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Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860. Papers, 1837-1859.

Title: Papers, 1837-1859.

Personal and political letters dealing with family affairs, appointments, and current politics. There is also a fragment of Preston's autobiography.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071654 View

Czurda, Emilie. Mary Nisbet Branham album, 1856-1866.

Title: Mary Nisbet Branham album, 1856-1866.

The collection consists of an album titled "Memory's leaves" presented to "Miss Mary N. Branham by Emilie Czurda on Christmas Eve 1856" which contains manuscript poetry in several hands and ten holograph songs with music and lyrics by Vincent Czurda. Among the music are "Marche Funébre" noted as having been "composed at the request of Mr. Preston, President of the College in Columbia, S.C. for the funeral celebration of Hon. John C. Calhoun in 1849" and "What she brought me" composed in Macon in 1864 by Czurda with words by Harry Lynden Flash. Mary Branham and, for a time, the Czurdas lived in Eatonton, Georgia, and most of the entries are by people from that area. The marriage license of Mary Branham to Samuel Dunlap, Jr., is also included in this collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310968765 View

W. Keats Sparrow Papers, 1836-1977

Title: W. Keats Sparrow Papers, 1836-1977

Papers (1836-1977) including genealogical materials, clippings, census materials, clippings, speeches, travel diary and correspondence, etc.

ArchivalResource: 0.22 Cubic Feet, 30 items

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0013 View

Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936

Title: John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936

The collection of about 850 items covers the period from 1782 to c. 1936, with the bulk dating to the 1780s to 1840s. The collection is divided into four series. Series I contains correspondence relating to a wide variety of topics, including French and English politics, business, trade, religious matters, and personal affairs. Many of the items are letters of introduction. There is also information on John Vaughan’s immigration to America, Joseph Priestley, vaccines and inoculation (with Jefferson's comments on the same), Vaughan's business in Philadelphia, and the American Philosophical Society. Also included in this series are 2 boxes with copies of Vaughan correspondence as well as miscellaneous notes by E. W. Madeira, gathered in the course of his research on Vaughan in the 1930s. Series II consists of three volumes. Included are two of Vaughan's commonplace books. One, entitled, "J. Vaughan's book," May 17, 1779 (47 pp., in Latin; 870/L34), includes mostly Latin notations. The other commonplace book, dated 1783 (ca. 66 pp.; B V 462.c), includes comments on several prominent Americans, such as Benjamin Rush and David Rittenhouse, as well as American society generally. The third volume is a copybook with thirty letters spanning the period 1784 to 1801 (B V462.1). Series III includes material relating to Vaughan's administration of the estate of the Philadelphia merchant Samuel Merrick, 1796-1822 (Vaughan-Merrick Papers, B V462.m; 2 boxes). Series IV consists of correspondence between Vaughan and the DuPont Co. for which he served as agent (B V462.4; photocopies of 73 letters).

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Linear feet, Ca. 850 items

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.V462-ead.xml View

Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857. Papers 1795-1857.

Title: Papers 1795-1857.

Jurist and U.S. Senator from Ohio. Correspondence, autobiography (1773-1823), journal (1839-44) kept while a Senator, and other papers. The bulk of the collection consists of Tappan's correspondence with his son, Eli Todd Tappan, newspaper editor and educator; his brother, Lewis Tappan, New York abolitionist; and his law partner, Edwin M. Stanton. The material pertains to the Ohio Democratic Party, the abolition issue, the Oregon question, Tappan's work as a member of the Ohio Canal Commission (1823-34), Texas annexation, and other matters. Includes copies of 21 letters to Tappan from Edwin M. Stanton. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 cubic foot.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5813352 View

Letters and notes of Francis Brooke, James Branch Cabell, Joseph Jones, John Randolph of Roanoke and Beverly Tucker [manuscripts], 1822-1938, n.d.

Title: Letters and notes of Francis Brooke, James Branch Cabell, Joseph Jones, John Randolph of Roanoke and Beverly Tucker [manuscripts], 1822-1938, n.d.

Francis Taliaferro Brooke letter, 1828 January 25, St. Julian, to unidentified correspondent stating that his health has kept him at home but he hopes "to be able presently to comply with yours and Mr. Madisons wishes." James Branch Cabell letter, 1938 June 4, Poynton Lodge, Ophelia, Virginia to Ballou informing him of his address for the summer. Joseph Jones notes, n.d., on the issuing of paper money and the tasks of the auditor's office and the solicitor's office. John Randolph Letter, 1822 March 16, to General Theodorus Bailey regarding his poor health and imminent departure for Liverpool and the coast of France. Nathaniel Beverly Tucker Letter, 1836 May 18, Williamsburg, to William Campbell Preston, Tucker inquires whether Preston has received and read his work The partisan leader, and what his opinion of it was.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647953735 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Singleton Family Papers, 1758-1860, (bulk 1829-1855)

Title: Singleton Family Papers 1758-1860 (bulk 1829-1855)

Plantation owners in South Carolina. Family and general correspondence, legal papers, clippings, invitations, receipts, poetry, and miscellaneous items of various members of the Singleton and allied Van Buren and Deveaux (DeVoe) families.

