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Bodley family. Bodley family papers, 1773-1939.

Title: Bodley family papers, 1773-1939.

Papers pertaining to the Bodley and related families, primarily in Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia, include personal and business correspondence, business, legal, land, and military papers, and genealogical material. Personal correspondence, 1776-1920, revolves around Thomas Bodley, his son William Stewart Bodley, and his grandson Temple Bodley. Topics include Kentucky history and politics; prominent Kentucky families like the Breckinridges, Clays, Crittendens, and Wickliffes; presidential elections and candidates; African American colonization efforts; agriculture in Kentucky and the South; banking; California history and the gold rush; cholera and other diseases; churches; land speculation; North American Indians; lawyers in Kentucky and Mississippi; Louisville history and politics; the Mexican War; Mississippi history and politics; the Aaron Burr Conspiracy; railroad development; the Civil War; states' rights; Reconstruction; slavery; religion and religious thought; St. Louis history; United States history, politics, foreign relations, and military; Virginia history; the Whig Party; and World War I. Documents include three diaries (1770-1811, 1814-1815, 1863-1865); land papers, 1783-1912; business papers, 1781-1936; military papers, 1788-1852; and genealogy. The collection also contains a group of Clark-Hite-Shiell Papers.

ArchivalResource: 9.33 cubic feet.

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Mazyck family. Mazyck family papers, 1748-1889.

Title: Mazyck family papers, 1748-1889.

Records of plantation management, land papers, items re American Revolution, Civil War, social activities, politics at state and national levels; cotton trade; and other topics. Chiefly business papers of Stephen, William, Edmund, and Elizabeth Porcher Mazyck, and papers of William and Melcher Garner and Plowden Weston of St. Paul's Parish; including record, ca. 18 Sept. 1756-16 Feb. 1766, of mortgage and sale of African American slaves identified by name; land grant, 28 Jan. 1771, to Peter Mazyck for 250 acres in Berkeley County, S.C.; lease, release, and conveyance, 25 and 26 Feb. 1771, between Daniel Strobel and Peter Mazyck for land in Amelia Township (Berkeley County, S.C.) Printed letter, 28 June 1776 (Charleston, S.C.), to Capt. Daniel Ravenel (St. John's Parish, S.C.), re Clinton's attempt to land on Haddrel's Point, disposition of crown officers and Tories, and preparations to protect the city; mortgage, 29 Oct. 1800, from Andrew Heatly to William Mazyck; conveyance of lands in trust, 28 Feb. 1819, to William Mazyck for daughter Mary Mazyck Wilson; marriage settlement, 13 Feb. 1832, re Mary Mazyck Wilson and Samuel Wilson, Jr. Stock certificate, 1832, Bank of the U.S. at Charleston, S.C.; invitation, 1 Feb. 1836, Charleston, S.C., to Jockey Club Ball at St. Andrew's Hall; account book, 1844, of William Mazyck, re accounts with various people, railroad shipping, taxes, fees, and goods sold; and unbound volume, 1961, re Mazyck family Bible records, 1748-1854. Letter, 2 Feb. 1846, Charleston, Daniel Ravenel to William Mazyck, re church business; land conveyance, 4 Mar. 1846, Anne Bay to William Mazyck for lot in Charleston; letter, 20 May 1854, H.A. DeSaussure, to William Mazyck, Charleston, S.C., re tribute to barrister Isaac Mazyck; agreement, 3 Nov. 1858, between William Mazyck and Alva Gage and Company, keepers of the ice house, re construction of a brick foundation wall; letter, 27 May 1864, Richmond, Va., Thomas Pinckney to Mrs. William Lucas, re mlitary conditions. Letters, 1878-1880, correspondence of Alexander Mazyck with Arthur Mazyck, and with Stephen D. Doar; letter, 22 June 1884 (London, England) Alexander Mazyck, to Frederick Adolphus Porcher, re U.S. politics and prospects of Grover Cleveland's election; and letter, 16 Nov. 1890 (London, England), to William St. Julien Mazyck, re McKinley tariff, fall of cotton prices, recent Republican defeats, and uncertainty that S.C. legislature would blindly follow Benjamin Tillman regardless of resulting damage to the state.

ArchivalResource: 108 items and 1 v.

