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Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898. Letters to W.W. Humphries, 1868-1871.

Title: Letters to W.W. Humphries, 1868-1871.

Letters of William Henry Trescot to W.W. Humphries concerning legal cases.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Kibler, Lillian Adele, 1894-1978. Lillian Adele Kibler papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk, 1937-1949).

Title: Lillian Adele Kibler papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk, 1937-1949).

Correspondence, notes, drafts, newspaper clippings, 4 volumes, and other papers relating chiefly to the research and publication of Kibler's dissertation on Benjamin F. Perry, South Carolina Unionist, including letters from her advisor, Prof. Allan Nevins, Columbia University, together with responses to Kibler's published work, including text of review, 5 Feb. 1947, broadcast over radio by R[obert] L[ee] Meriwether, and letter, 3 Mar. 1947, from Charles Beard. Contains Columbia University materials, including lecture notes for classes taught by European historian Carlton J.H. Hayes; master's thesis, 1937, "Unionist Sentiment in South Carolina in 1860" (221 pp.); and undated seminar paper written for "Professor Nevins," "Unionist Sentiment in Mississippi, 1850-1856" (142 pp.). Also includes "The Diplomatic Career of William Henry Trescot;" "The History of Converse College, 1889-1971," published in 1973; and several research papers of Kibler's students.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 linear ft. (3 cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28409810 View

Mitchell, Nelson. Nelson Mitchell papers, 1840-1864.

Title: Nelson Mitchell papers, 1840-1864.

Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, plantation papers, and other items. Correspondence (1840-1864) chiefly concerns politics, the Civil War, and legal and business matters. Correspondents include Franklin I. Moses, William H. Trescot, John Julius Pringle Smith, John L. Manning, Benjamin H. Wilson, James L. Petigru, and James J. Pettigrew. Included are letters (1863) between Nelson Mitchell and Bishop Patrick N. Lynch concerning a controversy over the marriage of a sixteen year-old Protestant boy and a young Catholic woman. Plantation papers for Mitchell's Daniel Island plantation include accounts for cotton, plantation supplies, cattle, and slaves. Other financial records include tax returns (1860-1861), receipts, insurance policies, and promissory notes. Legal documents (1844-1864) pertain to cases involving sequestration and slave ownership disputes, Confederate bond larceny (1862-1863), estate settlements, and other matters, with related correspondence. Other items include the will of Charlotte Mitchell, and a transcript (1862) of the proceedings of a Confederate Army court of inquiry in Charleston (S.C.) regarding the conduct of Alfred M. Rhett and his duel with W.R. Calhoun (in which Calhoun was killed).

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35953358 View

Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

Title: Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

The Lewis Cass papers contain the political and governmental letters and writings of Lewis Cass, American army officer in the War of 1812, governor and senator from Michigan, American diplomat to France, secretary of war in the Andrew Jackson administration, secretary of state under James Buchanan, and Democratic candidate for President. These papers span Cass' entire career and include letters, speeches, financial documents, memoranda, literary manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a travel diary. In addition to documenting his political and governmental career, the collection contains material concerning relations between the United States and Native Americans, and Cass' role in presidential politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-372cas?rgn=main;view=text View

Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898. William Henry Trescot letter, 1868 December 22 [manuscript].

Title: William Henry Trescot letter, 1868 December 22 [manuscript].

Letter to Governor Henry Simpson of South Carolina from Trescot, also of South Carolina, concerning his pardon, amendments to the Constitution, and suffrage for blacks.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24095708 View

Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898. Papers, 1849-1866.

Title: Papers, 1849-1866.

Letters from William Henry Trescot (1822-1898), historian and diplomat, while representing South Carolina in Washington, 1866, in the matter of adjusting difficulties arising under the Reconstruction Act. Written to James Conner, the letters concern the trial of Confederates, the South Carolina Radicals, the acitivites of President Andrew Johnson, and Reconstruction plans. There is also a letter concerning a pamphlet he had written.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41091059 View

Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (bulk 1798-1901)

Title: Evarts family papers 1753-1960

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for the American Board of Foreign Missions, and his efforts on behalf of American Indians. His correspondents include family members, fellow members of the Yale Class of 1802, and many well-known clergymen, lawyers, statesmen, and missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 24.25 linear feet

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Autograph File, T, 1580-1975.

