1773-1970, undated