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Conner, James, 1829-1883. Papers relating to the Taber-Magrath duel, 1856.

Title: Papers relating to the Taber-Magrath duel, 1856.

Correspondence concerning a duel between Edward Magrath and William R. Taber in Charleston, S.C. in 1856.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70974275 View

Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893. A. G. Magrath papers, 1861-1873 (bulk 1864-1865) [manuscript].

Title: A. G. Magrath papers, 1861-1873 (bulk 1864-1865) [manuscript].

Chiefly correspondence, 1864-1865, during Magrath's tenure as governor of South Carolina, concerning military and economic problems of the South during the Civil War, military movements in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and other related topics. Correspondents include Gen. E.B.C. Cash, Gen. W.R. DeSaussure, Gen. W.W. Harlee, E.W. Marshall, Gen. J.G. Martin, Gen. W.R. Nance, Gov. F.W. Pickens, William Henry Prescott, and Gov. F.H. Watts.

ArchivalResource: 76 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23289783 View

Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893. Andrew Gordon Magrath correspondence, 1864-1865.

Title: Andrew Gordon Magrath correspondence, 1864-1865.

Duplicate correspondence books (1864-1865) containing correspondence, orders and messages, and telegrams primarily of Governor Magrath. Includes communications to or from Jefferson Davis (C.S.A President), Alexander H. Stephens, Senator Robert Barnwell, Gen. R.E. Lee, Gen. Beauregard, Wade Hampton (III), W.J. Hardee, E.B.C. Cash, A.C. Garlington, Brig. Gen. James Chesnut, Gov. Zebulon Baird Vance of N.C., Gov. Joseph E. Brown of Georgia, Gov. Thomas H. Watts of Alabama, and others. Attached are printed orders, printed notices to the people of South Carolina, a clipping, and handwritten notes. Orders and messages (34/370) pertain to the distribution of men and stores, preparations on the approach of Federal troops, calling up all eligible men for service (age 16-60), the evacuation of Columbia (S.C.), the release from impressment of slaves employed by the Confederate government, the surrender of Gen. Lee, the disbanding of troops, and the extraordinary session of the General Assembly held at Greenville (S.C.) on April 25, 1865. Telegrams concern troop movements; requests to Pres. Davis recommending that troops be sent to Augusta (Ga.) or Charleston (S.C.) and Richmond (Va.) might fall; Gen. Johnston announcement of the convention with Gen. Sherman to terminate hostilities. Topics of correspondence include: defense of Columbia (S.C.), purchases from John Fraser & Co., authorization for Colonel Hampton to use force to prevent the insubordination of slaves in St. Matthew's Parish, fall of Savannah (Ga.) and its effect on South Carolinians, reorganization of the militia, use of slaves for the defense of the state, fear that Charleston (S.C.) will fall, and preparation for the invasion.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32141054 View

Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893. Letters of A. G. MaGrath, 1861-1865.

Title: Letters of A. G. MaGrath, 1861-1865.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79454259 View

Scott, Robert Kingston, 1826-1900. Papers 1849-1900.

Title: Papers 1849-1900.

Physician, merchant, Union Army officer, chief of the South Carolina Freedman's Bureau, Governor of South Carolina, and realtor. Correspondence and business accounts, chiefly relating to Scott's military career with the 68th Regt., Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and to administrative, legislative, financial, and political matters during his gubernatorial term (1868-72.) Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5754424 View

Goodwyn, Artemus Darby, 1827-1898. Artemus Darby Goodwyn papers, 1838-1921.

Title: Artemus Darby Goodwyn papers, 1838-1921.

Chiefly orders and correspondence from Civil War era and letters of Sarah Ciples Goodwyn, re activities in Richmond, Va., and in S.C.; genealogical information; resolution, 1847, by S.C. College class of 1847 to meet in 1852 for class reuion; commission, 3 Mar. 1851, [Calhoun County, S.C.] as second lieutenant in St. Matthews Rifle Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment S.C. Volunteers. Correspondence of Sarah Goodwyn, ca. 1851-1865, re St. Matthews, Camden, Kirkwood, Columbia, S.C., and elsewhere: letter, 17 Jan. 1861, Allegheny County, Pa., from Sands Miles, re feelings toward the North, Republican Party, states rights, Garrison party and abolitionists, and hoping for resolution of slavery issue; letter, 26 June 1862, Richmond, Va., to "Mother", re impending battle, visits with A.D. Goodwyn and Camden friends. Other papers of S.C. Goodwyn: letter, 23 Dec. 1864, from Camden, S.C., re purchase of bonds and fear of upsetting A.D. Goodwyn, slave insurrection in St. Matthews, S.C., and destruction in Georgia and fears of Sherman's arrival in S.C.; letter, 22 Jan. 1865, from S.C. Goodwyn, Columbia, S.C., re bazaar held at the State House, rumor of governor's decision to confiscate Barhamville for a hospital, and impact on Sosnowski family. Letter, 3 Feb. 1865, from W. Hazlehurst, Adams Run, S.C., re disapproval of Maj. Gen. James W.A. Wright at unsanitary condition of his troops; letter, 25 Feb. 1865 Unionville, S.C., and 10 Mar. 1865, Spartanburg, S.C., from A.G. Magrath, re Gen. Hardee's order for A.H. Goodwyn and troops to return to S.C.; letter, 30 Mar. 1865 and 3 Apr. 1865, Spartanburg, S.C., from Brigade Field Officers, Brigade State Troops, re sending units to their home districts to fight slave insubordination, and arrest of Confederate deserters. Also including letter, 15 Oct. 1876, from S.C. Goodwyn, Camden, S.C., re scheduled appearance of Governor Chamberlain; manuscript, c. 1870, re initiation to a secret society for Confederate veterans dedicated to eliminating political influence of those deemed undesirable and restore white government by the Democratic Party; 3 manuscripts, 25 and 26 May 1880, re duel between Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash and William McCreight Shannon. Letter, 14 Jan. 1881, Peter J. Shand, enclosing letter of Bishop W.B.W. Howe, to A.D. Goodwyn, allowing him to take communion which had been denied him due to participation in duel; and Woodrow Wilson article by Elizabeth G. Legare.

