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McDuffie, George, 1790-1851. Papers, 1819-1870.

Title: Papers, 1819-1870.

Correspondence, indentures, family records, and other business and political papers (chiefly 1833-1848). The material is concerned with nullification, state rights, the tariff, the Whig Party, the Mexican War, John C. Calhoun, William Henry Harrison, Martin Van Buren, and other matters. Includes letters of McDuffie's daughter, Mary Singleton (McDuffie) Hampton, pertaining to the settlement of her father's estate (1851). Correspondents include Armistead Burt, Augustus Baldwin Longtreet, and George McDuffie.

ArchivalResource: 251 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19934309 View

Armistead Burt papers, 1759-1933

Title: Armistead Burt papers 1759-1933

Armistead Burt (1802-1883) was a planter, lawyer, and U.S. Representative from Abbeville, S.C. Collection contains political and legal correspondence of Armistead Burt (1802-1883), South Carolina planter and member of U.S. Congress. The political correspondence deals largely with the policies of John C. Calhoun and the question of secession. After 1860 the material relates chiefly to Burt's law practice, especially to the management of estates of Confederate soldiers, and the Calhoun estate. Other matters referred to include the political corruption and economic conditions in postwar South Carolina. Among the correspondents are Armistead Burt, Pierce M. Butler, Henry Toole Clark, Thomas Green Clemson, T. L. Deveaux, James H. Hammond, A. P. Hayne, Reverdy Johnson, Hugh S. Legare, Augustus B. Longstreet, W. N. Meriwether, James L. Petigru, Francis W. Pickens, Robert Barnwell Rhett, Richard Rush, Waddy Thompson, and Louis T. Wigfall.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 Linear feet; 9 boxes; 5,675 items

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Noble family. Noble Family papers, 1752-1967.

Title: Noble Family papers, 1752-1967.

Letters, receipts, journals, wills, land papers, account books, scrapbooks, and marriage settlement re family's migration from Virginia, prominence in South Carolina, and settlement in Alabama and Texas. Consists chiefly of papers of Patrick Noble's immediate family, including Alexander Noble's journal, 1762-1773, re land in Virginia backcountry, and military commission, 8 Apr. 1777, as captain in the Ninety Six Regiment of Militia; and 2 documents, 6 Oct. 1818, Charleston, S.C., re sale of lots to John Noble, physician, by Presbyterian Church of Charleston, S.C., signed by David Haig. Correspondence to Patrick Noble includes letter, 7 Dec. 1819, from Joseph Noble, Tuscaloosa, [Ala.], re Alabama politics and judicial system; 8 Jan. 1820, from Eldred Simkins, Washington, [D.C.], re [William H.] Crawford, [John Quincy] Adams, [John C.] Calhoun, and the Missouri question; 28 Aug. 1820, from Noble's wife, E[lizabeth] B[onneau] Pickens, Abbeville, S.C., re her uncle's commission to treat with the Creek Indians; 21 Sept. 1839, from Attorney General Henry Bailey, Charleston, S.C., re kidnapping of an African American slave stolen from Robert T. Chisolm and subsequent transport to Virginia. Also includes 6 letters, 1835-1838, from F[rancis] W[ilkinson] Pickens, Washington, [D.C.], re effects of abolitionists on South Carolina, tariff, National Bank, political opposition to William C. Preston, and building a Southern party around John Tyler; and 6 letters, 1841-1848, Patrick Noble to E.P. Noble, from the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.), and various army posts, re army life, Mexican War, and experiences after the war. Bound volumes include Ezekiel Pickens Noble's account book and journal, 1840-1860, re trip to Austin, Tex.; 2 photocopied volumes, 1853-1967, family letters from Texas; scrapbook, 1804-1933, of Eugenia Floride Noble, with obituaries of Burts, Calhoun, DeGraffenreid, and Pickens families. Other topics include reports to the legislature, ca. 1839, re Francis Lieber and South Carolina College; visit of Henry Clay to Columbia, S.C., 1844; controvesy over establishment of Clemson University. Other correspondents include Preston S. Brooks, Armistead Burt, John C. Calhoun, Sammuel B. Noble, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and Thomas Ramsey.

ArchivalResource: 135 items and 7 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31758260 View

Porcher, Octavius Theodore. Letters, 1853-1869.

Title: Letters, 1853-1869.

Letters from Porcher to Armistead Burt. They contain comments on state and national affairs and indicate a deep concern on the part of Porcher for Burt's spiritual welfare.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154270822 View

A. Burt letters to William Gilmore Simms, 1844

Title: A. Burt letters to William Gilmore Simms 1844

South Carolina Congress Member. Three items.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/8048 View

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866. Papers, 1822-1846.

Title: Papers, 1822-1846.

