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Holmes, Emma, 1838-1910. Emma Holmes papers, 1861-1971; (bulk, 1861-1866).

Title: Emma Holmes papers, 1861-1971; (bulk, 1861-1866).

Four diary volumes, 1861-1866, daily accounts discussing life on the home front during the Civil War in Charleston, S.C. and elsewhere, re plantation life, Civil War, Pres. [Abraham] Lincoln, politics, rumor of Missouri joining the Confederacy, learning to shoot pistols, troop movements, war news, fire in downtown Charleston, S.C., the Ladies Society for Clothing, and family and social activities. Including entries, 20 Aug. 1861, re drowning death of family friends, illness among soldiers, and Palmetto Guard; entry, 3 Sept. 1861, re free people of color collecting money for the Soldiers Relief Society; entry, 14-22 Apr. 1865, re staying in Sumter, S.C., possible Yankee invasion, rumors of war atrocities, surrender by [Robert E.] Lee, and assassination of [Abraham] Lincoln; and letter, 7 Feb. 1971, explaning division of diary between Duke University and the University of South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 4 v. and 1 item.

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Holmes, Wilmot Stuart. Wilmot Stuart Holmes collection, 1781-1932 (bulk 1840-1854).

Title: Wilmot Stuart Holmes collection, 1781-1932 (bulk 1840-1854).

Family correspondence, chiefly 1840-1854, and other papers of Henry McCall Holmes (1790-1854), a physician of Charleston and Greenville districts, S.C.; of his wife, Eliza Ford (Gibbes) Holmes; of their daughter, Emma Edwards Holmes (1838-1910); and of their sons, Wilmot Stuart Holmes and Henry M. Holmes. Included are Mrs. Holmes's business papers, 1854-1876, and estate book, 1854-1857, as executrix of her husband's estate, and correspondence with her father W.S. Gibbes, with her King and DeSaussure family relatives, and with Daniel Heyward; correspondence, chiefly 1864-1875, between brothers Wilmot, a commission merchant in Charleston, S.C., and Henry, a physician in Silver Springs, Fla., and Limestone Springs, S.C.; pocket account books, 1861-1874; journal, 1850, of a trip from Charleston to Wilmington, N.C., Washington, D.C., and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia; notebook, 1876, and diary, 1861-1866, of Emma Holmes while she was in Charleston (microfilm); and recollections of the Gibbes family of Charleston during the Revolution, and of the Garden family during the early Republic. Earliest papers consist of deeds, indentures, bills, and receipts. Later material consists of scattered Holmes and Pasteur family items. Also included is a letter, 1912, on the phonetics of the Cherokee language.

ArchivalResource: 150 items (1.0 linear ft.)

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DeSaussure, Martha Sarah Gourdin, 1823-1914. History and genealogy of the Drayton family, 1817-1904.

Title: History and genealogy of the Drayton family, 1817-1904.

Handwritten transcript (1900-1904) of genealogical and biographical information compiled for Dr. Peter Gourdin DeSaussure by M.G.D [Martha Sarah Gourdin DeSaussure] from a copy of a manuscript written by John Drayton (1817) and from related documents abstracted by Wilmot G. DeSaussure. Contains genealogical and biographical information about the Drayton and related Motte, Gadsden, Fenwick, and other families. Includes annotations, bibliographical references, a copy of a letter (1884 Nov. 11) from Mrs. M.B. Taylor at Gainesville [Fla.?] to Miss Emma Holmes about Fenwick family data for DeSaussure, and a description of Drayton House in England excerpted from a letter (1763 July 23) from Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford at Stamford to George Montagu. Inside the front cover is a bookplate (before 1791) of William Drayton [who studied law in London, England] of Middle Temple. Drawings (1815?) are of the coat of arms of Judge [William] Drayton and of [Michael] Drayton, who is buried in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Holmes, Emma Edwards, 1838-1910. Diary, 1861-1866 [Microform].

Title: Diary, 1861-1866 [Microform].

The diary was kept by Miss Holmes, who lived in Charleston, S.C., and its environs during the Civil War. While it mentions political events and battles, it is most useful for its description of social and family life as it deteriorated under the privations of war. For lack of money, Holmes was obliged to take a position as a governess and tutor, and she recorded her unhappiness with the job. She wrote of her work with the Ladies Charleston Volunteer Aid Society, and the plundering by Union troops near the close of the war.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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