Title: Autograph File, T, 1580-1975.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01443/catalog View

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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009169 View

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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009169 View

Survivors' Association of the State of South Carolina. Survivors' Association of the State of South Carolina records, 1861-1878.

Title: Survivors' Association of the State of South Carolina records, 1861-1878.

Records include correspondence, an executive board report (ca. 1870), Survivor's Association constitution, a report on Hagood's brigade, an address of John S. Preston, miscellaneous speeches, scattered lists of Confederate soldiers, commanders, survivors, etc., blank forms, and other miscellaneous items. Letters (1869-1878) to Col. Edward McCrady, A.C. Haskell, Ellison Capers, Johnson Hagood, Samuel McGowan, William James Rivers, James Conner, J.B. Hood, John S. Preston, J.A. Early, William E. Earle, Wade Hampton III, William Wallace, W.H. Wallace, and James Chesnut from Charleston, Columbia, Union, S.C., and New Orleans, La., Richmond, Va., Ala., and elsewhere about establishment of the Survivors' Association, the fate of Confederate troops and regiments, William J. Rivers' work on a roster of South Carolinians in Confederate service, and other matters. Also includes letters, reports, and other records concerning the naval bombardment of Fort Walker, Hilton Head, and elsewhere. Contains a report (1861 December 15) by William H. Trescot on engagement of November 6 and 7, 1861 and a report (July 31, 1864) regarding the strengths of the Army of Tennessee, Also contains inspection papers (1863) of heavy artillery on James Island (S.C.).

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32144330 View

Whaley, Mitchell & Clancy. Whaley, Mitchell & Clancy law firm records, 1853-1871, bulk 1866-1871.

Title: Whaley, Mitchell & Clancy law firm records, 1853-1871, bulk 1866-1871.

Correspondence (1853-Aug. 1871; bulk 1866-1871) and a "Docket of Appeal Cases" (1869-1871), a bound volume containing records of appeals to the South Carolina and U.S. Supreme Courts. Correspondents include William W. Boyce, D.H. Chamberlain, William A. Courtenay, Alfred Ely, John S. Francis, John M. Green, J.B. Grimball, W.W. Harllee, George Izard, A.G. Mackey, C.G. Memminger, James L. Orr, B.F. Perry, R.B. Rhett, B.R. Riordan, F.A. Sawyer; R.K. Scott and other Freedmen's Bureau and military officials; George A. Trenholm; W.H. Trescot; and various attorneys and law firms.

ArchivalResource: ca. 5.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70979369 View

McCrady, Edward, 1802-1892. Edward McCrady papers, 1787-ca. 1965.

Title: Edward McCrady papers, 1787-ca. 1965.

Papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal records, estate records, wills, journals, writings, genealogical material, and other items. Included are the papers of John Anthony DeBerniere (ca. 1744-1812) and James M. Shackelford (1810-1878), and McCrady family papers. Correspondence (1832-1891) of Edward McCrady (1802-1892) concerns the religious instruction of slaves, Episcopal Church affairs (including racial issues), missionary work with Muslims, legal matters, politics and elections, secession, the Civil War defenses of Charleston (S.C.), William H. Trescot's political career, family and personal matters, the relation of science and religion, and other matters. Correspondents include J.W. Miles, William H. Trescot, Edward McCrady, Jr., Louis Agassiz, and many others. Writings (1844-1877) include manuscripts and printed pamphlets authored by Edward McCrady. There are also other printed materials concerning South Carolina Episcopal Diocese Conventions (ca. 1869-1880s) and Episcopal Church affairs, as well as notes, letters, and other items. Receipts (1834-1887) are for taxes, groceries, subscriptions, donations, and other expenses. Legal case papers (1800-1901) are arranged alphabetically by client name and concern estate matters, property litigation, bankruptcies, and many other court cases and legal services. One group of documents consists of the family and estate papers (1787-1884) of members of the Johnson family, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Johnson and his wife, children, brothers, and cousins. These include correspondence, property records, powers of attorney, a will, and other items. Other legal documents include wills (1823-1874) of McCrady's legal clients (including Hagar Johnson, a free woman of color), marriage settlements, opinions, briefs, decrees, agreements, and related correspondence. Legal journals (1841-1886), many indexed, contain daily notes on conferences with clients or other lawyers, court cases, correspondence, and personal matters, and include some personal cash accounts. Genealogical material (1890-ca. 1965) includes notes, writings, and correspondence concerning various related families including the McCrady, DeBerniere, Shackelford, Ford, Taylor, Hooper, and Franklin families.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36793967 View