Correspondence, an order, and a report, related to General Scott's career in the military. Correspondence consists of a letter (1836) to Governor William Schley concerning the Creek War; to Armistead Burt regarding awards for officers who served at Fort Brown, Tex.; to the wife of a Colonel Davenport on the subject of officers' leaves and favoritism in the Army; to John Floyd of Washington, D.C., concerning a book by Scott (possibly his "Rules and regulations for the field exercise and maneuvres of infantry," 1815) and certain discrepancies in the copy received by the U.S. Congress; and a reply to the latter by John Floyd. The order was issued from the headquarters of the Army of the South, Columbus, Ga., May 31, 1836. By it, Scott appointed a termporary staff to organize the Ga. Volunteers and draft men to fight the Creeks. Includes a copy of an 1846 report by Scott to the secretary of war, explaining his views on the six months' volunteers.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32878776 View

Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863. Papers concerning Mr. Burt, 1854.

Title: Papers concerning Mr. Burt, 1854.

Papers include a legal opinion concerning "Burt's bond for the faithful performance of his duty as an agent" and a letter to A.G. Rose on the same matter.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32140256 View

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. Papers, 1765-1902.

Title: Papers, 1765-1902.

Correspondence and family papers concerning antebellum politics and Calhoun's public life. Many of the letters deal with Calhoun's private affairs, particularly finances and management of his family's plantations in Alabama. Correspondents include Armistead Burt, John D. Gardiner, Joseph McMinn, R.J. Meigs, and Francis Wilkinson Pickens.

ArchivalResource: 384 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17363885 View

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883. Alexander H. Stephens papers, 1823-1954.

Title: Alexander H. Stephens papers, 1823-1954.

The collection includes correspondence, bills and receipts, financial papers, legal papers, political papers, clippings and printed material and ranges in date from 1823-1954, with the bulk dated 1823-1883. The vast majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence, covering the years 1823-1883. Many of the letters in the collection were written to Stephens, although there are letters written in his own hand. Throughout the correspondence are letters written to Stephens by various family members, most notably his brothers John and Linton. The bulk of the correspondence pertains to Stephens' law work, regarding issues such as the settling of estates and the collection of debts. The most prominent topics include family matters, business and legal matters and Stephens' health. Other topics include States' Rights, slavery, and an Indian war in Florida [possibly the Creek War], local and national politics/views, opinions about President Martin Van Buren, "agricultural politics," Thomas Dorr and the People's Party, newspapers, Stephens' nomination to serve in the U. S. Congress, Whigs and Democrats, Stephens' opinion of President James A. Garfield, his bid for Governor, requests for financial help and letters of recommendation. Correspondents include Herschel V. Johnson, Marshall Johnson Wellborn and Robert Todd Lincoln. There are a couple of letters written to Jefferson Davis by Stephens.

ArchivalResource: 3,037 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20188613 View

Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869. Papers, 1798-1900; (bulk 1809-1886).

Title: Papers, 1798-1900; (bulk 1809-1886).

Political and personal correspondence (chiefly 1809-1886) of Pickens and of his family, concerning secession, the outbreak of the Civil War, and other matters. Includes one volume of plantation records (1839-1864). Correspondents include P.G.T. Beauregard, M.L. Bonham, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Brown, Armistead Burt, Lewis Cass, W.M. Churchwell, Jefferson Davis, R.W. Gibbes, Isaac W. Hayne, J.L. Orr, and William H. Seward.

ArchivalResource: 446 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20019813 View

Wigfall (Louis Trezevant) Papers 1934; 1935., 1839-1874

Title: Wigfall (Louis Trezevant)Papers 1839-1874

A secessionist and staunch believerin slavery and the chivalric code, Louis Trezevant Wigfall was active in Texaspolitics, taking part in the Galveston County Democratic convention, 1848, andserving in the Texas House of Representatives, 1850-1857. Photostats and transcriptsof correspondence, a speech, legal documents, genealogy and family history,newspaper accounts, and literary productions comprise the papers.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01869/01869-P.html View

Wigfall, Louis Trezevant. Wigfall, Louis Trezevant Papers, 1833-1874

Title: Wigfall, Louis Trezevant Papers, 1833-1874

A secessionist and staunch believer in slavery and the chivalric code, Louis Trezevant Wigfall was active in Texas politics, taking part in the Galveston County Democratic convention, 1848, and serving in the Texas House of Representatives, 1850-1857.

ArchivalResource: 5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/776248569 View

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. John C. Calhoun papers, 1784-1935, (bulk 1802-1850).

Title: John C. Calhoun papers, 1784-1935, (bulk 1802-1850).

