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Manigault, Gabriel, 1809-1888. Gabriel Manigault papers, 1834-1873.

Title: Gabriel Manigault papers, 1834-1873.

Papers consist of correspondence (1834-1873), journals and notebooks (1836-1861), and miscellaneous items. Correspondence of 1860 includes a letter addressed to Manigault and others from Robert Toombs about secession; a letter from Maxcy Gregg about the upcoming Secession Convention; and letters from Manigault to Col. James Chesnut concerning the condition of South Carolina's armaments and the prospect of war, which Manigault considers likely: "I myself believe secession to be a peaceful right, yet am convinced that the people of the North know too well the money value of the cotton states to them to let us go without a struggle." There is also a letter of condolence from Gabriel Manigault to his brother Arthur M. Manigault concerning the death of his daugher Lina in 1860. A letter of Dec. 20,1860, addressed to "our chief magistrate," proposes a plan for taking possession of the forts in Charleston harbor, and is signed by a citizen who calls himself "Hannibal." A contemporary copy of a letter (Jan. 22, 1861) to Gen. D.F. Jamison details Manigault's recommendations for the construction of batteries at Cummings Point. Wartime letters, some written from McClellanville and Romney Plantation, concern Manigault's urgent advice about the importance of keeping Confederate forces on Morris Island, fortifications in Charleston harbor (especially at Cummings Point), the necessity of defending the Georgetown, S.C., area, his wife's activities as a refugee at Wright's Bluff (Clarendon District, S.C.), difficulties in obtaining clothing for their slaves, and Manigault's military service in the reserves in the last months of the war. A letter (Dec. 19, 1864) from Manigault at Harrietta [Plantation] states that there are hardly any men in the parish (St. James Santee) for local defense. Two postwar letters (1866, 1869) written from Yorkville, S.C., describe the dire agricultural and social conditions in the state, and mention Manigault's plans to move his family out of the country. Two journals (1836-1842, with transcription) contain entries about Manigault's daily activities as a rice planter (mostly at Ogilvie's, but also at White Oak); a trip to New York, Saratoga, and Philadelphia; the publication of a "tragedy," "The Maid of Florence"; his reading; Bible studies; interactions with plantation workers and overseers; and church attendance. Some entries concern the importance of physical exercise, and record the use of dumbbells. Manigault also sometimes mentions his personal faults and often notes a habit of idleness. A "Miller's Almanac" of 1845 contains entries from Feb. 1845 to Jan. 1846. A small notebook without covers (1856-1858) contains quotations or observations about the Roman Catholic Church and other religious topics, a few miscellaneous plantation notes, and the titles of some books. The entries in a leather bound notebook (1858-1861) are mostly accounts of expenditures, with a few miscellaneous notes and philosophical and political observations. Miscellaneous items include a license to practice law in Alabama (1833); a bill of Dr. R. [J.] Ragin for medical services for a number of slaves (named) from Mar. to Nov. 1864; a printed article (1861?) by Gabriel Manigault entitled "Sea Coast Defenses," with a diagram of a battery and glacis; and receipts, including one for food supplied to Confederate troops (Feb. 1865), a tithe of corn to the Confederate government (Jan. 1865), rent for a house in Yorkville (1866-1869), payment of tuition, and a subscription to the "Yorkville Enquirer."

ArchivalResource: ca. 90 items.

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Paust, Robert Parker, 1804-1877. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1840-1866.

Army officer, inventor, and superintendent of West Point Iron & Cannon Foundry, 1836-1867. Correspondence, 1840-1866, discussing ordnance and gunnery, the "Parrot" gun, etc.. Correspondents include James Gilchrist Benton, William Maynadier, Thomas Taylor, P.V. Hagner; notes and diagrams on gunnery and ballistics.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8798770 View

Taylor family. Taylor family papers, 1837-1860.

Title: Taylor family papers, 1837-1860.

Papers of Ann Manigault Taylor, mostly correspondence, including a letter (1841) from her at Staten Island, N.Y., to her father, concerning a house (with sketches) and family matters; and a letter (1860) of religious consolation to her brother Arthur and his wife concerning the death of their daughter Lina.

ArchivalResource: ca. 25 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/665803886 View

Sage, Gardner A. [Map of the area later bounded by 9th and 12th Streets, 4th Avenue and University Place, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A.S.

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 9th and 12th Streets, 4th Avenue and University Place, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / G.A.S. 1849 Jul. 24.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 44 x 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58661111 View

Bacon, Delia Salter, 1811-1859. Papers of Delia Salter Bacon [manuscript], 1820-1952 (bulk 1827-1859).

Title: Papers of Delia Salter Bacon [manuscript], 1820-1952 (bulk 1827-1859).

Includes 312 autograph letters signed and initialed and one typed letter signed to and from Delia Bacon and others; 10 miscellaneous items including prospectuses of Delia Bacon, her The author's apology and claim, [1857?], an engraving of Leonard Bacon, a memorandum of an agreement between Delia Bacon and Samuel Coleman, an inventory of school items to be sold at a private sale in 1831 and payments to various people for sums due, and 3 newspaper clippings. Many of the later letters discuss Delia Bacon's research on the authorship of Shakespeare's works in England. Correspondents include: Mrs. Alice Bacon, Benjamin W. Bacon, David Bacon, George Blagden Bacon, Leonard Bacon, Leonard W. Bacon, Lucy Johnson Bacon, Theodore Bacon, George Bancroft, Sarah Cary Becker, Catherine E. Beecher, Francis Bennoch, James Buchanan, Charles Butler, Jane and Thomas Carlyle, Messrs. Chapman and Hall, Rufus Choate, Samuel Colman, J.P. Collier, Messrs. Dix and Edwards, Sir Henry Ellis, R.W. Emerson, Edward Everett, Eliza R. Farrar (Mrs. John Farrar), George Fayrer, C.C. Felton, Celina Flower, G.J. Granville, Mrs. W. Grote, Francis L. Hawks, Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne, Arthur Helps, Herriman and Brink, George S. Hillard, Marcus Hodges, R.M. Milnes (later Lord Houghton), J.B. Hume, M. Jones, Rose H. Lathrop, [J.?T.?] Lipscomb, George Littlewood, Sampson Low, Son & co., John Lord, E.B. Lytton (later Baron Lytton), James Martineau, Maria Mitchell, John Murray, Anthony Panizzi, J.W. Parker, Elizabeth Peabody, George Peabody, Alice Bacon Peck, Phillips, Sampson & co., George Palmer Putnam (editor of Putnam's magazine), Bernard and David Rice, Mr. and Mrs. George Ripley, Sarah S. Robbins, Benjamin Silliman, Augustus R. Sleet, Harriet B. Stowe, Thomas H. Taylor (editor of the Tribune), Jonathan M. Wainwright, Thomas S. Williams and Julia Bacon Woodruff.

ArchivalResource: 323 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462090158 View