Carson & Sons. Carson & Sons daybook, 1854-1855. 1 v. Request #: 34/464 OvrSz Charleston, South Carolina cotton factors and commission merchants Elisha, James, and William Carson. James M. Carson (1832-1888) owned a plantation in Sumter District, South Carolina. Daybook kept by Carson & Sons lists merchandise and sundries charged to various customers, as well as sales of bales of cotton credited to their accounts. Merchandise and sundries include sugar, salt, flour, fruit, coffee, tea, whiskey, butter, lard, lime, soap, candles, twine, rope, nails, cloth, harnesses, bedsteads, and various other goods. Other charges include freight and drayage. Sales of cotton contain charges for drayage and storage, and commission fees. Entries contain the names of individuals, the number of bales sold, and the price received. Accounts are with various individuals and companies including John Fraser & Company, Walker & Wagner, Rogers & Spencer, John M. Allen, L.H. Belser, W.H. Burgess, Alex. Campbell, P.M. Inabnet, C.W. Lesesne, F.M. Mellet, F.J. Moses, T.M. O'Neal, William Sanders, W.T. Spann, and William Staggers. A number of pages are torn and missing from the volume. "C & S" on spine. Cite as: Carson & Sons. Carson & Sons daybook, 1854-1855. (34/464) South Carolina Historical Society. Source: South Carolina Historical Society 100 Meeting Street Charleston,SC 29401 Voice: (803) 723-3225 FAX: (803) 723-8584 (area code changes to 843 in March 1988) South Carolina Historical Research Library Catalogs http://www.historic.com/schs/index.html http://www2.citadel.edu/otherserv/schs/indexmss.html -- + ------------------------------------------------------------------ + | Steven J. Coker [email protected] | | Home: PO Box 359, Charleston, SC 29402 [email protected] | | Work: PO Box 919, Charleston, SC 29402 [email protected] | | Home: 803-571-4586 http://www.wp.com/Coker | | Work: 803-727-4330 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/2780 | | Work: 800-208-2054 http://www.awod.com/gallery/rwav/cokers | + ------------------------------------------------------------------ +