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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
On Jan. 23, 1777, William Henry Drayton addressed the Georgia Convention in Savannah proposing that South Carolina annex the state …
Continue ReadingOn December 16, 1762, the South Carolina legislature resolved to do no further business with the governor until he recognized …
Continue ReadingOn Nov, 27, 1839, Angelica Singleton of Sumter County married Abram Van Buren, the eldest son of President Martin Van …
Continue ReadingOn Oct. 3, 1833, workers for the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company completed a 136-mile railroad from Charleston to …
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