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James Henry Hammond Papers, 1774-1875, (bulk 1823-1864)

Title: James Henry Hammond Papers 1774-1875 (bulk 1823-1864)

Senator, governor, and plantation owner. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, plantation manuals, account books, and scrapbooks pertaining chiefly to South Carolina and national politics in the three decades preceding the Civil War. Subjects include nullification, secession, slavery, the Southern Convention at Nashville, Tennessee (1850), state banks, states' rights, and the tariff. Also includes a mercantile letterbook, 1774-1780, of Andrew McLean.

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items; 38 containers plus 3 oversize; 10 linear feet; 20 microfilm reels

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Gadsden family. Gadsden family papers, 1703-ca. 1955.

Title: Gadsden family papers, 1703-ca. 1955.

Papers consist of correspondence, estate records, writings, and other items. Included are the papers of John Gadsden (1833-1902) and Gadsden allied families. Correspondence includes letters (1854-1857) of Philip Gadsden (d. 1857) in Mexico City (Mexico) to his mother and sister regarding experiences there with his uncle James Gadsden (a U.S. foreign minister); topics include social life, social conditions, and family matters. In addition, there is correspondenece (1840-1852) of Christopher Edwards Gadsden and Thomas Gadsden regarding family matters, religion, politics, and education. Papers of Thomas F. Gadsden (1839-1891) include correspondence with W.B.W. Howe and other clergy concerning affairs of the diocese and an essay (1851) on war. Estate records (1829-1895) of Philip Gadsden (1798-1870) include accounts, copies of his will, and other items. Personal and business correspondence (1877-1940) of John B. Gadsden (1860-1944) includes letters regarding his service as superintendant of the 6th Lighthouse District (headquarters at Charleston, S.C.) and his management of the Oakland Hunting Club. Papers (ca. 1920-1950) of Jeanne Gadsden, daughter of John B. Gadsden consist of a Gullah story about Brer Wolf and Brer Rabbit, poems, and correspondence regarding financial and social matters, genealogy, and other topics. Other items include biographical materials about Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805); photographs of Gadsden family portraits; and genealogical materials, including a Gadsden family chart, correspondence, wills, family Bible records, clippings, and other items pertaining to the Gadsden family and related families including the Farr and Hamilton families.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

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Ince, Henry Alexander. Papers, 1842-1848.

Title: Papers, 1842-1848.

Two letter books of Mr. Ince of the London mercantile firm of Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, Dent & Company, recording his journey to the U.S. in 1847-1848 to examine investments and to settle claims against individual and business debtors. Correspondents include Ince's employers, his legal and financial advisers, and the debtors in America. Subjects include a financial crisis in London, the Union Bank of Florida at Tallahassee, the financial situation in Florida, North American Trust and Banking Company of New York, Bank of Darien in Georgia, Bank of Louisiana, South Western Railroad Bank of Charleston, S.C., New York and Erie Railroad, canals and economic conditions in Illinois and Indiana, Florida plantations, Charles Butler, James Gadsden, John G. Gamble, John Gorrie, and James Rose.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Letters, 1814-1823.

Title: Letters, 1814-1823.

Correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 11 folders (10 items with trascriptions)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49962895 View

Seminole Nation. 1833 Mar. 28. Treaty between the United States and the Seminole Indians, 1833 March 28.

Title: Treaty between the United States and the Seminole Indians, 1833 March 28.

Treaty, initiated by James Gadsden, stipulating terms for the relocation of the Seminole Indians in Florida to lands west of the Mississippi River occupied by the Creek Indians.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70982778 View

Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839. Robert Young Hayne letters, 1836-1838.

Title: Robert Young Hayne letters, 1836-1838.

Letters to Hayne from R.F.W. Allston, A. Blanding, James Gadsden, R.W. Colcock, M. King, and others concerning the proposed Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad. Letters are from Abbeville, Charleston, and Columbia, S.C. and from Sevierville, Tenn.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32141666 View

Alden Partridge Papers, 1807-1959, (bulk 1817-1842)

Title: Alden Partridge Papers 1807-1959 (bulk 1817-1842)

U.S. Army officer, engineer, educator, and state legislator from Vermont. Principally letters (1817-1842) received by Partridge from students and their parents relating to educational matters at the United States Military Academy, the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, and other academies with which Partridge was associated from 1808-1850; letters and documents concerning military activities during the War of 1812, a dispute between Sylvanus Thayer and Partridge over the administration of the United States Military Academy and Partridge’s court martial; a library journal; student rolls; and letters or copies of letters written by Partridge, including several to James Monroe.

