Renwick, William W. William W. Renwick papers, 1791-1886.
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William W. Renwick papers, 1791-1886.
Family and business papers (2159 items) of the Rogers, Lyons, and Bothwell families, consisting of personal letters, business records, receipts for purchases of supplies for a plantation, households, and a business; tuition at Erskine College and South Carolina College; sale of farm produce and cotton; medical and blacksmith accounts; legal papers including wills, estate settlements, militia orders; tax notices; other toics include secession crisis of 1850, legislatures in S.C. and Georgia; the U.S. Congress; Persons represented include letters and bills of William Glaze of Palmetto Iron Works, Columbia, S.C.; letters of Henry Summer and congressman James Rogers; letters from family in Ireland to John Humphrey. Subscription list, 31 Aug. 1805 (Laurens District, S.C.), to pay for services of a minister; letter, 9 Dec. 1811 (Mount Pleasant, Baldwin County, Ga.), from George W. Glenn to Revd. [John] Renwick (in Newberry, S.C.), informing him of his recent marriage, election of the S.C. General Assembly, religious affairs, a trip to Milledgeville, Ga., and commenting on the Georgia Legislature, "the wisdom of the State has done nothing of great importance yet, unless it is that of divorcing man and wife!!!" Letter, 25 Apr. 1840, Washington, D.C., Nancy H. Rogers to Rosannah P. Rogers, re failure of a do-nothing Congress to accomplish goals and a fight in U.S. House, "So far from its being an honour to be attached to this body... it [is] a dishonor"; an undated speech re advantages and disadvantages of slavery, praising slaves' sense of community and good living conditions. Letter, 26 Oct. 1845, Columbia, S.C., from J.J. Lyons, re his position as typesetter at the South-Carolina Temperance Advocate, arsonists' attempt to burn Columbia, S.C., rowdy behanior by students at South Carolina College that merited the calling of a military company to duty, and expulsions from the Arsenal Hill Academy resulting in remaining enrollment of only 45 students. Advertisement, 27 Oct. 1845, A[dam] G[eiselhardt] Summer, calling for bids from printers during legislative debate in the S.C. General Assembly over proposed print expenses, with with protests of the printers over proposed prices. Letter, 22 Oct. 1850, Oak Level [near Augusta, Ga.] from Ebenenzer Bothwell, re local, state politics, and support for secession, "A large majority of our County I think is for union & accepting the Compromise of the Genl. Government and being satisfied therewith.... let a dissolution or Secession take place & I say farewell to Republican Government"; Meeting minutes, 25 June 1853 (Black Rock, Union County, S.C.), re an address given by W.H. Gist on benefits of plank road to connect the community with the markets of the state; letter, 24 Oct. 1859, S.C. College (Columbia, S.C.) from Prof. William James Rivers (1822-1909), re his memories of college life as student at SCC prior to his graduation in 1841; letter, 25 May 1860, to [Wade] Hampton, discussing attitudes and beliefs about the South held by residents of the North. Letter, 7 June 1864, written from "Bivouac 8 Miles below Richmond [Va.]," by R.B. Lyons, re Civil War, troops led by Gen. James Longstreet in the Wilderness campaign [5-7 May 1864], and [Ulysses S.] Grant's ability as a General. Class schedules, 1876-1877, of James E. Renwick while enrolled at the Medical College of S.C.; undated draft of a speech made while presenting honors at commencement ceremonies of the Medical College of South Carolina; undated broadside [1870s?], "A Catalogue of New and Select Roses Grown & For Sale by Summer & Crammond, Pomaria Nurseries, Alston, S.C." (filed in oversize folder); undated manuscript, listing subscribers and rates of tuition for Honey Point Academy.
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