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The SC Department of Archives and History post OTD the Second Session of the First Provincial Congress of South Carolina met

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History is a repository of records for many American Revolutionary War artifacts.  Among them are the Journals of the Provincial Congress of South Carolina.  The war for Independence was not the product of an unruly mob.  A review of the documents coming out of that time show a

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Justice William Henry Drayton’s Charge to the Grand Juries of the Camden and Cheraws Districts of South Carolina in November 1774, Associational documents

Charge of the Honourable WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON, Esquire, one of the Judges of the General Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, Assize and General Jail Delivery, for the Districts of CAMDEN and CHERAWS, in SOUTH CAROLINA, on his Circuit, the fifth and fifteenth days of NOVEMBER, 1774, delivered to the several Grand Juries, and by them ordered to be published: GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND

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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1774, Associational Documents

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress OCTOBER 14, 1774 Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various presences, but

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A rustic wooden barn stands beside a fence with trees in the background at sunset.

Mary, Soldier Tom and other family at Thomas Sumter’s house when the British arrive in May 1780:

A cursory review of “Thomas Sumter” by Anne King Gregory and “African-American Patriots in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution” by Bobby G. Ross and Michael C Scoggins reveals some interesting facts about the home of one of the heroes of the War of Independence in South Carolina. Thomas Sumter, also known as the

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A feather quill, smoking pipe, and tied letters rest on old, stained papers with faded writing.

Historyman presents: The Pittsylvania, VA Resolves, January 26, 1775, Associational Documents

The Pittsylvania Resolves come from the Danville, Chatham area of Virginia. These resolves were yet another in a series of statements across the colonies in support of the patriots in Boston. Pledging their lives and money to the cause of Liberty, they sealed their intentions with their signatures. Freedom Reigns!

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Bronze plaque with engraved text about the Courthouse of Fincastle County and resolutions from 1775.

Historyman presents: The Fincastle Resolves, Fincastle VA, Associational Documents

But if no pacifick measures shall be proposed or adopted…and our enemies will attempt to dragoon us out of these inestimable privileges which we are entitled to as subjects, … we declare, that we are deliberately and resolutely determined never to surrender them to any power upon earth, … we are resolved to live and die.

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