ArchivalResource: 650 items; 4 containers; 1.4 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009049 View

Jayhawker Party Collection of Materials, 1849-1938 (bulk 1850-1887)

Title: Jayhawker Party Collection of Materials

This collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley in 1849-1850, and their annual reunions held between 1872-1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly (c. 1889). The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party.

ArchivalResource: 1,105 pieces in 10 boxes, 8 volumes, and 4 oversize folders

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William L. Marcy papers, 1806-1930

Title: William L. Marcy papers, 1806-1930

Correspondence, commonplace book, diary (1831-1857), draft of an autobiography, drafts of diplomatic dispatches, drafts in Marcy's handwriting of presidential messages to Congress (1854-1856), and other papers relating to Marcy which were collected and compiled by Henry Barrett Learned. Materials cover such topics as Marcy's career as a member of the cabinets of presidents James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce; New York state and national Democratic politics (circa 1830-1860); and international relations including the Martin Koszta case, negotiations concerning the Black Warrior affair with Spain, the Gadsden Purchase, proper attire for American diplomats abroad, and Pierre Soulé's conduct in Spain. Includes a commonplace book for Marcy's senior year at Brown University (1808). Correspondents include W.R. Andrews, Benjamin Franklin Angel, George Bancroft, August Belmont, James G. Berret, James Buchanan, Archibald Campbell, Lewis Cass, George Mifflin Dallas, Charles Augustus Davis, Charles Eames, James Gadsden, Timothy Jenkins, Simon B. Jewett, John Livingstone, John Y. Mason, Samuel Marcy, William Porcher Miles, George W. Newell, Horatio J. Perry, Franklin Pierce, James K. Polk, Herman J. Redfield, Winfield Scott, Horatio Seymour, Zachary Taylor, John Addison Thomas, Samuel J. Tilden, Martin Van Buren, Prosper Montgomery Wetmore, Gorham A. Worth, and Silas Wright.

ArchivalResource: 3,100 items.88 containers.19.2 linear feet.

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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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43767706 View

South Carolina Railroad. Records, ca. 1840-1873.

Title: Records, ca. 1840-1873.

Broadsides, stock certificates and printed ephemera dating to antebellum and Reconstruction periods, including printed regulations, ca. 1840, re maintenance of stations, supplying of wood and water, and payment of overseers. Broadside, 13 Feb. 1845, re U.S. Senate Bill S.127 authorizing the Company to import certain pipes and machinery duty free "for the application of the atmospheric pressure, as a propellig power on railroads, not to exceed what is sufficient for a road one mile in length" Circular letter, 6 Sept. 1848, signed by W[illia]m H. Bartless, re settlement of insurance claims for goods from ship John Castner, damaged by fire and water in Charleston harbor. Collection also includes plat, 5 Jan. 1849, Colleton District, S.C., survey of 569 acres by Thomas I. Millard, "Pursuant to request of Col. James Gadsden, President" of the company, re land located between the Four Holes and Cypress Swamps, listing adjoining landowners, and noting that the tract descended from a grant to Capt. Tobias Fitch in 1731. Stock certificate, 15 Feb. 1860, Charleston, for shares issued to Miss Martha E. McCall; newspaper clipping, 26 July 1854, listing "Rules and Stipulations" for passengers; and undated broadside, "Regulations of Stations on South Carolina Rail Road." Also includes labor agreement, 15 June 1864, between Ja[me]s Trumble, agent for the company, and T.J. Withers, for hire of Thomas, an African American slave, age 22 years; booklet, 1864, "Schedule for Running of Trains effective 1 Dec. 1864, Until Further Notice" (8 pages). Reconstruction era materials include S.C. legislative bill, ca. 8 and 15 Dec. 1865, signed by James Hemphill, re permission to redeem state bonds issued in 1837; Supplemenet to Charleston News, "To the stockholders of the S.C.R.R. Company," 27 Feb. 1869 (6 p., 61 x 46 cm), re legal battle between South Carolina Rail Road and the Columbia and Augusta Rail Road. Also includes printed sheets of tickets, 1 July 1873, in various denominations; each ticket specifying number of fares and miles allowed; illustrated with various views of locomotives, and draymen loading cotton.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37112323 View

Christopher Van Deventer papers 1799-1925 Van Deventer, Christopher, papers

Title: Christopher Van Deventer papers 1799-1925 Van Deventer, Christopher, papers

The Christopher Van Deventer papers contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents concerning the War of 1812, the politics of the 1810s and 1820s, and the political career of John C. Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1164.1van?rgn=main;view=text View

Clinch, Duncan Lamont, 1787-1849. Duncan Lamont Clinch papers, 1834-1859.