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1826-1889. Papers of Samuel L. M. Barlow, 1776-1905 (bulk 1885-1889).

Title: Papers of Samuel L. M. Barlow, 1776-1905 (bulk 1885-1889).

Personal and professional papers of Samuel L. M. Barlow. The collection contains letters (including 53 tissue copy letter books), documents, records, and manuscripts and documents Barlow's legal, business, and political career, and his cultural and social pursuits. Barlow's legal and business papers constitute the bulk of the collection and cover 1855-1889. This portion of the collection deals with financing, building and management of railroads -- both Eastern and Western divisions of the Ohio and Mississippi, the Atlantic ? Barlow's lobbying on behalf of Texas and Pacific Railroad Company and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company; his involvement the affairs of the Tehuantepec railroad route in Mexico, mining promotions and operations, including the notorious Arizona diamond hoax; land speculation (farm lands in Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio and urban properties in St. Louis, Mo.); his patronage of the New York subway and telephone enterprises, and his part ownership of the New York World. Political and military correspondence and manuscripts cover Barlow's involvement in Democratic politics at both national and state levels, that started in 1856 and continued until his death. The papers deal with Barlow's role in the nomination of James Buchanan for President (1856) and his administration; Democratic National Convention at Charleston (1860); George McClellan's presidential bid, the National Union Club, congressional elections, Tilden, Hancock, and Cleveland campaigns (1876-1886). This portion of the collection also contains reports from the Eastern theatre of the Civil War that Barlow received from his agents in the field. Among the correspondents are William T. Sherman, and T.J. Barnett, a minor official at the Department of the Interior and the Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of commerce, who provided an insight into Lincoln's White House. Also included are items reflecting Barlow's role in social and cultural life of New York -- his friendship with William Cullen Bryant and Bret Harte, patronage of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Academy of Music, and the New York Historical Society, his collections of colonial Americana and rare books, etc.

ArchivalResource: 211 boxes, including 7 boxes of miscellanea and ephemera.Approximately 29,000 pieces.

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McCrady, Edward, 1833-1903. Edward McCrady, Jr. papers, 1860-1909.

Title: Edward McCrady, Jr. papers, 1860-1909.