ArchivalResource: 167 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50572453 View

Society Street property records, 1845-1936.

Title: Society Street property records, 1845-1936.

Collection contains legal documents and property records including deeds, abstracts of titles, a petition, and a will pertaining to property located on the north side of Society Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Individuals named in the documents include Morris Israel (a banker), Joseph Bock (a silversmith), William L. King (silversmith), Elizabeth Carsten, William C. Gatewood, Samuel S. Farrar, Susie C. Schuckmann, Edward R. Laurens, Andrew Gordon Magrath, and Mrs. Susan Cater.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32141707 View

Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893. Andrew Gordon Magrath papers, 1851-1930

Title: Andrew Gordon Magrath papers, 1851-1930

Chiefly official contemporary copies of correspondence, Dec. 1864-Feb. 1865, between Magrath and Confederate government officials and generals, discussing Sherman's invasion of South Carolina, requesting reinforcements from the Army of Northern Virginia for the defense of South Carolina, conveying Magrath's opinion of the importance of defending Charleston rather than the interior of South Carolina or the state of Virginia, describing Magrath's opposition to the calling of new state conventions, and estimating the total number of troops available for the defense of South Carolina. Letter, 30 Dec. 1864, Charleston, S.C., A[ndrew] G[ordon] Magrath to R[obert] W[oodward] Barnwell (Richmond, Va.), describing the organization of a workforce of up to 6,500 African-American slaves for the purposes of erecting defensive fortifications; letter, 21 Jan. 1865 (Columbia, [S.C.]), W[illia]m Henry Trescot to A[ndrew] G[ordon] Magrath describing the "decided and emphatic disapproval" expressed by Governor of Georgia, Joseph E. Brown re the use of African-Americans in the Confederate Army when approached by Trescot at the behest of Magrath; and letter, 24 Jan. 1865 (Columbia, [S.C.]), W[illia]m [Sidney] Mullins to A[ndrew] G[ordon] Magrath describing opposition expressed by Zebulon B. Vance, Governor of North Carolina, to the use of African-American slaves as soldiers after being approached by Mullins at the behest of Magrath.

ArchivalResource: 1 over size folder (Pob)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/141188878 View

Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893. Papers, 1839-1889.

Title: Papers, 1839-1889.

Letters of Andrew Gordon Magrath, concerning personal and legal matters, and commenting on George Alfred Trenholm and the semicentennial celebration of the Georgia Historical Society.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41177238 View

Samuel Wylie Crawford Papers, 1860-1892

Title: Samuel Wylie Crawford Papers 1860-1892

Physician and army officer. Diary, correspondence, memoranda, registers and returns of troops and artillery, sketches, photographs, and other items relating chiefly to events while Crawford was an assistant surgeon at Fort Sumter during the early months of 1861.

ArchivalResource: 400 items; 7 containers plus 1 oversize; 1.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007014 View

Willis, Henry, b. ca. 1822. Papers, 1856-1911.

Title: Papers, 1856-1911.

Correspondence and legal and financial papers of Willis, a broker, who was a resident of Charleston, S.C., and also worked in Columbia, S.C. Includes material on Reconstruction in South Carolina. Correspondents include Charles M. Furman, Andrew Gordon Magrath, Jr., and Jacob Small.

ArchivalResource: 289 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20274100 View

Dawkins, Mary Poulton, 1820-1906. Recollections of England : [manuscript], 1902 / by Mary Poulton Dawkins.

Title: Recollections of England : [manuscript], 1902 / by Mary Poulton Dawkins.

Memoir of Dawkins' childhood in south Devonshire, England, with brief descriptions of visits to Bath, Bristol, London, and various places; immigration to the United States; early years, ca. 1840s, as a teacher in counties of Laurens and Union, S.C.; courtship with Thomas N. Dawkins and marriage in Columbia, S.C.; memories of the Civil War, and Gen. W.T. Sherman's troops; and thoughts on Reconstruction, emancipation, and race relations. Persons discussed include Gov. [A.G.] Magrath, Col. and Mrs. William C. Preston, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34528548 View

A. G. Magrath Papers, ., 1861-1873, (bulk 1864-1865)

Title: A. G. Magrath Papers, . 1861-1873 (bulk 1864-1865)

A. G. Magrath (1813-1893) was a Confederate governor of South Carolina. The collection contains chiefly correspondence, 1864-1865, during Magrath's tenure as governor of South Carolina, concerning military and economic problems of the South during the Civil War, military movements in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and other related topics. Correspondents include General E. B. C. Cash, General W. R. DeSaussure, General W. W. Harlee, E. W. Marshall, General J. G. Martin, General W. R. Nance, Governor F. W. Pickens, William Henry Prescott, and Governor F. H. Watts.

ArchivalResource: 75

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Magrath,A.G.html View