Dibble, Samuel, 1837-1913. Samuel Dibble papers, 1863-1931.
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Samuel Dibble papers, 1863-1931.
Correspondence from Dibble's Congressional years, 1881-1891, chiefly constituent mail and requests for appointments, including letters, 1886-1888, re postal positions and replacement of Republican employees with loyal Democrats; membership list, 1884, Dorchester Democratic Club of Summerville; and letter, 12 Mar. 1885, to Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Manning, re financial hardship experienced by S.C. rice planters and failure of tariff to distinguish between broken and cleaned rice. Letter, 9 Apr. 1888, from Francis W. Dawson, editor of Charleston "News and Courier," offering his support for Dibble's re-election campaign and materials re his activities as a member of U.S. House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also including 14 responses to Dibble's 1888 statewide request that local Democratic organizations submit lists of registered voters, identified by race, along with projections of expected Democratic support among African-American population, including lists from S.C. counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Beaufort, Berkeley, Clarendon, Darlington, Edgefield, Greenville, Horry, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Williamsburg, and York. Earlier materials include Dibble's Civil War pocket diary, 31 Aug. 1863 - 7 May 1864, re financial accounts, records of pickets and guards, clothes and stationery issued, furloughs granted, with some mention of troop movements; letter, 20 Mar. 1864, Headquarters 7th Military District, S.C., orders from Gen. [Johnson] Hagood detaching Dibble from his regiment as a clerk and assigning him to Col. [Charles Henry] Simonton on James Island. Correspondence and other legal papers, 1866-1873, relating to Izlar & Dibble, Orangeburg, S.C., a law partnership between Dibble and James Ferdinand Izlar (1832-1912) during Reconstruction era; biographical sketch, Orangeburg, [1865]; and some Dibble family papers, 1926-1931.
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