Collection chiefly consists of legal records, correspondence, historical research, and writings of Edward McCrady, Jr. Legal records pertain to clients and cases handled by McCrady and his law firm (McCrady, Sons & Bacot, and later McCradys & Bacot). A number of cases concern post-war claims against the State Bank of South Carolina (chartered 1801), particularly bonds issued by the Bank in aid of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. Case records of Samuel Lord (receiver ot the State Bank after the Civil War) include a memorial detailing the history of the records and assets of the Bank during and after the war, describing how cashier Benjamin M. Lee, fleeing Camden (S.C.) in February 1865, was captured by Gen. Sherman's soldiers, who "plundered and carried off" bonds and other securities in his possession. A letter (Feb. 1896) from Edward McCrady, Jr. to Captain George W. Cone at Camp Oak (South Dakota), asks if he recalls whether any bank bonds were "captured by your party," if any were destroyed, and if he knows what became of the bonds, offering to "negotiate for their recovery." Other case and client records pertain to F. H. Dickinson of Barnwell County; Hyatt, McBurney & Co., and John R. Stanford of Pomona Hall, Clarkesville (Ga.); George Garvin; Fenimore C. Marsh of Ohio; Robert D. Mure; Charles Kerrison; Robert Quash Pinckney; Elizabeth Louisa Cuthbert Porteous; Elizabeth McKelvey Couturier; Charles Seele; James Simons, Sr.; William Henry Trescot; and the Valley River Mining Company (N.C.). One case concerns claims for compensation for rent of wharves, warehouses and offices in Charleston (S.C.) which were confiscated for the use of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Dept. during and after the Civil War. Several case relate to the Davie family and the estate of William R. Davie (1756-1820) and his plantation Landsford in Chester County. Of note is a group of financial, legal, and property records pertaining to several freedmen and their properties on Johns Island (S.C.), principally divisions of the Capes Plantation. This group includes bank books of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Co., conveyances, and some related correspondence and notes. Persons named include Cyrus Rivers, Cyrus Simons, Abram Jones, Robert Gadsden, Lewis Miller, July Cokescum, Taffie Singleton, and Phoebe Ann Drayton. Also of note is a judge's order (1878) giving notice of amnesty to anyone who "at any time acted with the outlaw Lewis R. Redmond" in Pickens County (S.C.). McCrady's personal correspondence includes a letter (17 April 1900) from Charles U. Shepard concerning the "Pinehurst tea experimentation." Writings of Edward McCrady, Jr. consist of notes, letters to the editor, speeches, essays, and part of a manuscript of a book about the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court. Other topics of writings include dueling, lynching, slavery, and divorce. Historical research material pertains to the records of the Confederate States Army, and includes printed special orders issued by the C.S. Adjutant and Inspector General in 1861 and 1862.

ArchivalResource: 2.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754836679 View

McCrady, Edward, 1833-1903. Edward McCrady papers, 1750-1922.

Title: Edward McCrady papers, 1750-1922.

Papers consist of legal records, correspondence, writings, estate records, business papers, scrapbooks, and other documents. Legal documents and related papers include a group of documents (1750-1903) pertaining to various legal cases handled by McCrady and his law firm including summonses, conveyances, wills, deeds, and other items; plats (1784-ca. 1860) of properties mainly in Charleston (S.C.); briefs (ca. 1855-1880), including one concerning railroad litigation (ca. 1856); two bound volumes containing documents (1872-1878) pertaining to the case of James S. Gibbes v. The Greenville & Columbia Railroad Co.; case papers (1865-1893) pertaining to the cases of Mary Hyatt v. William McBurney and Caroline Petigru Carson, Harvey Terry v. Bank of Chester, and several cases involving the estate of William R. Davie; and legal documents, correspondence, minutes, and other items concerning the Valley River Mining Co. Included are two journals (1870,1872) containing daily summaries of McCrady's conferences with clients and other aspects of his law practice. Estate records include accounts, correspondence, receipts, and other items concerning the estates of Charles T. Lowndes and others. Correspondence (1803-1917) relates to legal cases and services and includes letters between clients John M. and Susan H. Van Rhyn concerning a domestic dispute, and correspondence (1868-1897) with William H. Trescot concerning legal questions, politics, and personal matters. Other correspondence concerns personal and family affairs, politics, McCrady's historical writings, and other matters, and includes McCrady's correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and editors of law reviews. Papers (1875-1877) relating to St. Philip's (Episcopal) Church consist of property records, vestry committee reports, correspondence, and other items. Militia records (1883-1885) include correspondence, special orders, and printed materials; many letters concern the deployment of militia troops during times of racial tensions. Papers (1827-1870s) pertaining to McCrady's historical writings and research include manuscripts, and maps and other printed materials. Financial records (1855-1903) consist of receipts for household and personal expenses, cash account books, and receipts for legal services. Scrapbooks (1876-1903) contain clippings concerning politics and other current events, and reviews of McCrady's book "History of South Carolina."

ArchivalResource: 7.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36793963 View

Kibler, Lillian Adele, 1894-1978. Papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk 1937-1949).

Title: Papers, ca. 1937-1978 ; (bulk 1937-1949).

