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[Identification of item], in the David Rivers Papers #3569-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Schindler's Antique Shop of Charleston, S.C., in March 1962.

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• Barnwell County (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Beaufort District (S.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Estates (Law)--South Carolina.
• Families--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Plantation owners--South Carolina.
• Rivers, David, d. 1853.
• Slave bills of sale--South Carolina.
• South Carolina--Social life and customs.

Papers, 1821-1851, including letters to David Rivers at Rivers Mills, Beaufort District, and other items, 1854-1859, relating to the settlement of his estate in Gillisonville, now in Jasper County, S.C. Rivers was apparently in the sawmilling business with David Cope (or Coope or Coape). There are 18 items, including deeds, letters, account sheets, warrants for surveys, a receipt for puchase of a slave, and other papers relating to property and other businesses of Rivers. Some of the letters also contain family and personal news. The twelve estate items include legal papers, tax receipts, accounting sheets, releases, a list of personal property sold, and other items. The widow was Anna Susannah Rivers of Prince William Parish. Robert L. Tillinghast handled her business.