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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871. Letter, 1843 Nov. 16, to John C. Spencer

Title: Letter, 1843 Nov. 16, to John C. Spencer

Letter regarding Hugh Legaré whose burial the mayor of Boston agreed to fund.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet (folded)

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Mills, Robert, 1781-1855. Robert Mills papers, 1822-1965.

Title: Robert Mills papers, 1822-1965.

Chiefly notes and articles re Mill's work as an architect in Charleston, S.C., Columbia, S.C., Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pa.; including letter, 3 Mar. 1826, Monticello, Va., from Thomas Jefferson, thanking Mills for the recent gift of a S.C. map, commending Mills' work on a S.C. atlas, plans for an Obelisk monument, and inviting Mills and family to visit Monticello. Volume, 1824-1846, Some Letters of Robert Mills, Engineer and Architect, correspondence re construction; and illustrated certificates issued to donors who helped fund construction of the Washington Monument; petition, c. 1827, to S.C. Senate, Columbia, S.C., re Mills' request for a pay advance for his current work, Atlas of the State of South Carolina; letter, 12 Dec. 1827, Thomas S. Grimke, Chairman, S.C. Senate committee appointed on Robert Mills' petition recommending Mills' petition be approved. Letter, 27 Mar. 1838, to Hugh Swinton Legare, re congressional controversy over location, design, and material used in the U.S. Treasury fire-proof building in Washington, D.C.; letter, 9 Aug. 1838, Washington, D.C., to Benjamin Ogle Taylor, re Taylor's aid in securing a bank loan for mantel pieces in the new U.S. Treasury building. Diary, 1828-1830, re daily activities, family affairs and social activities; various sketches of design ideas and inventions, statues, houses, and public buildings; also including letter, 23 July 1834, Washington, D.C., to Noah Amherst Phelps, Middletown, Conn., re construction of Phelps' new customs house, expenses involved, contractors, designing fireproof structures, and plans for a customs house for U.S. Congress. Letter, 31 Oct. 1842, Washington, D.C., to John C. Spencer, Secretary of War, re architecture plans for military barracks used by the Department of Defense; letter, 11 Jan. 1930, Charles C. Wilson to Yates Snowden, re collection of funds for a proposed monument; undated architectural plans for Episcopal church on John's Island, S.C.; undated manuscript, re tuning a piano; and undated correspondence re research material on Robert Mills.

ArchivalResource: 43 items and 1 v.

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Davis, Charles Augustus, 1795-1867. Letters of Charles Augustus Davis [manuscript] 1839-45.

Title: Letters of Charles Augustus Davis [manuscript] 1839-45.

Davis writes about the New York City elections of 1839, John Alsop King and the chartering of the Life Boat Association, the reaction of European readers to some of his sketches, a New York reception for President Tyler, finances and money circulation in New York in 1843, reminiscences about the War of 1812 and the Troy Invincibles, and an offer to visit West Point on examination day. Correspondents incude Hugh Swinton Legare, Henkle W.S. Macy, Samuel Bulkeley Ruggles, and William Henry Seward.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

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Thompson, Waddy, 1798-1868. Papers, 1756-1873.

Title: Papers, 1756-1873.

Miscellaneous papers. Topics include mortgage regulations in South Carolina, 1821; judicial reform in South Carolina, 1827; Federal financial assistance for a railroad in Charleston, 1830; the constitutionality of Federal treasury notes; politics; the plight of an American citizen imprisoned in Mexico; and a lawsuit, 1851, of Thompson against Gilbert L. Thompson and Richard I. Coxe for failure to pay for his services as lobbyist on behalf of American citizens holding claims against Mexico, 1851. Writers of letters include David Johnson, William Ballard Preston, and Hugh Swinton Legaré.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

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Cheves family. Cheves family papers, 1808-1934.

Title: Cheves family papers, 1808-1934.