Title: Duncan Lamont Clinch papers, 1834-1859.

Letter copybooks (2 volumes) and order book, relating to Clinch's activities as a commander of American forces at Fort King and other Florida fortifications during the 2nd Seminole War (1834-1836), and reflecting concern over depredations committed by Indians and African Americans, inadequate reinforcements, supplies, arms, and naval support; together with ledger (1859) listing slaves at Clinch's plantation, The Refuge. Includes copies of letters and orders of James Gadsden, Edmund Pendleton Gaines, Robert P. Smith, and Charles M. Thruston.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144796486 View

Adams, J. (Jasper), 1793-1841. J. Adams papers, 1828-1834.

Title: J. Adams papers, 1828-1834.

Letter, 8 November 1828, from Adams at College of Charleston, to the Rev. Sewall Harding (in Waltham, Mass.), discussing his return to S.C. and resumption of the presidency at the College, a position from which he resigned in 1826, and his subsequent departure from New York as first president of Geneva College [now Hobart College], a decision attributed to health reasons and his preference to live in a larger city and in S.C.: "we have been too long accustomed to the courtly polish of this country & to the habits of a large city, to be contented in a country village." details of expansion and construction of buildings at the College of Charleston; controversies re religious factions within Charleston, including between protestants and catholics; national politics, the presidential election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; controversy over the tariff legislation; and health conditions of the city, with cases of "dengue or Spanish fever" and yellow fever. Letter, 16 Jan. - 6 Feb. 1833 (Charleston, S.C.) from Adams to Sewall Harding in Waltham, Mass., reporting on controversy in Charleston related to the Nullification Crisis, and describing his travels through Georgia and Floria, a trip planned both to improve his health, and with an eye to tour more of the South beyond S.C., in order to purchase 800 acres as a potential future home or for re-sale; Adams notes the rugged frontier conditions of many places visited on a route from Savannah to Jefferson County, Florida., then west to Tallahassee; Adams reports favorably on the hospitality enjoyed at the home of Col. James Gadsden, who lived in an area settled by many natives of South Carolina. Letter, 10 May 1834, of J[asper] Adams, Charleston, to the Rev. Sewall Harding of Waltham, Mass., noting the 10th anniversary of his arrival in Charleston, but expressing regret that he would not be able to visit Massachusetts during the summer as he had previously hoped, due to requested leave of absence for a faculty member at the College of Charleston, requesting that Harding purchase various books identified in a list, with amount that Adams was willing to pay, and replying to Harding's request for Adams' thoughts on the religious opinions of Thomas Jefferson, "I have no references to Mr. Jefferson's religious opinions except what you may find in my con[vention] sermon [The Relation of Christianity to Civil Government in the United States: A Sermon, Preached in St. Michael's Church, Charleston, February 13th, 1833, Before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of South-Carolina], & what he says in the chapter on religion in his notes on Virginia. By looking over his correspondence, you may find a plenty of his antichristian opinions. I have no copy of his works, or I would look them out for you. Your neighbor Whitman is bold in undertaking to prove Mr. J. a christian." There is also a passing mention of South Carolina's own "political troubles": "I suppose you see by the papers that we still have political troubles. Mr. [Thomas Smith] Grimke has lately made a great speech on the test oath. If I thought you would care about it, I would send you a copy." Letter, 8 Nov. 1834 (Charleston, S.C.), to Mrs. Eliza Francis (New York), informing her of receipt of a box for Mrs. Mitchell and her difficulties in supporting herself; listing his own reasons for not writing, which included an unusually hot summer, health conditions, reporting that although Charleston escaped an attack of "Asiatic Cholera" now seen in other parts of the south, many residents continued to suffer from yellow fever, lamenting the death of one of his children, his own poor health, noting "a 'bit of a rebellion' in the college [of Charleston]," describing commencement and plans to publish a sermon and address delivered to the graduating class; requesting that her husband [Dr. John W. Francis] nominate him for membership in the N.Y. Historical Society, and plans to be in New York during the summer of 1835.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/698775933 View

Gadsden, James, 1788-1858. Papers, 1777-1856.

