Charleston business, listed 1854
Browning & Leman
Dry goods, carpetings, curtain stuffs, plantation woollens; upholstery for hotels, steamboats, churches
On King Street, Market Street.
A listing proves a year, not a span. A house in the 1854 book and the 1858 Review was there in 1854 and in 1858. The years between are not evidenced here, and nothing on this page should be read as saying the firm traded through them.
1854
- Dry goods, carpetings, curtain stuffs, plantation woollens; upholstery for hotels, steamboats, churches 203 and 211 King, corner of Market StreetSouthern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, 1854, p. 357'One Price'; cash or city acceptances
Possibly the same house in the 1852 directory
Entries that share a surname with this firm on the same street. Matched on those two things only; the directory and the advertisement have not been reconciled, and a reader should compare the lines.
- Browning, A F dry goods Cor King and Market Sts res. 3 Pitt StBrowning, A F dry goods cor king and market sts, 3 pitt st
- Browning, C H clerk Cor King and Market Sts res. 13 Bull St" C H clerk cor king and market sts, 13 bull st
Possibly the same house in the census of 1861
Houses on the same street whose owner or occupant carries the surname. Ford’s register gives no occupation, so this is a name at a number and no more.
| Street | No. | Owner | Occupant |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Street | 1 | Blum | William W. Leman |