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Coit, J. C. (John Calkins), 1799-1863. Letter, 1850 Apr. 26, Cheraw, [S.C., to] the Rev. James H. Thornwell, Columbia, S.C.

Title: Letter, 1850 Apr. 26, Cheraw, [S.C., to] the Rev. James H. Thornwell, Columbia, S.C.

Letter to James H. Thornwell, Columbia, S.C., requesting assistance from fellow Presbyterian ministers Thornwell and Benjamin Morgan Palmer in selection of a publisher for his eulogy for John C. Calhoun. Coit requests comparison of printers in Charelston and Columbia, "I wish to enquire of you 1st. whether the piece can be published in Columbia as well, cheap, & soon as it could in Charleston? ... "; letter explains that the town council of Cheraw wished to have one thousand copies printed. Coit ultimately selected A.S. Johnston of Columbia to publish his Eulogy on the Life, Character and Public Services of the Hon. John C. Calhoun (1850).

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32829104 View

Wilson, Clyde Norman. Clyde Norman Wilson papers, 1939-1994 [manuscript].

Title: Clyde Norman Wilson papers, 1939-1994 [manuscript].

Materials collected by Clyde Norman Wilson of the University of South Carolina, chiefly on the Civil War, civil rights, and southern culture. Included are pamphlets; audio tapes of lectures, mostly produced by the Mt. Olive Tape Library, Inc., Mt. Olive, Miss.; and a video tape copy of a 1939 film about Cone Mills Corporation, Greensboro, N.C. Pamphlets include "The Martin Luther King, Jr., Plagiarism Story" (1994) and "Southerner Take Your Stand" (1993). Audio tapes include recordings from the Confederate Heritage Conference (1994); Thomas Fleming on education and secession; Rod Gragg on camp, field, and home life during the Civil War; D. F. Kelly on "James Henly Thornwell & Benjamin Morgan Palmer"; Ron and Don Kennedy on "Historical Facts About Black Contributions to the Confederacy"; Otto Scott on "Jefferson Davis: American Patriot"; and Rev. Steven J. Wilkins on Lee, Jackson, slavery, religion, and other subjects.

ArchivalResource: 25 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33833974 View

Palmer, B. M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1818-1902. Papers, 1836-1860.

Title: Papers, 1836-1860.

Letters from Palmer, Presbyterian minister and co-founder of the Southern Presbyterian Review, concerning ecclesiastical and literary matters. Included also is a letter from James Henley Thornwell.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071835 View

Gladden, Addley Hogan, 1810-1862. A.H. Gladden papers, 1784-1960.

Title: A.H. Gladden papers, 1784-1960.

Family and military letters, orders, commissions, maps, and clippings re Seminole War, Palmetto Regiment in Mexican War, and Civil War service with 1st S.C. Regt., 1st Louisiana Regulars, and Alabama and Louisiana troops; including letter, 20 Nov. 1843, Columbia, S.C., to Gladden, Newberry County, re new postal route contractor between Monticello and Columbia; regulations, 15 Sept. 1845, H.Q. 5th Brigade, Camp Cantey, listing rules and daily schedule. Letter, 5 July 1846, from Maxcy Gregg, re Gregg's acceptance of post of Major in Palmetto Regiment; letter, 10 July 1846, Charleston, S.C., A[ndrew] P[ierce] Butler, re his election as Colonel of Palmetto Regiment, S.C. Volunteers; letter, 8 Dec. 1847, H.Q. Palmetto Regiment, National Palace, Mexico, to Lt. Benjamin W.D. Culp, Co. B, Palmetto Regiment, ordering him to Washington, D.C., via Charleston, S.C., reporting to Sec. of War re recruiting service and commending his actions in Mexico. Letter, 20 Nov. 1848, Columbia, S.C., to Gov. David Johnson, re fate of Palmetto Regiment flag bearers, and unit's entry into Mexico City; letter, c.1848, Columbia, S.C., from Whitemarsh B[enjamin] Seabrook, re state's presentation of sword for service in Mexican War; letter 24 Apr. 1860, New Orleans, from Mary Gladden, requesting his opinion of her suitor; letter, 12 Nov. 1860, New Orleans, Albert G. Blanchard, to Southern Rights Association Committee, re organization of Louisiana military force. Letter, 1 Dec. 1860, New Orleans, to his daughter, re serman of Rev. B[enjamin] M[organ] Palmer, noting that Southern Rights Association authorized publication of 5,000 copies; letter, 17 Jan. 1861, 1st Regt., S.C. Vol., Gladden to daughter, re his return to Louisiana's state convention to vote for secession; document, 5 July 1861, Pensacola, Fla., "Night Signals for Harbor Police"; reports, 26 Oct. and 30 Nov. 1861, re military activities at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Fla. Letter, 15 Mar. 1862, to Brigadier General D. Ruggles, Corinth, Miss., re Union Army retreat; letter, 12 Jan. 1863, Columbia, S.C., J. Marshall Caldwell, to Collin H. Minge, Mobile, Ala., re Wickersham's belief in Southern Independence, helping Confederate prisoners, and his efforts in the Pennsylvania conservative party; and letter, 13 Jan. 1873, Mobile, Ala., from Braxton Bragg, re drawing of A.H. Gladden.

ArchivalResource: 175 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45840217 View

Bryan, Joseph, 1845-1908. Letter to John S. Mosby, 1906 May 11.

Title: Letter to John S. Mosby, 1906 May 11.

Bryan forwards some papers to Mosby and discussess a letter of Mosby to Ben Palmer in which the Mosby commented on Bryan's refusal to forgive the Yankees. Bryan feels he cannot forgive those who do not express regret and under whose injuries Virginia suffered, mentioning particularly destruction of property and Negro rule. Bryan concludes by noting that he has enjoyed visiting the North, and finds some individuals there "attractive," and gives an account of a gathering at the home of Robert Treat Paine in which he recalled the emotional disbanding of Mosby's men on April 21st, 1865. Mosby has annotated the letter with several comments clarifiying his letter to Palmer in regards to a statement by Bob Ingersoll (Robert G. Ingersoll?) and including the words "Bloody shirt" and "Is that Christian doctrine?"

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51941010 View

Botsford, Edmund, 1745-1819. Sermons preached in antebellum South Carolina [microform] : from the holdings of the Baptist Historical Collection, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina.

Title: Sermons preached in antebellum South Carolina [microform] : from the holdings of the Baptist Historical Collection, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina.

Collection of fifty-two published sermons in pamphlet form preached in antebellum South Carolina. Some sermons were bound together as an artificial collection.

ArchivalResource: 328 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28534923 View