Title: Papers, 1777-1856.

Family papers. Include references to British strategy during the Revolution and to the defense of Charleston, S.C., in 1777; an inventory of and the marriage contract of Philip Gadsden Edwards to Anna Margaret Edwards; a letter, 1836, concerning abolitionist publications; a letter, 1842, to Paymaster General Nathan Towson, concerning claims for supplies furnished the Florida Militia; and photostats of diplomatic correspondence largely from Percy W. Doyle and W.G. Lettsom to the Earl of Clarendon, British Secretary of Foreign Affairs, pertaining to U.S.-Mexican relations, discussing the Gadsden Purchase, Santa Anna, and conditions and rumors in Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19646954 View

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. John C. Calhoun papers, 1784-1935, (bulk 1802-1850).

Title: John C. Calhoun papers, 1784-1935, (bulk 1802-1850).

The papers consist of agreements, articles, clippings, correspondence, lists, notes, photographs, poems, receipts, speeches, statements, a survey book and an autograph draft and photocopy of the "South Carolina Exposition." Basically the correspondence is to and from Calhoun, but it also includes letters to and from other members of the family. The correspondence covers in addition to information on the life of the family, thecondition of crops, the sale of rice, and mining the political concerns of the writers including the annexation of Texas, banking, construction of railroads, the war with Mexico, nullification, presidential candidates, political parties, transportation, the slavery question, state rights, tariffs, and other issues of the day. A group of miscellaneous material includes agreements, clippings, handwritten copies of documents concerning the slave trade, settlement of claims and other foreign policy matters, receipts, and statements. After Calhoun's death, correspondence and items related to Calhoun and small collections of Calhoun family members' papers were added to the collection. The posthumous correspondence includes letters of condolence to family members following the death of John C. Calhoun; there is also correspondence pertaining to the editing of Calhoun's manuscripts pertaining to his views on government as well as letters of who should write a biography of Calhoun. The "Posthumous Miscellaneous" material includes such items as lists and indexes of Calhoun letters at Clemson by William Pinckney Starke and others; Carl L. Epting's correspondence regarding John C. Calhoun; information about Dumbarton Oaks and Fort Hill; a photograph of Fort Hill c. 1880; writings of A.G. Holmes on John C. Calhoun; and an "Order of Procession for escorting the remains of the Honorable John C. Calhoun; The "Related Material" consists of small collections of papers of other Calhoun family members kept with the Papers and include a survey book (1784-1792) of John Calhoun's father, Patrick Calhoun; a list of John Ewing Colhoun's lands, 1789; correspondence to Floride Colhoun, 1802-1804; and the A. Ransom Calhoun papers, 1853-1862.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42242580 View

Gadsden, James, 1788-1858. Letter : to D. Shanks, 1845 Oct. 6.

Title: Letter : to D. Shanks, 1845 Oct. 6.

Letter mainly concerns a public meeting in Charleston (S.C.) held in response to a call for a convention in Memphis (Tenn.).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36867226 View

Van Deventer, Christopher, d. 1838. Christopher Van Deventer papers, 1799-1925.

Title: Christopher Van Deventer papers, 1799-1925.

The Christopher Van Deventer papers contain incoming and outgoing correspondence and documents concerning the War of 1812, the politics of the 1810s and 1820s, and the political career of John C. Calhoun.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/740231722 View

Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859. Letterbooks : of John Y. Mason, 1853 November 4-1859 September 17.

Title: Letterbooks : of John Y. Mason, 1853 November 4-1859 September 17.

Mason corresponded with James Buchanan, Lewis Cass, Jefferson Davis, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Leonidas Polk, John C. Brigham (concerning the American Bible Society), Thomas Harding Ellis (concerning a painting by Paul Jean Balze for the University of Virginia), John Buchanan Floyd, Henry Alexander Wise, James Gadsden, and others.

ArchivalResource: 17 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29553098 View

Woodrow Wilson School Policy Seminar Papers, 1930-2011

Title: Woodrow Wilson School Policy Seminar Papers 1930-2011

The undergraduate Policy Seminar is one of the defining elements of the academic curriculum of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The records consist of the final reports, as well as some syllabi and course materials from the policy seminars and a short-lived graduate-level program from the 1960s.

ArchivalResource: 144.26 linear feet; 700 loose volumes and 86 boxes

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831. James Monroe collection: manuscript, 1776-1833 (bulk: 1821-1822)

Title: James Monroe collection : manuscript, 1776-1833.