Family and business correspondence of Langdon Cheves (1776-1857), lawyer, planter, financier, and Congressman from Charleston; his wife, Mary Elizabeth Dulles, of Charleston and Philadelphia; their daughter, Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879), a South Carolina author, and her husband, David James McCord, editor and nullification leader. Antebellum material includes medicinal recipes for the treatment of slaves' aliments, 1808 and undated; letter, 6 Jan. 1819, from J[osehp] J. Dulles, Cheves' brother-in-law, Philadelphia, re movement to secure Cheves' appointment to the presidency of the Bank of the United States. Letter, 25 Sept. 1836, New York, Ed. W[illia]m Johnston, to Langdon Cheves, Jr. (1814-1863), Columbia, re his expedition in the Va. mountains and research on Patrick Henry, re Duff Green's contemplated revival of "Southern Review" with Johnston as editor and the support of William Campbell Preston, John C. Calhoun and James Hamilton, and re his objections to Hugh Swinton Legare's political views. Letter, 30 Dec. 1846, Log Hall (near the Ogeechee River in Georgia), Langdon Cheves to T. P. Huger, reviewing his gifts of a plantation, African American slaves, and cash to his daughter when she married Huger, and criticizing Huger's management of the property and treatment of his daughter. Civil War materials include thirty-two letters, 1861-1863, of Langdon Cheves, Jr., relating primarily to his work as an engineer with the Confederate States of America Corps of Engineers on coastal fortifications, particularly on Hilton Head Island and at Battery Wagner on Morris Island; andletters, June and July 1862, referring to his work on the design and construction of gas balloons for military observation. Reconstruction and later-era correspondence includes letter, 28 Mar. 1868, from Russell McCord at Quissaman, Brazil, to his sister, Mary, describing life as a Confederate emigre living with a slaveholding family in Brazil; letter, 6 Feb. 1869, Mont[gomer]y, [Ala.], R. P. McCord to "Dear Charlotte," re the situation of various family members in Ala. and re planting activities; and letter, 25 Jan. 1896, Charleston, Langdon Cheves, to Cha[rle]s N. West, Savannah, commenting on West's "Courts and Judges of Georgia".

ArchivalResource: 74 items.

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Legare, John Sydney Ashe, 1835-1907. Memories from the life of a ne'er do weal, ca. 1900-ca. 1951.

Title: Memories from the life of a ne'er do weal, ca. 1900-ca. 1951.

Typescript (carbon) transcript (ca. 1951) volume (21 p.) of the memoirs (ca. 1900) of John Sydney Ashe Legare edited and annotated in pencil. Volume contains genealogical and biographical information about family members, descriptions of Legare's early life in Charleston (S.C.) including interactions with slaves and Negro street sellers, and descriptions of traveling with his mother to northeastern states (Washington, D.C., Saratoga, N.Y., New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass., and Newport, R.I.). Legare also mentions his cousin, Hugh Swinton Legare.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

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Mackay family. Mackay family papers, 1822-1926.

Title: Mackay family papers, 1822-1926.

Chiefly family correspondence including letter, 3 Oct. 1822, Pocotaligo, S.C., from Mungo Mackay, to his son Robert William Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re storm damage to crops, and cloth prices for slave clothing; letters, 10 Mar. 1825-19 Aug. 1828, McPhersonville, S.C., from R.W. Mackay, to his brother, G.C. Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re money earned from hiring out of slaves, discovery of a slave rebellion, crop conditions, profitability of planting rice, raising poultry, finances, and family and community news. Letter, 28 Mar. 1825, Pocotaligo, S.C., from R.W. Mackay, to G.C. Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re writing letters, disciplining slaves, and burden of property loans; letters, 1826-1827, Charleston, S.C., from Harriett and Charlotte Porcher Chisolm to R.W. Mackey, re fire in Charleston, death of Thomas Jefferson, organization of musical and work societies, social activities, studying and reading history, and plans for building a theater. Two letters, 11 Oct. 1828 and 9 Oct. 1830, Charleston, S.C., from E. Horlbeck, to G.C. Mackay, Edingsville and Pocotaligo, S.C., re Presidential election, drug business, nullification, and yellow fever; letter, 4 Dec. 1827, Columbia, S.C., from Hugh Swinton Legare, to G.C. Mackay, Charleston, S.C., re legal affairs; letter, 14 Oct. 1850, Savannah, Ga., from Ed Neufville, to G.C. Mackay, re sale of land and possible increase in foreign business. Letters and papers, 1861-1865, re Civil War, including copy of "Roster of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, C.S.A." and letters of condolence on the death of MacKay's father; letter, 18-19 May, 1863, Camp Gregg, from G.C. Mackay, to "Dear Sister," re death of Pinckney Seabrook, criticizing Col. Daniel H. Hamilton, death and dismemberment of soldiers, and hoping for end to Civil War; also including letters, 1874-1926, re contracts with freedmen, business conditions, education, and family affairs.

