South Carolina Railroad

Announcing the settlement of insurance claims for damaged goods from the ship John Castner–“The Schooner…arrived yesterday afternoon: soon after passing the Bar, it was discovered she was on Fire, which could not be subdued until two Engines from the City…”

Circa 1840s

“I hereby appoint [space for name] my proxy, to vote in my stead in all elections and other acts of the South-Carolina Rail-Road Company, and South-Western Rail-Road Bank, for all Shares held by me in said companies either in my own right, or as trustee, guardian, executor or administrator, with power to substitute another person in his place as such proxy.”–John C. Calhoun