Tarrant, Robert Benson, 1836-1921. Robert Benson Tarrant papers, 1807-1942.
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Robert Benson Tarrant papers, 1807-1942.
Papers span ca. 1806-1807, 1840, and 1856-1942; topics represented include student life, 1856-1860, at Wofford College, accounts of the Civil War, written in Manassas, Va., and from various places in South Carolina; church history and religious matters; and items pertaining to agriculture during antebellum era and Reconstruction. Materials relating to student life at Wofford College document attendance of Tarrant, 1856-1858, and his brother, Sumter Tarrant, ca. 1860; consisting of presentations, essays, and broadsides of R.B. Tarrant documenting student activites, including pocket diary, 1856, with observations re school life; Sumter Tarrant letter, 16 Feb. 1860, Wofford College, to R.B. Tarrant, reporting social activities, commending a temperance sermon, and providing information on the number of students, cost, and expectations for enrollment. cost, and expectations for enrollment. Civil War items relating to Confederate military service of Sumter Tarrant include letter, 8 July 1861, from Camp Walker, Manassas Junction, Va, expressing patriotic fervor for Confederate cause; letter, 28 July 1861, reviewing his regiment's participation in the battle of Manassas, which included being fired upon by two Mississippi regiments; material from South Carolina includes pocket diary, 1860-1863, containing a record of services conducted at various churches and lists of names. Other items include letter, 1 Feb. 1864, A.B. Stephens, James Island, S.C., to R.B. Tarrant, reporting that he was serving as chaplain to the 11th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, and giving an account of a revival of religion among the soldiers. Post-Civil War items documenting Tarrant's work as a minister and planter include a labor agreement, 10 June 1865, with African-American freedmen for work on his plantation; and 3 documents, 30 Aug., 19 Sept., and 23 Sept. 1872, recording sales of his cotton by Charleston factor A.J. Salinas. Collection also includes covenant and minutes of Beulah Church, 1806-1807, recording acceptance of Elizabeth Dubose and Martha Aikins for membership; undated ciphering book of Jacob Stroman [ca. 1800?], with calculations for converting currencies of various states, regions, and countries; letter, 7 Nov. 1840, Thomas W. Radcliffe, Charleston, S.C., to Mrs. Sarah Howell (Columbia, S.C.) re grim economic situation in Charleston; and 8 photographs, including images of Jesse T. Reese.
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81 items and 4 v.
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