Unit Title:
Sessional papers, 1718-1725
Accumulation:
1718-1725
Created:
1718-1725
Creator:
South Carolina. General Assembly. Commons House of Assembly.
Physical Description:
1269.76 MB (1 DVD-R), 0.33 cubic ft. (1 ff), 1365 MB (274 digital files)
Language:
English
Biography or History:
unspecified
Custodial History:
Bulk of series returned to state custody by the South Carolina Historical Society in 1985.
Acquisition Information:
South Carolina Historical Society
Scope and Content:
Although there is one draft message from 1718 and a few stray items after 1721, this series is principally comprised of the loose papers of the Commons House of Assembly, 1719-1721, during its revolt against the government of the Lords Proprietors.
Appraisal Information:
unspecified
Accruals:
no
Arrangement:
Series arranged chronologically with two folders of items that either were in the repository prior to the 1985 transfer or came from other sources in a separate sequence at the end. Items in the 1985 transfer are sequentially numbered in pencil on the lower left.
Conditions Governing Access:
none
Conditions Governing Use:
none
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements:
none
Other Finding Aid:
Series briefly described on pp. 455-458 of Charles H. Lesser, South Carolina Begins: The Records of a Proprietary Colony, 1663-1721, published by the repository in 1995. Series contains an index in manuscript form in the box with the paper records. A digitized version of this index is available as the first file in the series.
Location of Originals:
South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223
Alternative Form Available:
none
Related Material:
none
Bibliography:
none
Other Descriptive Data:
Optical media in this series housed in Box 1 of Optical Media Storage, 273A01.
Processing Information:
None
