Title
Internal Improvement in South Carolina, 1817-1828
Call Number
TA 24 .S6 K6
Date of Publication
1938
Collection Size
1 bound volume; 633 pages
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Language
English
Historical Note
David Kohn was a textile engineer in Columbia, S.C. The son of Theodore Kohn, he was born in Orangeburg, S.C. in 1880. He was married to Camille Lansburg Jacobs. He died in Columbia, S.C. in 1973 and is buried in the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery. David Kohn's brother was August Kohn, a journalist and author.
Files
Description
Internal Improvement in South Carolina is a compilation of reports of the S.C. Superintendent of Public Works and various pamphlets, letters, newspaper clippings, maps and other documents chronicling the condition, improvements, and fiscal reports of roads, public buildings, water systems, canals, and other public works in South Carolina from 1817 through 1828. Please see the attached scans of the Contents, Illustrations, and Index.
Provenance
Gift of the editor and compiler
Publisher
Privately printed
City
Washington, D.C.
Keywords
Public Works, South Carolina History, Rivers, Roads, Railroads, Canals
Disciplines
Engineering | History | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Social History
Recommended Citation
Kohn, David and Glenn, Bess, "Internal Improvement in South Carolina, 1817-1828" (1938). Rare Books. 53.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/rarebooks/53
Additional Notes
Complete title: Internal Improvement in South Carolina, 1817-1828: From the Reports of the Superintendent of Public Works and from Contemporary Pamphlets, Newspaper Clippings, Letters, Petitions, and Maps.
Number 90 of an edition of 400 copies
Signed by the compiler and editor David Kohn