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West responds privately to an editorial by Wilcox that questioned the advantages of foreign industry locating corporations in South Carolina. According to West biographer Phil Grose, West's "'reverse investment' effort had some stunning results. By 1975 roughly 10 percent of the entire European industrial investment in America resided in South Carolina, a fact that laid nice groundwork for the arrival of the BMW plant a decade later."

West responds privately to an editorial by Wilcox that questioned the advantages of foreign industry locating corporations in South Carolina. According to West biographer Phil Grose, West's "'reverse investment' effort had some stunning results. By 1975 roughly 10 percent of the entire European industrial investment in America resided in South Carolina, a fact that laid nice groundwork for the arrival of the BMW plant a decade later."

West writes to Hollings to call to his attention two developing advantages of Kershaw County for industry: a proposed new gas line and the possibility of the Wateree River becoming navigable from Charleston to Camden. West was instrumental in the eventual landing of an Elgin Watch Company plant in the county.

Letter from S. D. Lee to Paul Hamilton the elder, re the younger Hamilton's death at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (26-29 Dec. 1862), Lee's admiration of Hamilton, Hamilton's love of his mother, and funeral arrangements. The remaining images of the four page letter can be found by following the Source URL

Letter from Oscar M. Lieber to his parents (Francis and Matilda Oppenheimer Lieber), containing a firsthand account of the assault on and surrender of Fort Sumter: "the object [i.e. surrender] obtained after a most valiant defence and yet not a man killed or even badly hurt on either side." Also discusses Lieber's admiration for Maj. Robert Anderson, his contempt for the "cowardice of the U.S. fleet" and seeing Louis Wigfall and Gov. John L. Manning.

Letter (14 May 1777) from William Ancrum (1722-1808) to Joseph Kershaw, regarding the sale of indigo and the possibility of buying Catawba land from Coloniel Ory at a bargain.

Letter (29 October 1778) from William Ancrum (1722-1808) to Marlow Pryor, overseer, regarding the state of the plantation after flooding, the amount of provisions Pryor has after the flood, the estimates on what indigo crops will survive the flood and the need to keep the indigo dry, and the clothing needs of the slaves.

Letter from Oscar M. Lieber, Star of the West Battery, to "My dearest Father" [Francis Lieber], re his father's melancholy and their differing opinions (Francis was a Unionist), his mother's misunderstanding of Confederate intentions ("We are anxious for war now, but not for war's sake; but for the sake of the peace to which it will lead us"), the Confederate admiration of Maj. Robert Anderson, the disgust for the U.S. fleet's actions during the siege of Fort Sumter. "But it is no civil war. It may be a civil war in Virginia & Kentucky. Not so with us." Also includes cross writing on the first page noting the members of the Preston and Hampton families already in Confederate service and the difficulty of the mail.

Letter [forged] from Ku Klux Klan to S. Isaiah Benson warning you had better not appear in judgement against any person in South Carolina or anywhere.... Tell your 'darky' supporters that if they want to die with you come and witness for you; [Joseph A. De Laine, Sr.'s] handwritten note explains forged letter was intended to stir the jurors to hand down a $20,000 judgment against me but the conspirators were caught....