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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the James M. Nelson Papers, #542, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Prior to 1940

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• C. and E. L. Kerrison and Company (Charleston, S.C.)
• Charleston (S.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Commission merchants--South Carolina.
• Cotton trade--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Merchants--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• Nelson, James M., fl. 1835-1861.
• Robinson and Caldwell (Charleston, S.C.)
• South Carolina--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Stateburg (S.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.

James M. Nelson (fl. 1835-1861) was a cotton factor at Stateburg, S.C.

The collection includes papers of James M. Nelson, a cotton factor at Stateburg, S.C., chiefly correspondence, receipts, and bills, documenting transactions with the firm of Robinson and Caldwell of Charleston, S.C. Also included are papers of C. and E. L. Kerrison and Company, importers and wholesale and retail dry goods dealers of Charleston, S.C.