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Smythe, Augustine Thomas, 1842-1914. Augustine Thomas Smythe papers, 1853-1938.

Title: Augustine Thomas Smythe papers, 1853-1938.

Papers consist of correspondence, plantation papers, and other items. Correspondence (1853-1865) of Augustine T. Smythe (originals and typewritten transcriptions) includes much of his Civil War correspondence, including his letters written from camps in Secessionville (James Island, S.C.) and the observation post at St. Michael's Church steeple in Charleston (S.C.) concerning battles, the bombardment of Charleston, family matters, and other topics. Correspondents include his sister-in-law Jane A. Adger, his father Thomas Smyth, and other family members. Family correspondence (1866-1922) concerns family matters, the 1886 earthquake in Charleston (S.C.), the submarine Hunley (1898-1899), the Vanderhorst house on Kiawah Island (S.C.), and other matters. There are many letters of condolence on the death of Augustine Thomas Smythe, including one from Benjamin Tillman. Correspondents include his wife Louisa M. Smythe, his sister Sarah A. Smyth, and other family members and relations. Plantation papers include receipts, contracts, cotton accounts, and other items pertaining to Lang Syne Plantation (1865-1871); correspondence, clippings, a picture postcard, a typescript article (1932), and other items pertaining to Woodburn Plantation (1926-1938); and correspondence (carbon copies of typescript letters), mostly letters from Robert A. Smythe in Atlanta (Ga.) to the overseer of Cedar Grove Plantation concerning tenants, the effects of the boll weevil on the cotton crops, and other matters (1920-1924). Other items include clippings about the death of Augustine Thomas Smythe, Jr. (1871-1884) and Augustine Thomas Smythe, Sr. (1842-1914), passports, notebooks, accounts, receipts, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft.

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