Correspondence, notes, drafts, newspaper clippings, and other papers, relating chiefly to the research and publication of Kibler's dissertation, Benjamin F. Perry, South Carolina Unionist, including letters from her adviser, Prof. Allan Nevins, Columbia University, and a draft of his introduction to the biography, and the radio broadcast text of Robert Lee Meriwether's review of it. Includes diplomas and certificates; drafts of other works, including The History of Converse College; her master's thesis, Unionist Sentiment in South Carolina in 1860; ms. of Unionist Sentiment in Mississippi, 1850-1856; lecture notes for classes taught by Carlton J.H. Hayes, Columbia University; addresses, and several papers of Kibler's students.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86133810 View

Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893. Letters to L.Q.C. Lamar, 1877-1884.

Title: Letters to L.Q.C. Lamar, 1877-1884.

11 letters from various individuals regarding both personal matters and issues before the U.S. Senate.

ArchivalResource: 13 sheets (30 p.)

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William Henry Trescot Letter, 22 December 1868

Title: William Henry Trescot Letter, 22 December 1868

Letter to Governor Henry Simpson of South Carolina fromTrescot, also of South Carolina, concerning his pardon, amendments to theConstitution, and suffrage for blacks.

ArchivalResource:

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Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

Title: Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

The Lewis Cass papers contain the political and governmental letters and writings of Lewis Cass, American army officer in the War of 1812, governor and senator from Michigan, American diplomat to France, secretary of war in the Andrew Jackson administration, secretary of state under James Buchanan, and Democratic candidate for President. These papers span Cass' entire career and include letters, speeches, financial documents, memoranda, literary manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a travel diary. In addition to documenting his political and governmental career, the collection contains material concerning relations between the United States and Native Americans, and Cass' role in presidential politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-372cas?rgn=main;view=text View

Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893. A. G. Magrath papers, 1861-1873 (bulk 1864-1865) [manuscript].

Title: A. G. Magrath papers, 1861-1873 (bulk 1864-1865) [manuscript].

Chiefly correspondence, 1864-1865, during Magrath's tenure as governor of South Carolina, concerning military and economic problems of the South during the Civil War, military movements in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and other related topics. Correspondents include Gen. E.B.C. Cash, Gen. W.R. DeSaussure, Gen. W.W. Harlee, E.W. Marshall, Gen. J.G. Martin, Gen. W.R. Nance, Gov. F.W. Pickens, William Henry Prescott, and Gov. F.H. Watts.

ArchivalResource: 76 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23289783 View

Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004009 View

Heiss, John P., ca. 1812-1865. John P. Heiss family papers, 1835-1872.

Title: John P. Heiss family papers, 1835-1872.

Papers primarily concerned with Heiss' career as a newspaper editor and business manager and his services as diplomatic agent for Nicaragua when William Walker was in power in that country. Consists of correspondence, editorials, dispatches, legal documents, and two scrapbooks on Nicaragua. A primary concern of Heiss was cultivation of cotton in Central America and he was very interested in development of the cotton gin. Numerous letters of David Hoadley, president of the Panama Railroad, are concerned with opportunities for capitalists in Central America by means of cotton and hemp cultivation, development of transportation, building of steamers, and construction of a canal and railroads. Some letters also deal with the Mosquito Territory question, about which Heiss was appointed a special commissioner. Prominent correspondents include William Walker, James K. Polk, Joseph Brenan, Lewis S. Coryell, J.R. Coxe, Jr., George M. Dallas, John Davis, Daniel E. Delavan, Fermín Ferrer, Hugh Fraser, George B. Mathew, William Nelson, A.O.P. Nicholson, J.D. Powles, William H. Trescot, Alexander Walker, and Henry A. Wise. Some family correspondence and genealogical data on the Heiss family is also included.

ArchivalResource: ca. 500 items.2 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27194212 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Clemson, John Caldwell. Letter, 1862 Apr. 3, Charleston, S.C., to "Dear Uncle."

Title: Letter, 1862 Apr. 3, Charleston, S.C., to "Dear Uncle."

