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G. Ralph Smith letter

 Collection — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Identifier: Mss-0025

Scope and Contents

1 original letter August 24, 1864, and a typed copy of the letter from G. Ralph Smith, General Superintendent of State Works, Greenville, South Carolina, to Andrew P. Calhoun, Esq., Pendleton, S.C., needing "hands" for cutting wood near the railroad. He offered forty five dollars per month for "well-disposed and willing boys," some of whom might be kept as "tinkers" for blacksmiths or as labourers in the yard. He declined to furnish shoes for them because "they are hard to get and very high ..."

Dates

  • August 24, 1864

Creator

Biographical Note

G. Ralph Smith, General Superintendent of State Works, 1864, Greenville, South Carolina.

Extent

1 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisiton

Estate of David Kohn, Clemson Alumnus, Class of 1902.

Source

Creator

Status
Completed
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
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