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Colhoun, John Ewing, c. 1750-1802. John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

Title: John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

Chiefly business records re plantation operations and Colhoun's legal practice including document, 17 May 1777, re transfer of female slave from James Gambel; letter, 9 May 1786, Silver Bluff, S.C., Thomas Galphin, to John Ewing Colhoun, Charleston, S.C., re missing boat, corn crops, and postponement of court case; letters, 19 Sept. 1789-14 Apr. 1796, John Lewis Gervais, to John Ewing Colhoun, re plantation affairs, management of African-American slaves, and legal advice. Letter, 30 June 1792, E. Pickens, to Colhoun, Pendleton District, S.C., re court case concerning confiscation of land from Loyalist during Revolutionary War; letter, 29 Apr. 1794, John Palmer, to Colhoun, re appointment of an overseer; permit, 6 Mar. 1795, re travel of a Native American employed by Colhoun; court records, 29 Aug. 1798, Twelve Mile River, Pendleton District, S.C., documenting trial of slaves for attempt to poison John Ewing Colhoun. Letter, 3 Dec. 1801, Columbia, S.C., Robert Anderson, to John Ewing Colhoun, re election of Thomas Sumter to U.S. Senate, death of Judge Ramsay, Joseph Brevard's election as Ramsay's replacement, Federalists and Republicans, and financial situation of S.C.; 3 letters, 21 Apr. 1819, 6 Nov 1822, and undated, Floride Colhoun, to James Edward Calhoun, U.S. Frigate Congress and Pendleton, S.C., re poor market for cotton and rice, requesting money, and possible visit by John C[aldwell] Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 422 items.

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De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839. Henry William DeSaussure papers, 1795-1837.

Title: Henry William DeSaussure papers, 1795-1837.

Letters discussing politics, business ventures, and various topics, including 9 Oct. 1795, Philadelphia, Pa., and 18 Jan. 1798, Charleston, S.C., to Jacob Read, New York, N.Y, re importance of port of Charleston to the government, defense of the country, and necessity of a marine hospital; 27 June 1800, Charleston, S.C., to Jedidiah Morse, Charlestown, Mass., re taking pleasure in sharing similar political views, and plans to insure election of [John] Adams and [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney. Other items include 9 letters, 24 Nov. 1802, Mount Vernon, Va., and 22 Aug. 1804-10 May 1812, Charleston, S.C., to Ezekiel Pickens, Pendleton and Columbia, S.C., re sale of cotton; importation of slaves; lands in Salkehatchie area; rumors of gambling and debauchery at South Carolina College; also including letters discussing local, national, and international political topics, including representation, general suffrage, and regional support for presidential candidates; reports of correspondence with John C. Calhoun; and local news, including reports of the Colhoun family, John Ewing Colhoun's arrival at Yale, and decision of Mrs. [John Ewing] Colhoun to winter in "New Port" [R.I.?]. Collection also includes letters of introduction, 13 May 1805,Charleston, S.C., to Robert Goodloe Harper, Baltimore, Md., recommendingJohn C. Calhoun, and congratulating Harper on acquittal of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase; and 10 Oct. 1811, Charleston, S.C., to Robert Gilmor, Baltimore, Md., re a destructive tornado, and rescue of Mrs. [Anna Frances DeSaussure] Gibbes. Correspondents and others mentioned include William Crafts, Benjamin Silliman, Colin Gillespie, William Little, Alexander Philson, and William Campbell Preston; also including published volume, 1834, England and America, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

ArchivalResource: 30 items and 1 v.

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Colhoun, John Ewing, c. 1750-1802. John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

Title: John Ewing Colhoun papers, 1763-1951.

