Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin, 1790-1870. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Papers, 1793-1960; bulk, (1793- 1861).
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Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Papers, 1793-1960; bulk, (1793- 1861).
Includes 3 letters, 11 May 1793, 12 May 1807, and 1 June 1815, Augusta Ga., from Hannah Longstreet, to her aunt, Rebekah Hendrickson, New Jersey, re family news, trip from New Jersey to Augusta, Ga., smallpox innoculation of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, and his education, including cancelled plans to send him to Princeton. 29 Nov. 1860, Columbia, S.C., to [James Cordes Doar?], conveying instructions of trustees of South Carolina College "to summon the members of the Senior Class to return to their post, and to be present at Commencement on Monday next"; Letter, 19 Dec. 1795, Philadelphia, Pa., William Longsteet, to James Tapscoot, New Jersey, giving prescription for a sick horse; 3 May 1854, New Orleans, La., James Longstreet, to Dr. J. Milligan, re transfer of land papers and plans to travel to Texas; 26 Oct. 1860, Columbia, to "Editor of the Charleston Mercury," [Robert Barnwell Rhett], re "three Dialogues for publication" on "abolition aggression" and enclosing another "to get them all out before the Presidential elections" requesting his name as author be withheld and commenting on [Francis] Lieber's course in national politics and the Know-Nothing Party; Also contains 12 manuscripts, 10 Dec 1857 - 1 May 1861, reports as president of South Carolina College to trustees on the examination and progress of students leaving to join the Confederate Army; photostatic copy of DeBow's Review article, Sept., 1860, describing Columbia, S.C., and mentioning A.B. Longstreet as president of South Carolina College; and photostatic copy of "Augustus Longstreet: Man of Many Faces," an article by Kathleen Sloan published in Savannah Morning News Magazine, 13 Nov. 1960. Copy of letter, 1894, containing genealogical information on the Longstreet family.
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