TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND SPIRIT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ACHIEVED A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 1670 AND 1700 BY THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND EDIFICES RELATED TO THE EARLY COLONIAL PERIOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA; BY THE ERECTION OF MONUMENTS; BY THE AWARDING OF SCHOLARSHIPS; AND BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE RESULTS.