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Maxcy, Jonathan, 1768-1820. Jonathan Maxcy papers, 1812-1943.

Title: Jonathan Maxcy papers, 1812-1943.

Chiefly Maxcy's reports to the Board of Trustees of S.C. College, and the Chairman of the Standing Committee re students' progress, conditions of the Commons, and college discipline; including letter, 21 Apr. 1813, S.C. College, Columbia, S.C., Jonathan Maxcy to the President of the Board of Trustees, re activities of each class, enrollment, and difficulty in obtaining math books. Letter, 24 Apr. 1813, S.C. College, Columbia, S.C., Jonathan Maxcy to the Board of Trustees, re their charges of his neglecting his presidential duties; letter, 1813, S.C. College, Columbia, S.C., Maxcy to Gov. Joseph Alston, re publication of a college catalog. Petition, 1825, S.C. College, Columbia, S.C., by the Clariosophic Society to erect a monument on the campus to Maxcy, the society's founder; photostatic copies, 1827, 1936-1943, of letters and newspaper articles re Jonathan Maxcy's grave, his descendants, the monument, and the Maxcy portrait by John Trumbull; also including undated genealogy, re children of Jonathan and Susan Hopkins Maxcy.

ArchivalResource: 38 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44059715 View

Deas, Alston, 1893-1985,. Theodosia Burr Alston collection.

Title: Theodosia Burr Alston collection.

This collection contains items related to Theodosia Burr Alston and includes articles, genealogies, correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous and biographical materials.

ArchivalResource: 26 items ; 10-40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166344593 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. Letter : Richmond, to Joseph Alston, 1807 Jul 24.

Title: Letter : Richmond, to Joseph Alston, 1807 Jul 24.

ALS, written by Aaron Burr while imprisoned in Richmond, Virginia. Burr refers to letters received from Alston and briefly discusses his trial defense. The letter is accompanied by a typed transcript.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150299 View

Alston, Jacob Motte, 1821-1909. Alston family papers, 1735-1957.

Title: Alston family papers, 1735-1957.

Land grants, plats, deeds, legal papers, pew rent records, family history, genealogical notes, transcripts of Bible records, scrapbooks, account book, reminiscences, and printed material of Jacob Motte Alston, his daughter, Mary Motte Alston, and Theodosia Burr Alston. Relates to Southern history and politics.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.1 container.0.4 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980272 View

Lowndes, William, 1782-1822. William Lowndes papers, 1754-1941 [manuscript].

Title: William Lowndes papers, 1754-1941 [manuscript].

The collection is chiefly William Lowndes's correspondence while in Congress, 1811-1821, including letters written from Washington, D.C., to his wife, Elizabeth (Pinckney) Lowndes, discussing his personal and social life; and letters he received from notable politicians, including John Quincy Adams, Joseph Alston, John C. Calhoun, Langdon Cheves, William H. Crawford, William Drayton, Hamilton Fish, John Forsyth, James Hamilton, Robert Y. Hayne, Daniel H. Huger, Hugh S. Legare, James Monroe, Thomas Pinckney, Eldred Simkins, and William Wirt. Among other items are letters, 1758-1799, between William Lowndes's father, Rawlins (1721-1800), of Charleston, S.C., and English and West Indian merchants; a fragment of a diary of Charles Lowndes, 1754-1755, chiefly concerning social life in London; detailed reminiscences of William's grandson, Thomas Pinckney Lowndes (1839-1899), concerning antebellum life, the Civil War, and Reconstruction in Charleston; copies of speeches by William Lowndes; and his notebooks on law and congressional matters.

ArchivalResource: About 350 items (1.0 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25166281 View

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. Letter : Richmond, to Joseph Alston, 1807 Jul 24.

Title: Letter : Richmond, to Joseph Alston, 1807 Jul 24.

ALS, written by Aaron Burr while imprisoned in Richmond, Virginia. Burr refers to letters received from Alston and briefly discusses his trial defense. The letter is accompanied by a typed transcript.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81335122 View

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. The Papers of Aaron Burr, 1757-1836 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: The Papers of Aaron Burr, 1757-1836 (inclusive), [microform].

Correspondence, public papers, orderly books (1777-1779), a European journal (1808-1812), and legal papers of Aaron Burr, American politician and lawyer.

ArchivalResource: 27 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145079225 View

Alston, Theodosia Burr, 1783-1813. ALS, 1800 Sept. 28-29, Pelham, N.Y., to Joseph Alston, Georgetown, S.C.

Title: ALS, 1800 Sept. 28-29, Pelham, N.Y., to Joseph Alston, Georgetown, S.C.

Concerns family and financial matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466072 View

Joseph Alston letters, undated

Title: Joseph Alston letters undated

The folder contains two letters. One letter is addressed to W.A. Alston addressed "Dear Doctor - We are safely arrived....," there is no date on the letter. The second letter is to his wife, Theodosia Burr Alston and dated Columbia, SC. 25 Nov. 1802.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6628 View

Chauncey family. Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

Title: Chauncey family papers, 1675-1928 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, account books, financial records, diaries, journals, and other papers relating to the personal lives and professional careers of the Chauncey family of Connecticut. Material relating to the American Revolution and the colonial period includes the correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Charles Chauncey (1747-1823). The legal papers of Charles Chauncey (1777-1849) document his work in Philadelphia. The European travel diaries for Nathaniel Chauncey (1824-1826) and Durham, Connecticut town records relating to Worthington Gallup Chauncey's municipal duties are also included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (19 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153373 View

Meleney, John C., 1921-. John C. Meleney research files, 1775-1986, (bulk, 1775-1808).

Title: John C. Meleney research files, 1775-1986, (bulk, 1775-1808).

Research notes re political life in Charleston, S.C., during early republican era of late 18th century; chiefly sources used in Meleney's published biography of Aedanus Burke, a native of Ireland who served in S.C. General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and S.C. Convention to ratify U.S. Constitution; also including material collected for unpublished book on representation debate in South Carolina, 1778-1808. Research papers filed in Box IV include, Fence Law Controversy in South Carolina, 1868-1882, written for history class, (May 1985; 59 sheets); and Landed Interest, Representation, Property Concepts, and related Legal Doctrine in Early Republican South Carolina: An Introductory Analysis (December 1986; 59 sheets). Representation and apportionment debate materials arranged into two main series: "Political essays and commentary in South Carolina pamphlets and newspapers, 1783-1786" and "Collected materials relating to debate on apportionment of representation in South Carolina, 1794-1796"; files include typescripts and photocopied originals of letters and pamphlets (mostly published under pseudonyms), editorial comment, and grand jury charges. Some essays have been identified as works by Burke, Christopher Gadsden, Alexander Gillon, William Hornby, John Fauchereaud Grimke, Henry Pendleton, Robert Goodloe Harper, John Drayton, Timothy Ford, Henry William Desaussure, Thomas Tudor Tucker, and Joseph Alston; also including research on constitutional and legislative background. Also including notes, drafts, papers, and newspaper stories relating to representation and related issues like debtor relief, paper money, judicial reform, eminent domain, and the open range policy, contemporary political issues, Society of the Cincinnati, the Jay treaty, the Jonathan Robbins extradition case, and debates in the first federal Congress. Also including information about William Read, Nathanael Greene, Anthony Wayne, James Madison, John Nicholson, Pierce Butler, Edward Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Rutledge, Jr., RawlinsLowndes, and John Pringle.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (4 cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39878023 View