Letters of transmittal with accompanying documents from President James Monroe to the House of Representatives during the first session of the Seventeenth Congress, most items dated 1821-1822. These documents were sent to the printer Gales and Seaton and were published.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (187 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543810 View

Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839. Robert Young Hayne papers, 1808-1839.

Title: Robert Young Hayne papers, 1808-1839.

Pamphlets, correspondence, legal documents, and speeches, including letter, 19 May 1826, Washington, D.C., to Gales & Seaton, re Hayne's speech on bankruptcy bill and Florida Canal; letter, 7 Feb. 1833, Charleston, S.C., to W[illia]m C[ampbell] Preston, Columbia, S.C., re mission of [Benjamin Watkins] Leigh from Virginia and nullification; letter, 20 June 1834, Philadelphia, Pa, to Condy Raguet, re S.C. reaction to nullification. Three letters, 15 Sept. 1816, 13 Jan. 1826, and 20 May 1836, Charleston, S.C. and Washington, D.C., to Mat[he]w Carey, Philadelphia, Pa., Gen. Charles T. Mercer, and Gov. W[illiam] Schley, re sketch of Dr. David Ramsay; publishing Ramsay's "History"; [African] Colonization Society; and Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad survey of Georgia mountains; letter, 24 Nov. 1820, requesting that J.L. Coward, a representative of the Pension Office, "examine the enclosed and inform me wether the heirs of Col. Williams have any claim on the government." Letter, 4 October 1816, written by Rob[er]t Y[oung] Hayne from Charleston, S.C., to Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, points out that he had been unable to collect additional subscriptions to David Ramsay's History of the United States. Published posthumously in 1816 by Carey, sales of the History were promoted by Hayne, who had promised in his eulogy of Ramsay that the proceeds from the edition would benefit the education and support of the physician and historian's eight children. Letter, 25 Sept. 1827, Charleston, to Warren [Ransom] Davis, Pendleton, S.C., re South's dependence on the rest of U.S. and Europe for economic and cultural developments, establishment of "Southern Quarterly Review," financial assistance to operate magazine, and help in securing subscriptions; letter, 25 June 1828, Summerville, S.C., from Isaac W[illia]m Walter, re Hayne's election as commander of 4th Brigade, operation of the militia, and default of military duty; letter, 1830, signed by Hayne concerns his subscription to the National Intelligencer newspaper. Letter, 26 Jan. 1831, Washington, D.C., to S[tephen] D[ecatur] Miller, re campaign of Judge [William] Smith for vice-president and his appearance on both party tickets, [Martin] Van Buren, [John Caldwell] Calhoun, and breach between Calhoun and [Andrew] Jackson; letter, 25 Aug. 1835, Charleston, S.C., to Alexander B. McLeod, Fayette, Miss., re Martin Van Buren, Tariff of 1828, doctrine of State's Rights, and Van Buren's role in getting the tariff of abominations through the Senate. Letter, 19 Jan. 1835, Charleston, S.C., from [Benjamin] Silliman, offering Hayne presidency of South Carolina College; letter, 21 Sept. 1835, Charleston, to P[atrick] Noble, re S.C. College and professors [Richard] Furman and [Basil] Manly; letter, 26 Apr. 1836, Abbeville, S.C., from Patrick Noble, re appointment of Col. [James] Gadsden, chief engineer of the Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. Bound volume, 1808, of four pamphlets, "War in Disguise," "Hints to both Parties or Observations on the Proceedings in Parliament," "An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council," and "The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq."; Hayne's bookplate on endpapers.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45459676 View

Gadsden, James, 1788-1858. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Lewis, 1835 Oct. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Lewis, 1835 Oct. 19.

Introducing Mr. Gordon who has some business in the Land Office.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269587129 View

Glick, Nathan H. (Nathan Harold), 1912-. Pen and ink drawings, [199--]-[1993].

Title: Pen and ink drawings, [199--]-[1993].

This collection contains 143 pen and ink drawings, roughly measuring 8 x 10. The subjects depicted include prominent Alabamians such as Braxton Bragg Comer, William J. Samford, and Dr. Peter Bryce, and important historical events such as the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, the running of the first electric street car and the founding of various societies. The drawings run the gamut of Ala. history, beginning with prehistory and coming up to modern times.

ArchivalResource: .33 cubic ft. (1 oversized archives box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380824 View