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Updates on the events, exhibits, archives and staff of the South Carolina Historical Society.
James Lide Coker was born to Caleb Coker, a planter and merchant, and his wife Hannah Lide, in 1837. After …
Continue ReadingIf you’ve seen the musical “Hamilton,” you have heard the lovely ballad titled “Dear Theodosia” that Aaron Burr sings to …
Continue ReadingOn October 22, 1959, the last “Big Thursday” football contest between Clemson and South Carolina was played. The tradition began in 1896. That …
Continue ReadingFollowing the election of many states-rights advocates to South Carolina’s legislature, the state responded to Henry Clay’s tariff of 1832 …
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