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Martha S. Pinckney
Charleston, s. C.





“My wife a long dead ‚ • and I have no children - this is my

ulece; my brother‘s daughter. He went from this State three

year s ago end we have never heard a word from him e moe • I

take eare of her. Does she do right by me? She got toi ~ I

make hen“ .




Source:	Amos Gadsden, 88, 20 E11~ott Street, Charleston, $.C.


a, ~ King, William L. in ttThe Newspaper Press of Charleston, S.

~q•ft Lucas and Richardson (Book Press ) 1882 - 200p - pp-1~
121. Charleston Library Society. ~	~ ~

Confirms the statement that the fire of 1861 started in the Russ‘ s Planing Mill, though!. flO mention is made .of it.
origin.