O'Neall, John Belton, 1793-1863. John Belton O'Neall papers, 1815-1953.
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John Belton O'Neall papers, 1815-1953.
Legal papers and reports, 1815-1860, re legal matters at state and local levels, and items re O'Neall's position as a member of the Board of Trustees of South Carolina College; and newspaper clippings, 1939 and 1953. Letter, 15 Oct. 1832, sent from Springfield (near Newberry, S.C.) to David Johnson of Columbia, S.C., re Nullification crisis and Judge [ Daniel Elliott] Huger re "our mission" to Georgia, to abandon "all active measures on the subject of Southern Convention on acc[oun]t of the awful minority in which the late elections have left us," and advising "we say to the dominant party... go on we will neither paralyze y[ou]r efforts nor delay y[ou]r action."; letter, 29 May 1835, to Iveson Brookes of Columbia, S.C., urging him to become pastor of "the Baptist Church here," relating the condition of the church, and what he could do for it. Letter, 10 Aug. 1837, to Eliza McHardy (Greenville, S.C.), counseling her on the need for proper education, "To day is the time for study; let nothing which can be done to day, be deferred until tomorrow"; letter, 23 Sept. 1837, to Alva Woods, "President of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa," recommending two men for election to "y[ou]r institution," and stating "I re[ceive]ed... [the] letter... and had the extract published as you desired." Report from the Charleston Court of Law Appeals, 1843, re a charge of balance due on debt of Thomas Butler, defendant, by the executors of William Whightman (deceased); appeal for case Maybin vs. Hendrerson, 24 Aug. 1846, re a ferry across the Enoree River; title page of the Constitution of the South Carolina Washingtonian Brotherhood, 1842, initialed by O'Neall; letter, 29 Jan. 1847, to Samuel Mauldin of Greenville, S.C., re legal questions about a land ownership dispute in Florida. Four letters, 24 Sept.-16 Oct. 1849, to Samuel Mauldin of Greenville, S.C., re O'Neall's interest in acquiring property in Greenville, S.C.; discussing plans for a trip to Abbeville, S.C.; ordering thirty yards of homespun cloth for O'Neall's sister, Mrs. Caldwell; commenting on the continued illness of O'Neall's wife; and wishing Mauldin luck with his railroad survey. Three letters, 11 June and 6 July 1857, 18 Aug. 1860, to James Simons of Columbia, S.C., re "Whatley's accts" and a settlement between O'Neall and his ward, J.F.J. Caldwell. Letter, 4 Mar. 1861, (Springfield, S.C.), to his grandson William L[awrence] Mauldin, in Greenville, S.C., authorizing Mauldin to draw upon his scholarship and from the executor of Joab Mauldin whatever else was necessary to defray expenses at Furman University over and above his scholarship: "Present to Mr Judson my authority to enter University on my Scholarship." Letter, 20 Sept. 1863, [presumably sent from Prospect Hill, N.C.] to his grandson, Belton O. Mauldin transmitting "papers by which you will see all East Tennessee has been overrun" and reporting that "Morris Island has been evacuated," the defenders of Fort Sumter were aided by the "Equinoctial gale" that also had "prevented any attacks since;" O'Neall also comments on Confederate deserters hiding in the mountains, and his assessment of the Confederacy's prospects: "I am anxious for the ending of this cruel and unnecessary war. But as long as Lincoln is in power we shall have no peace. And perhaps not then... [lamenting the fact that so many politicians were] "in office, and so long as that continues we shall have no peace, unless we had a [George] Washington." Newspaper articles re O'Neall's summer home, portrait and biographical information; and photocopy of notations and corrections made by O'Neall to his book "Bench and Bar."
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