Letter appeals for assistance in helping a "Mr. Trescott," presumably William Henry Trescot (1822-1898), who wished to remove his labor force of African-American slaves from Beaufort District, S.C., and suggesting that Trescot might be interested in purchasing "Uncle Willies place." Although Clemson reports that he was unable to interest any refugees in purchasing his uncle's property in the mountains as yet, he notes that " ... hundreds may move in the next week or so"; this letter was written on stationery printed with letterheard, "Head Quarters / 2nd Military District South Carolina / Charleston ..."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55753177 View

Youmans, LeRoy Franklin, 1834-1906. LeRoy Franklin Youmans papers, 1857-1965.

Title: LeRoy Franklin Youmans papers, 1857-1965.

Consisting of Civil War correspondence and scrapbooks; including letter, 4 Jan. 1865, Buckhead Causeway, [S.C.?], to Mary Youmans, re troop movements and Sherman's army; and letter, 11 Mar. 1865, Columbia, S.C., to Mary Youmans, re troop movements, prospects, appearance of Columbia, Sherman's remarks, and disciple of soldiers in Sherman's army. Scrapbook, 1857-1965, re Youmans and his family, including newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and other printed materials and manuscripts including recommendation, c. 1882, Hugh S. Thompson on behalf of E. Rhett Youmans for a teaching position; letter, 25 July 1884, Fanny Gordon, re a speech by Youmans; commission, 24 Oct. 1903, appointing LeRoy Youmans as a special judge for Clarendon County, S.C. Also including 3 scrapbooks, 1873-1932, re people and politics in S.C.; including 2 scrapbooks, 1876-1885 and 1884-1886, containing newspaper clippings re S.C. politics. Including scrapbook, 1873-1932, compiled by LeRoy Youmans and his son Pringle Tillinghast Youmans, containing newspaper clippings re their careers and other subjects, including sections on Wade Hampton, William Henry Trescot, and Woodrow Wilson including letter, 26 Mar. 1888, J. Athens Johnson, Washington, D.C., to L. Youmans, re his speech before literary societies at Erskine College; letter, 22 July 1893, Harry Hammond, Beech Island, S.C., to LeRoy Youmans, enclosing photograph and autograph of James Henry Hammond.

ArchivalResource: 2 items and 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43460410 View

Campbell, James B. (James Butler), 1808-1883. James Butler Campbell papers, 1814-1897.

Title: James Butler Campbell papers, 1814-1897.

Papers chiefly consist of legal documents and correspondence of James Butler Campbell; also included are his personal financial records and other items. Legal papers (1837-1883), including writs, affidavits, petitions, conveyances, indentures, trial minutes, and case-related correspondence and accounts, concern numerous civil and criminal cases, real estate transactions and disputes (many in Charleston, S.C.), bankruptcies, business partnerships and incorporations, estate settlements, slave sales and trials, violations of Confederate law, and other matters. Companies and individuals represented include William C. Bee & Co., the Cannonsboro Mill and Wharf Co., and Robert Adger. A group of documents (1851-1880) pertaining to the cotton trade and confiscations include a case involving Evan James Lide, a Darlington District (S.C.) plantation owner whose cotton was confiscated by the U.S. Treasury as Confederate contraband. Another group of documents (1863-1881) concern the operations and legal affairs of the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co. and other railroad companies. There are also papers (1861-1862) regarding sequestration of real estate and personal property, including slaves, owned in South Carolina by Northerners. Professional and personal correspondence (1833-1883) concerns family matters, politics, the Civil War, legislative affairs, legal cases, business interests, nullification, the career of Joel R. Poinsett, and other matters. Correspondents include Joel R. Poinsett, C.G. Memminger, Daniel Webster, William H. Trescot, and many others.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35916192 View

Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922. Henry Vignaud papers, 1862-1909.

Title: Henry Vignaud papers, 1862-1909.

