The influence that South Carolina has had on the musical history in America is phenomenal. Robert Weir tell us in his book, Colonial South Carolina, that Carolinians were known for spending half of their wealth on social entertainment, and he claims that “Charles Town was equally noted for its music” (239). These Southerners certainly did […]
Anthology Project Outline
For my anthology contribution I intend to focus on the early economic debates that occurred in Colonial America. Largely I’d like to find things all about the transition to paper money. The catalyst for this project was my discovery of an actual essay from Colonial America called “An Essay on Currency.” This was written in […]
Provisional: Colonial Huguenots in South Carolina (The Manigault Family Papers)
My primary selections will be from the Monigault family papers. While I cannot use them all, as many are in French or illegible (and it is also too expansive of a collection), I will be revisiting the collection and doing my best to transcribe as many excerpts as I can to provide insight into life […]
Ben Guion: Robert Pringle Letter + provisional idea
My primary document, which I will load through the “OCR app” when ready is a letter written on November 22, 1740 to Andrew Pringle from his brother Robert Pringle. It was one of the few letters we have from the time of the devastating Charles Town Fire on Nov. 18th, 1740 at 2 PM. He […]
Colonial South Carolina and the Catawba Indians
For my archival research project I plan to study, in some capacity, the Catawba Indians. The Catawbas are an indian tribe still in existence, with most of the members residing on a reservation in my hometown, Rock Hill, SC. Aside from an intrinsic curiosity stemming from my proximity to this group, I find the early […]
The early stages of my archival project
I have decided to focus on my research efforts on the health and medicinal area of colonial life in South Carolina. While I digitally sifted through several DIY (do-it-yourself) medical remedies for peoples self care at home using local herbs, plants and homemade medicines I found the letters between Dr. Alexander Garden (one of SC’s first […]
Anthology: Print Culture
I will put in a collection of poems selected from Cohen’s book South Carolina Gazette. I have not chosen which poems yet. I also plan to transcribe a satirical article from the editor of the Gazette that discusses the printing of a fake new newspaper from February of 1732. As a back up plan I […]
The Challenging Environment of Colonial South Carolina
While reading through Taylor’s American Colonies and Weir’s Colonial South Carolina, I was particularly interested in how both men describe the environment of South Carolina at that time. The environment of South Carolina, as any person would know from being in the state, is one of extremes and frequent changes. There are many annoyances such […]
The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and the poem Indico: Revealing Heart of Carolina’s Large Cash Crop
The two documents I have chosen to explore are letters from, The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and the poem Indico. I was drawn to the letters from Pinckney because I was astounded by her large roll in running plantations, handling business matters, and generating one of the colonies largest cash crops next to rice, […]
Old-Fashioned Foodie
My goal is to discover what I can about the food culture of colonial South Carolina. As someone who eats everyday, I think about food a lot. My Southern family has given me a hearty appreciation of comfort foods like fried chicken, beans and rice, fried green tomatoes, and the like. It will be really […]