The papers consist of agreements, articles, clippings, correspondence, lists, notes, photographs, poems, receipts, speeches, statements, a survey book and an autograph draft and photocopy of the "South Carolina Exposition." Basically the correspondence is to and from Calhoun, but it also includes letters to and from other members of the family. The correspondence covers in addition to information on the life of the family, thecondition of crops, the sale of rice, and mining the political concerns of the writers including the annexation of Texas, banking, construction of railroads, the war with Mexico, nullification, presidential candidates, political parties, transportation, the slavery question, state rights, tariffs, and other issues of the day. A group of miscellaneous material includes agreements, clippings, handwritten copies of documents concerning the slave trade, settlement of claims and other foreign policy matters, receipts, and statements. After Calhoun's death, correspondence and items related to Calhoun and small collections of Calhoun family members' papers were added to the collection. The posthumous correspondence includes letters of condolence to family members following the death of John C. Calhoun; there is also correspondence pertaining to the editing of Calhoun's manuscripts pertaining to his views on government as well as letters of who should write a biography of Calhoun. The "Posthumous Miscellaneous" material includes such items as lists and indexes of Calhoun letters at Clemson by William Pinckney Starke and others; Carl L. Epting's correspondence regarding John C. Calhoun; information about Dumbarton Oaks and Fort Hill; a photograph of Fort Hill c. 1880; writings of A.G. Holmes on John C. Calhoun; and an "Order of Procession for escorting the remains of the Honorable John C. Calhoun; The "Related Material" consists of small collections of papers of other Calhoun family members kept with the Papers and include a survey book (1784-1792) of John Calhoun's father, Patrick Calhoun; a list of John Ewing Colhoun's lands, 1789; correspondence to Floride Colhoun, 1802-1804; and the A. Ransom Calhoun papers, 1853-1862.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42242580 View

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1812-1899. Papers, 1822-1887.

Title: Papers, 1822-1887.

Personal and business correspondence of Pinckney, generally addressed to Armistead Burt and relating to the settlement of the Pinckney estate and to cordial relations between the Pinckneys and the Burts. There are two letters of Pinckney's father; a letter of Beverley Randolph of Virginia about Potomac Bank stock; a copy of the program for re-raising the U.S. flag at Fort Sumter, 1865; papers relating to the Cincinnati Society of South Carolina; and an account book of Pinckney as agent for the board of foreign missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071738 View

Burt, Armistead. Armistead Burt collection 1831-1874.

Title: Armistead Burt collection 1831-1874.

Copies: Francis Burt to his son, Armistead Burt, August 5/6, 1831 (photographs and negatives); J.C. Calhoun to Armistead Burt, August 5, 1837 (2 pages); Thomas G. Clemson to Armistead Burt, May 3, 1873 (2 pages); and Clemson to Burt, Jan, 31, 1874 (3 pages); also $1,000 Confederate bond, #4347, 6% (copy). The Francis Burt letter contains information about his family and their service in the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20499627 View

Porcher, Octavius Theodore. Letters, 1853-1869.

Title: Letters, 1853-1869.

Letters from Porcher to Armistead Burt. They contain comments on state and national affairs and indicate a deep concern on the part of Porcher for Burt's spiritual welfare.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071479 View

Burt, A. (Armistead), 1802-1883. Papers, 1759-1933.

Title: Papers, 1759-1933.

Political and legal correspondence, the former dealing largely with the policies of John C. Calhoun and the question of secession. After 1860 the material relates chiefly to Burt's law practice, especially to the management of estates of Confederate soldiers, and the Calhoun estate. Other matters referred to include the political corruption and economic conditions in postwar South Carolina. Among the correspondents are Pierce M. Butler, Henry Toole Clark, Thomas Green Clemson, T.L. Deveaux, James H. Hammond, A.P. Hayne, Reverdy Johnson, Hugh S. Legaré, Augustus B. Longstreet, W.N. Meriwether, james L. Petigru, Francis W. Pickens, Robert Barnwell Rhett, Richard Rush, Waddy Thompson, and Louis T. Wigfall.

ArchivalResource: 5, 675 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19309861 View

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870. Papers, 1838-1870.

Title: Papers, 1838-1870.

Personal, literary, and political correspondence dealing principally with the publication of Simms' books and many projected works. Letters from Simms to Alfred Billings, Armistead Burt, Paul Hamilton Hayne, and Joel Robert Poinsett discuss literary and current political matters. Other letters comment on Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, James Ryder Randall, and the nature of poetry.

ArchivalResource: 56 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20314542 View

Starke, William Pinckney, d. 1886. Starke letter to Salley (Sarah Calhoun Noble) August 28, 1885.

Title: Starke letter to Salley (Sarah Calhoun Noble) August 28, 1885.

The collection contains one letter.

ArchivalResource: Photocopy of one letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23453184 View

Perry, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1805-1886. Papers, 1849-1867.

Title: Papers, 1849-1867.

Letters from Perry to Armistead Burt of Abbeville, S.C., dealing with sequestration of property in 1863; passage of civil rights bills; and private lawsuits.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071508 View