Compare Constellations

Wells, Edward Laight, b. 1839. Edward Laight Wells papers, 1858-1924.

Title: Edward Laight Wells papers, 1858-1924.

Chiefly manuscripts of fiction and nonfiction writings by Edward L. Wells. Nonfiction consists of handwritten and typed manuscripts of books and articles including "Hampton and His Cavalry in '64" (105 p.), with related correspondence (1898-1902) regarding publication and sales of the book; a contract (1899); clippings of reviews, and a pamphlet (1907) "Hampton and Reconstruction" by E.L. Wells; "The United States in Evolution, or Revolution? 1776-1861" (1908?), a study of tariffs and sectionalism, alternately titled "How the Tariff Chain was Forged"; a history of the Charleston Light Dragoons, published in 1888, with related correspondence (1888); an article "Who Burnt Columbia?" (1882); an article concerning Justice David Davis and the Electoral Commission of 1877, with related letters (1913-1915); a personal narrative about the Charleston earthquake of 1886; articles and a letter (1897) about Wade Hampton and his monument; "A Morning Call on General Kilpatrick," an article published in 1884; "Louisiana's Influence on American History"; "A New Psychic Hypothesis" (n.d.), about the subconscious; and "Southern Literature as a National Force" (published 1892). In his memoirs (1904-1911; 18 p.), Wells writes of his family, his sympathies for the Southern cause, the New York Draft Riot of 1863 (in which he witnessed "many negroes run down in the streets, & killed"), his decision to fight for the South, his service in the Charleston Light Dragoons, and his life after the war in Charleston as a businessman. Among his papers are also clippings, including obituaries; correspondence (1884-1917); and a few war records, including a note (19 Mar. 1865) from Gen. Wade Hampton commending Wells and several other soldiers for "conspicuous gallantry."

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70978611 View