ArchivalResource: 900 items; 5 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012032 View

McCord, David James, 1797-1855. Correspondence to McCord from Francis Lieber, William Campbell Preston, George McDuffie, Thomas Cooper, Edward Ruffin, James Henry Hammond, and John C. Calhoun, and regarding tariff, affairs in South Carolina and personal matters [manuscript] 1820-1849.

Title: Correspondence to McCord from Francis Lieber, William Campbell Preston, George McDuffie, Thomas Cooper, Edward Ruffin, James Henry Hammond, and John C. Calhoun, and regarding tariff, affairs in South Carolina and personal matters [manuscript] 1820-1849.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647969566 View

Waddy Thompson Papers, 1826-1882, (bulk 1840-1857)

Title: Waddy Thompson Papers 1826-1882 (bulk 1840-1857)

U.S. representative from South Carolina, lawyer, and diplomat. Chiefly correspondence relating to nullification, relations with Mexico, plantation life, slavery, and South Carolina and national politics. Includes family papers.

ArchivalResource: 100 items; 1 container; .2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013076 View

Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860. William C. Preston family papers, 1779-1840.

Title: William C. Preston family papers, 1779-1840.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79449895 View

Stewart, Francis B., Mrs.,. Mrs. Francis B. Stewart collection [manuscript], 1745-1918.

Title: Mrs. Francis B. Stewart collection [manuscript], 1745-1918.

The collection contains papers, 1745-1918, of the Horry, Middleton, Pinckney, and Rutledge families of South Carolina, regarding family matters, the settlement of an estate, land deeds, European political affairs, poetry, and sheet music; letterbook, 1763-1771, of Harriott Horry; and commonplace book, 1770, of Harriott Horry, including household recipes and home remedies. There are letters, 1768-1791, of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, Charleston, S.C., to Harriott Horry, Thomas Pinckney, and others, regarding family matters, social life, Thomas Pinckney's education, social life, and slaves; and letter, 29 June 1776, from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, to his mother, Eliza Lucas Pinckney, regarding the battle of Fort Moultrie. Of interest are a letter, 7 November 1785, from Harriott Horry to Eliza Lucas Pinckney, regarding the illness of Horry's husband; and letter, 27 December 1790, from Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Va., to Edward Rutledge, Charleston, S.C., regarding financial matters, a threshing machine, the U.S. presidency, and citizens' duty to their country. Also a letter, 1791, from George Washington, Philadelphia, Pa., to Edward Rutledge, regarding the present session of Congress, and touring the U.S. during his presidential term; and a letter, ca. 1796, from Edward Rutledge to his son, regarding Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's appointment as minister to France, and citizens' duty to their country. Also three letters, 1800-1802, from Nelly Custis Lewis, Mt. Vernon, Va., to Eliza Lucas Pinckney, regarding the death of George Washington, her confinement and the birth of her first child, family matters, Washington, D.C., social life, Federalist politics, a "mammoth cheese" presented to the President, and Woodlawn, her home. Also a letter, 29 June 1828, from the Marquis de Lafayette, Paris, France, to Thomas Pinckney, regarding Harriott Horry and her husband, and political affairs in Europe; and a letter, February 1835, from John C. Calhoun and William C. Preston, Washington, D.C., to the Misses Pinckney, introducing Harriet Martineau. Also letters, October 1858, from Louis Agassiz, Cambridge, Mass., to Dr. Holbrook and from Elizabeth Agassiz, Cambridge, Mass., to Mrs. Holbrook, offering condolences on the death of Mrs. Rutledge; and a letter, 27 May 1858, from Thomas F. Davis, Camden, S.C., to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, regarding the Theological Seminary in Columbia, S.C.

ArchivalResource: 72 items + 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647854165 View

Holmes, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1897. Papers, 1790-1898, 1842-1887.

Title: Papers, 1790-1898, 1842-1887.

Papers, 1790-1898, of the Holmes family. Chiefly letters, 1842-1887, received by George Frederick Holmes, educator, concerning the College of William and Mary, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Virginia. Correspondents include William Campbell Preston, Andrew Steele Fulton, Robert Saunders and Charles Minnigerode. Collection also includes papers, 1790-1822, of the Floyd and Preston families; album, 1844-1849, kept by Eliza Lavalette Floyd Holmes consisting of plant leaves, newspapers and memorials to her son and a drawing by Thomas C. Milington of the gravesite of John Floyd Holmes; and papers, concerning the estate of George Frederick Holmes.

ArchivalResource: 66 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23044653 View

Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

Title: Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

The Smithfield Preston Foundation collection consists of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00522.xml View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to James Breckinridge [manuscript], 1824 December 22.

Title: Letter to James Breckinridge [manuscript], 1824 December 22.

Jefferson writes to Breckinridge re: the search for a professor of law for the University of Virginia. He states that Francis Walker Gilmer has declined the position and that he is considering William Campbell Preston as an alternative.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647806914 View

Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860. Letter, [18uu] May 16, Senate, [Washington, D.C.], to "My dear Sir."

