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John B. Phillips, "Winnsborough, Fair Field District", South Carolina, to his brother, James Phillips, Lisburn, County Antrim, 12 March 1819
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John B. Phillips (27/03/2023), John B. Phillips, "Winnsborough, Fair Field District", South Carolina, to his brother, James Phillips, Lisburn, County Antrim, 12 March 1819, Publisher = "University of Galway", Asset Id 18126, Archival Record Id p155/3/5/1, p155/3/5/2
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Phillips Letter
Title
John B. Phillips, "Winnsborough, Fair Field District", South Carolina, to his brother, James Phillips, Lisburn, County Antrim, 12 March 1819
Description
John B. Philips writes to his brother James after a "good passage being onely [sic] six weeks" from leaving Ireland. He describes the port town [Charleston] as the largest in South Carolina and "pretty well built" with an Exchange store, Armoury, Poor House, and churches (two each for Episcopalians, Congregationalists / Independents, Methodists and one each for Scotch Presbyterians, Baptists, German Lutherans, French Protestants) plus a Roman Catholic chapel, Quaker meeting house and Jewish Synagogue. After spending time with "an extensive merchant" who intended visiting Ireland, Philips was offered a post of school-master for $300 a year, by a country gentleman, in a settlement 160 miles above Charleston. He relates that both of them then travelled there by camping in the woods for four to five nights. However, the school was "engaged" so on arrival, Phillips took up employment working in carpentry with a son of Capt. James Phillips who owned a large plantation. He details how they are building "a Methodist preaching house of timber" for $700 and the good pay for tradesmen and schoolmasters. Phillips concludes with a description of the crops, cheap price of land and that he "lives as well as a man could wish".
Date
12/03/1819
Date Issued
27/03/2023
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Text
Archival Record Id
p155/3/5/1, p155/3/5/2
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
9pp
Topic
Phillips Letter
Geographic
Winnsboro,Fairfield (county),South Carolina,United States,Lisburn,Antrim (county),Ireland
Temporal
Nineteenth century,Eighteen tens
Genre
Transcript,Reproduction
Note
Title and transcript by Professor Kerby Miller. Letter description by University of Galway.
Creator / Author Name
John B. Phillips
Part Of:
p155_0003_0005_d001