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Pinckney, Thomas, 1828-1915. Natural philosophy notes, from William Barton Roger's class at the University of Virginia [manuscript] 1847.

Title: Natural philosophy notes, from William Barton Roger's class at the University of Virginia [manuscript] 1847.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Pinckney, Thomas, 1828-1915. My reminiscences of the war and reconstruction times [manuscript] : proof sheets, 1910.

Title: My reminiscences of the war and reconstruction times [manuscript] : proof sheets, 1910.

Pinckney's reminiscences include excerpts from a jouunal kept from May 1864 when his regiment marched to join the Army of Northern Virginia. He describes his capture on May 28th, subsequent imprisonment at Fort Delaware, Morris Island and Fort Pulaski, eventual exchange and life on his plantation, El Dorado, near Charleston, after the war. Of interest are descriptions of being guarded by black Union troops and efforts by an officer of the 54th Massachusetts to learn more about the burial of Robert Gould Shaw; the discovery that another captured Confederate is actually a woman, possibly Barbara Ann Duravan; pillaging by bands of deserters in northwest South Carolina after the war; reconstruction on lowland plantations; illegal practices during the election of 1876; and attempts to recover an heirloom sword taken by a Union officer.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (101 p.)

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Pinckney, Thomas, 1828-1915. My reminiscences of the war and reconstruction : proof sheets, 1905?

Title: My reminiscences of the war and reconstruction : proof sheets, 1905?

Pinckney's reminiscences include excerpts from a jouunal kept from May 1864 when his regiment marched to join the Army of Northern Virginia. He describes his capture on May 28th, subsequent imprisonment at Fort Delaware, Morris Island and Fort Pulaski, eventual exchange and life on his plantation, El Dorado, near Charleston, after the war. Of interest are descriptions of being guarded by black Union troops and efforts by an officer of the 54th Massachusetts to learn more about the burial of Robert Gould Shaw; the discovery that another captured Confederate is actually a woman, possibly Barbara Ann Duravan; pillaging by bands of deserters in northwest South Carolina after the war; reconstruction on lowland plantations; illegal practices during the election of 1876; and attempts to recover an heirloom sword taken by a Union officer.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (101 p.)

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Johnston, William, 1776-1840. William Johnston Papers, 1726-1971.

Title: William Johnston Papers, 1726-1971.

Business and family correspondence, indentures, bills, receipts, wills, and plats relating to W. Johnston and family, especially his son, Andrew Johnston; including accounts for plantation equipment, household supplies, and other records for Mill Brook and Annandale rice plantations; 4 volumes, 1807-1821, of William Allan, Johnston's factor in Charleston, S.C., documenting rice sales, purchases of goods, and the impact of the Embargo and the War of 1812. Also including travel accounts discussing trips to Charleston, S.C., and elsewhere, including letter, 22 Mar. 1827, of McKewn Johnston, giving account of voyage from Charleston to New York, re severe storm and behavior of a drunken sailor; and letter of introduction, 16 May 1851, written by William Johnston to the Rev. Dr. Welsh of Edinburgh, at time of Andrew Johnston's trip to England and Scotland. Collection includes items pertaining to Johnston's ownership and sale of slaves, including a letter, 15 Mar. 1827, from Andrew Johnston re sale of Paul, a slave, to Mississippi planter with stipulation that he not be allowed to return to South Carolina; receipts Johnston paid to various men to serve his shift on patrol duty; and unsigned letter, 22 Apr. 1810, noting interception of letters from North Carolina and Georgia that contained plans for a slave insurrection. Later manuscripts include essay, 1877, "An account of Winyah Bay and Annandale by W[illia]m Clarkson Johnstone of Estherville"; letter, 9 Aug. 1882, of Thomas Pinckney, written from France, discussing South Carolina politics and the election of Robert Smalls; and genealogical notes on Beden, DeSaussure, Emms, Fraser, Pendarvis, Johnston/Johnstone and other families. Other correspondents include John Butler, John Drayton, and James Louis Petigru.

ArchivalResource: 801 items and 4 volumes.

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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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