Chiefly business papers re plantation operations and Colhoun's legal practice; including transfer, 17 May 1777, of female slave from James Gambel; land transfer, 10 July 1783, Ninety Six District, S.C., James Sharpe to John Ewing Colhoun, for land in Hillsborough Township; deed, 25 Nov. 1784, for two lots in the town of Ninety Six, S.C.; letter, 9 May 1786, Silver Bluff, S.C., Thomas Galphin to John Ewing Colhoun, Charleston, S.C., re loss of boat and corn and requesting postponement of his case in court. Letters, 19 Sept. 1789-14 Apr. 1796, John Lewis Gervais, to John Ewing Colhoun, re plantation affairs, trouble with a slave, and request for legal advice; letter, 26 July 1790, Charleston, S.C., H.W. DeSaussure, to John Ewing Colhoun, re legal case; letter, 30 June 1792, E. Pickens to John Ewing Colhoun, Pendleton District, S.C., re a legal case involving land confiscated during the Revolutionary War. Letters, 11 May 1792-17 Aug. 1794, St. Stephens, S.C., John Couturier to John Ewing Colhoun, re crops and market conditions; letter, 29 Apr. 1794, John Palmer, to John Ewing Colhoun, recommending an overseer; permit, 6 Mar. 1795, granting free and unmolested travel through the parish for a free Indian employed as a hunter by John Ewing Colhoun; and court proceedings, 29 Aug. 1798, Twelve Mile Rive, Pendleton District, S.C., for trial of slaves on Colhoun's plantation for attempting to poison him. Letter, 3 Dec. 1801, Columbia, S.C., from Robert Anderson, re election of Thomas Sumter to U.S. Senate, death of Judge Ramsay and election of Joseph Brevard to take his place, Federalists and Republicans, and financial situation of S.C; letter, 1 Mar. 1802, Annapolis, Md., from Robert Goodloe Harper to Colhoun, Washington, D.C., re reciept of letter and money; letter, 18 Mar. 1802, from Robert Anderson to Colhoun, Washington, D.C., re expressing political opinions. Letters, 21 Jan. and 16 Apr. 1808, Charleston, S.C., Hannah Edwards to Floride Colhoun, Newport, R.I., re family affairs, financial conditions, and hoping to see them during the summer; letters, 21 Apr. 1819, 6 Nov 1822, and undated, Floride Colhoun, to James Edward Calhoun, U.S. Frigate Congress and Pendleton, S.C., re his absence, poor market for cotton and rice, expected visit of president with John C. and Floride Calhoun, and requesting money.

ArchivalResource: 422 items.

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Gadsden, James, 1788-1858. James Gadsden papers, 1820-1858.

Title: James Gadsden papers, 1820-1858.

Chiefly correspondence re Gadsden's military duties in Gulf of Mexico and Florida and activities as President of the S.C. Railroad and minister to Mexico; including letter, 8 Jan. 1820, New Orleans, La., to Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tenn., re fortifications in the Gulf of Mexico; letter, 16 Nov. 1822, Florence, Ala., James Gadsden, to R.E. Earl, Nashville, Tenn., re lack of congressional and presidential support for fortifying Gulf of Mexico and plans to visit Tennessee. Letter, 18 Aug. 1826, Was-Cissa, Fla., Gadsden to Gen. Andrew Jackson, Nashville, Tenn., re crop losses and public support for Jackson; letter, 17 July 1842, Clarendon County, S.C., from John P. Richardson, re Catawba Indian reservation; letters, 1846-1853, from American and English manufacturers, to James Gadsden, re railroad equipment. Letters, 1838-1851, Charleston, S.C., James Gadsden, to James Edward Calhoun, Abbeville District, S.C. re affairs of the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad (reincorporated as the S.C. Railroad in 1842) and Gadsden's activities as the company's president. Letters, 1850-1853, Charleston, S.C., and Mexico, to John McRae, Charlotte, N.C., re collapse of a railroad trestle, criticism of railroad's management, and duties in Mexico; letter, 1 July 1847, Philadelphia, Pa., Norris Brothers to Gadsden, re completion and successful trial of a passenger locomotive; biographical sketch, 7 Oct. 1848; and printed account, 19 June 1858, by an English correspondent, re a trip to Pimlico, James Gadsden's rice plantation near Charleston, S.C.

ArchivalResource: 61 items.

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