Scope and Contents The records consist of two account books and one journal: one account book which covers the period 1872-1885, pertains to Clarke's accounts with Fraser and Dill through July 1880 and from August 1881 to April 1885, with Joseph T. Dill and Co., cotton merchants in Charleston, SC; the second account book is with J.T. Dill from 1880 to 1884. The journal titled "Ocean View Plantation-James Island-Cotton Selections 1894," which describes the progress made by the different types of cotton planted...