2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
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FURMAN, Charles M., financier, born in Charleston, South Carolina, (1797-1872). was admitted to the bar of South Carolina in 1819, and practiced until 1832, when the legislature treasurer of the lower division of the state elected him. In this office he gave evidence of that financial ability for which in after years he became distinguished, and was subsequently chosen to be the comptroller general of the state. Later he was elected one of the masters ill equity for the Charleston district. He was for several years cashier of the state bank, and in 1850 was chosen its president, which office he retained until the close of the civil war. Autograph Letter Signed, "C.M. Furman" on Bank of the State of South Carolina" Charleston, February 15, 1864, 4pp. Furman writes Governor Bonham regarding Furman's discussion with Sec. of War Seddon "for the surrender in favor of the State of the claim of the Confed to ship cotton on the Boats of the Import & Export Company. ... I am told that some of our SC soldiers in the vicinity of the City are without shoes. And I am also informed that shoes which Bee Company (i.e.: Blockade Runner) sold to the Gov. at $11 per pair have been sold to the soldiers by the Gov. at $30 per pair. ..."
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