Title: Letter, [18uu] May 16, Senate, [Washington, D.C.], to "My dear Sir."

Letter of introduction for William Campbell Preston's brother, Thomas Lewis Preston, who was traveling to Europe. Although undated, the letter dates from the period during which William Campbell Preston served in the U.S. Senate, 1833-1842.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53873576 View

Hamilton, James, 1786-1857. James Hamilton papers, 1820-1859.

Title: James Hamilton papers, 1820-1859.

Correspondence with Petit DeVillers, Stephen Decatur Miller, and Patrick Noble re taxes, nullification, S.C. General Assembly, and election in Abbeville, S.C.; letter, 17 Apr. 1824, Washington, D.C., to Charles K. Gardner, re War of 1812, controversy between Hamilton, John Tod, and newspaper, National Intelligencer; letter, 21 Mar. 1829, Charleston, S.C., to DeVillers, Savannah, Ga., re masonry work. Letter, 12 May 1831, Charleston, to DeVillers, re rice sales; letter, 25 June 1831, Charleston, to S.D. Miller, Camden, S.C., re State Rights party; 3 letters, 2 Jan. and 24 Nov. 1831, 19 Dec. 1833, Pennyworth Island [Savannah River, now Jasper County], to DeVillers, re selling land, shipping rice to New York; letter, 6 May 1832, Pendleton, S.C., to William C. Preston, Columbia, S.C., re nullification, possible Southern Convention, and Unionist rhetoric; letter, 3 June 1829 written from Philadelphia to Thomas Young (Savannah, Georgia), re the sale of rice and "an order in your favor for the seed rice" and an undated note requesting that Colonel Preston come "at 7 oc this Evg." as "We are going to hold a consultation on an important matter." Four letters, 8 June, 16 July, and 31 Aug. 1832 and 9 Oct. 1859, Pendleton, Charleston, and Bluffton, S.C., to Waddy Thompson, Greenville, S.C., and Col. Seabrook re meeting at Hamburg, S.C., Perry-Bynum duel, politics, Hamilton's departure for Texas, and Gov. James Henry Hammond; nullification broadside, 22 Oct. 1832, Gov. J[ames] Hamilton, Jr., "Governor's message: fellow citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives," re convention to debate S.C.'s response to Tariff Act of 1832. Letter, 28 Dec. 1832, Augusta, Ga., to W.C. Preston, Columbia, S.C., re party unity and Preston's work for party; letter, 10 Apr. 1834, Charleston, S.C., to James H. Causten, Washington, D.C., re French spoliation claims, and businessman in Philadelphia; letter, 4 Oct. 1835, New York, to David J. McCord, Columbia, S.C., requesting McCord introduce Francis Lieber to Thomas Cooper. Letter, 14 Oct. 1835, Norfolk, Va., to "Gentlemen", re nullification period, Virginia's influence in South and the Union, and wealth of South and economic place in the world; letter, 16 Jan. 1836, Charleston, to William Kemble, West Point, N.Y., re specifications, price, and shipping date of steam engine for Hamilton's mill, national politics, and possible war with France; biographical sketch, 1858, by Lewis Cruger.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44157359 View

Papers of the Sumter and Delage families, 1694-1936 bulk, 1782-1912.

Title: Papers of the Sumter and Delage families, 1694-1936 bulk, 1782-1912.

Chiefly correspondence, written in French, of Natalie DeLage Sumter, with her relatives in France, including her declaration of marriage to Thomas Sumter, Jr., descriptions of plantation life, and papers re settlement of an estate. Including four letters, 1796-1801, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.; and Washington, D.C., from A[aron] Burr to N. [Delage de Volude], re her improvement in the use of English, Delage's friendship with Theodosia [Burr Alston], literature, and returning to France; bill, 10 Oct. n.y., from A[aron] Burr, to N. [Delage de Volude], re credit for $500; letter, 23 Feb. 1802, Paris, France, from Tho[mas] Sumter, Jr., to Madam d'Amblimont, re her consent, as N. Delage de Volude's grandmother, to their marriage. Letter, 1802, Rob[ert R.] Livingston, to Madam [Delage], recommending T. Sumter, Jr., as a suitable husband for N. [Delage de Volude]; letter, 1802, from Tho[mas] Sumter, Jr., to Madam Delage, re S.C. laws re property rights for wives; letter, 31 May 1836, Stateburgh, S.C., from Thomas Sumter, Jr., to W[illiam] C[ampbell] Preston, re Preston's claim before U.S. Congress; manuscripts, 1802, 1810, and 1811, "Letters du Roi Louis XVIII au Cte. D'arrarey." Diary, 18 Dec. 1834-17 Dec. 1835, written in French; letters, 1842-1889, correspondence of the Sumter children with relatives in France; letters, 1889-1912, to Stephanie Brownfield, re family life, travel, and current events; letter, 15 June 1936, to Laurie Gray, Gray Court, Laurens County, S.C., from John R[utledge] Sumter, Sumter, S.C., re ownership and disposition of the Sumter-Delage family collection.

ArchivalResource: 483 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41963029 View