Papers largely consist of letters to Henry Vignaud from friends in Louisiana, among them the journalists Eugene Dumez and L. Placide Canonge and the jurist Edward Bermudez, and from friends and officials in the U.S. Department of State and the diplomatic service, Americans in public life, literary figures, historians, journalists, and other writers. The largest unit of the collection is composed of 89 letters, written in French, from Eugene Dumez. The letters, written in France and, beginning in 1864, from St. John the Baptist Parish, La., pertain to the Civil War and Reconstruction, with particular emphasis on the Confederate missions to France and England and efforts to secure recognition of the Confederacy, and, after the arrival of Dumez in Louisiana, to the military, political, social, and economic conditions and problems in Louisiana. Some of the letters concern Dumez's work as an editor of the French language newspapers Le Meschacébé and L'Avant-coureur, and shed light on late Civil War and post-war journalism in Louisiana. Nearly equal in size is a series of 75 letters, also written in French, from L. Placide Canonge, a New Orleans writer, journalist, and editor of the newspaper L'Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans and the political and the literary journal L'Epoque. They concern literature, the theater, journalism, and other cultural matters of mutual interest in Louisiana and France. A smaller group of personal letters, chiefly in French, from Edward Bermudez, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, concern a visit to France and mutual friends in Louisiana and France. Letters from friends and officials in the diplomatic service reflect the work and service of Vignaud in the U.S. Department of State. An assortment of letters from American writers express appreciation to Vignaud for his interest in their work and touch on his own historical research and writing. Correspondents include George Bancroft, Justin Winsor, Daniel Coit Gilman, Fred Morrow Fling, G.W.Smalley, William Henry Trescot, Albert Rhodes, Grace King, Francis Wharton, A. Thorndike Rice, and Moncure Daniel Conway.

ArchivalResource: 385 items.

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Vail family. Papers, 1803-1888.

Title: Papers, 1803-1888.

The Vail family papers relate chiefly to the personal life and professional career of Aaron Vail (1796-1878). These papers include correspondence and diaries along with a wide array of financial, legal, and estate records. The correspondence of Aaron Vail (1796-1878) is generally personal in nature and addressed mostly to his family. His career with the State Department is mentioned frequently in his letters, particularly his time of service at the legation in London during the 1830s, and later at Madrid from 1840 to 1842. Many of the letters are written in French, since a number of the Vail's had been married into French families and spent much of their life living in France. The collection also includes correspondence, account books, wills, inventories, and other papers relative to the settlement of the estate of various family members. Aaron Vail was the executor of the estate of his brother Eugene who died in 1843. Later, Aaron Vail Jr. was primarily responsible for settling his father's estate. Likewise, D. Thomas Vail handled the estate of his father George Vail. Correspondents include John E. Wool, Edward Livingston, William Henry Trescot, Washington Irving and James Buchanan. These papers contain discussions of international relations, trade and commerce. Many of the family papers deal with private family matters such as finances, health, and employment..

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (ca. 6 cubic ft.)

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Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

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Elliott family. Elliott family papers, 1710-1944; (bulk, 1861-1910).

Title: Elliott family papers, 1710-1944; (bulk, 1861-1910).

Consisting of correspondence, deeds, and bills of sale relating to the Elliott family of Beaufort County, S.C., including letters of the Rev. Stephen Elliott (1804-1866); his son, Brigadier General Stephen Elliott (1830-1866), re the Democratic convention of 1860, the sectional crisis, and Stephen Elliott's command of Ft. Sumter, 1863-1864; Also includes papers of Stephen Elliott's son, Lieutenant Colonel William Elliott re his various campaigns in South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina; William's wife, Sarah Means Stuart Elliott, including letters to their son, William Elliott, Jr. (1872-1943), a student in Virginia, and later a participant in the 1903 trial and acquittal of James H. Tillman for the murder of Narcisco G. Gonzales, editor of "The State." Also includes land and legal papers, 1710-1871, documenting the sale of land and town lots in Beaufort and Beaufort District; and bills of sale and other legal documents re African American slaves, 1802-1856. Other correspondents include Robert Woodward Barnwell, Varina Howell Davis, Charles W. Eliot, George Parsons Elliott, Wade Hampton, III, Paul Hamilton Hayne, Herbert Hoover, Henry Middleton, John Joseph Pershing, John Gardiner Richards, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Alexander Sprunt, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, George Dionysius Tillman, Laura Matilda Towne, and William Henry Trescot.

ArchivalResource: 1497 items and 7 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30066820 View