West Point Rice Mill Records, 1885-1925

Mailing Address:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Library
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424

Phone:
(843) 953-8016

Title: West Point Rice Mill Records

Collection #: 0051

Dates: 1885-1925

Size:

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
3 v.

Biographical Note: Largest antebellum rice mill in South Carolina. The West Point Rice Mill was built on the Ashley River (at the west end of Calhoune Street) in Charleston in 1839 by Jonathan Lucas, III (d. 1853). The main factory was housed in a four-story brick building. The mill complex had workers' quarters, a cooperage, wharves, a rough rice storehouse, a carpenter's shop, a small flour mill, and a blacksmith shop.

Scope and Content Note: West Point Rice Mill Company records include correspondence and legal documents (will, bond, certificates) concerning transfers of stock related to estates and to the decrease of capital stock. Letterpress copybook (1917-1923) contains letters primarily concerning the accounts of individuals and corporations. Other records include a stock daybook (1888-1913) and stock ledger (1887-1924), stock certificates (1888-1913), receipts (1921-1925), checkbooks (1912-1921, checks, check stubs, and canceled checks (primarily for dividends and liquidation checks), cash books (1912-1925), general ledgers (1909-1925), and balance sheets (1920-1921).

Subject Headings:

West Point Rice Mill Company (Charleston, S.C.) -- Records and correspondence.
Rice -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Milling.
South Carolina -- History -- 1865-
Receipts (Acknowledgments).

Inventory:

		Box/Folder
I.	Estate Records: 1885, 1889-1901, 1906, 1909, 1911	1/1
	Misc. Documents and correspondence 1894, 1905, 1908, 1911, 1915, 1918, 1922, 1924	1/2
	Stock Ledger 1888-1924	1/3
	Stock Certificate book, 1888-1913	1/4
	Receipts 1921, 1923-1925	2/1
	Checks and stubs, 1912-1917	2/2
	Checks, 1914-1920	2/3
	Checks, 1917, 1920	3/1
	Checks, 1918-1920	3/2
	Liquidation Checks, 1921	3/3
	Cash journal, 1912-1918	3/4
	General ledger, 1917-1925	4/1
	Balanced Sheets, 1920-1921	4/2
	General Ledger, 1909-1925	4/3
	Petty Ledger, 1915-21, 1924-25	5
	Letter Press Copybook with Index	6