ArchivalResource: 83 items.

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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

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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

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Hughson, Shirley Carter, 1867-1949. Excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare and compiler's notes, 1893.

Title: Excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare and compiler's notes, 1893.

Volume contains handwritten annotated transcripts and notes written by Shirley Carter Hughson, the compiler. These excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare refer primarily to the controversy surrounding nullification. Correspondence is mainly between Legare at Brussels, Belgium and his mother, Mary Swinton Legare (1771-1843). There are also several letters from Legare to his sister Mary. In addition the volume includes excerpts from correspondence between Legare and Alfred Huger. Letters from [Orestes A.?] Brownson, M[itchell] King, and Charles Fraser to Legare are also excerpted. Historical notes (1893) written by the compiler are on separate sheets inserted in the back of the volume.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Graham, John Lorimer, 1797-1876. Papers of John Lorimer Graham, 1786-1875.

Title: Papers of John Lorimer Graham, 1786-1875.

Political, professional, and personal correspondence of John L. Graham, chiefly letters addressed to him. The letters concern Graham's legal practice, business affairs, political career, and social life; government and politics of New York and New York City; religious life, banking, construction and real estate in New York City. Included are letters relating to the case of Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, and orders and other documents of the New York state militia. Also included are a few items relating to John Andrew Graham, including a letter to him from Thomas Jefferson.

ArchivalResource: 560 pieces.8 boxes, also 3 folders and 1 bound volume.

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Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843. Envelope, n.d.

Title: Envelope, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

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Reeves, Isaac Stockton Keith, 1819-1851. Letter, 1842 Jan. 29, West Point, N.Y. [to] the Honorable Hugh S. Legaré, Attorney General of the United States.

Title: Letter, 1842 Jan. 29, West Point, N.Y. [to] the Honorable Hugh S. Legaré, Attorney General of the United States.

Letter enlists Legaré's assistance in convincing Congress that service at the Military Academy counts as service in the Army, and as such may be credited toward the extra daily ration granted each officer for every five years of service.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 20 x 25 cm.

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Taveau, Augustin. South Carolina family histories and genealogies, 1939.

Title: South Carolina family histories and genealogies, 1939.

Bound volume and various documents (1861-1939) containing genealogical information primarily about South Carolina families compiled by Augustin Louis Taveau, Jr. The volume contains descriptions of the coats of arms of various South Carolina families. Other items include general correspondence about family histories, genealogical information about the Simons and Swinton families, genealogical tables relating to the Simons family and John Hayne, the Taveau family crest, clippings, an early photograph (taken by McClees) of a portrait of Hugh Swinton Legare, and a reproduction of an 1861 photograph of Col. Augustin L. Taveau (1828-1886).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.1 folder.

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Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to his sister Mary, 1831 Oct. 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to his sister Mary, 1831 Oct. 4.

Concerning his interest in northern ladies.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 3/4 p.)

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Huger, Benjamin, 1805-1877. Papers of Benjamin Huger, 1780-1877 (bulk 1821-1877).

Title: Papers of Benjamin Huger, 1780-1877 (bulk 1821-1877).

Huger's papers trace his army career from West Point through the Mexican and Civil wars to retirement in Fauquier County, Va. During the Mexican War he served as Winfield Scott's chief of ordnance and the bulk of the papers are from this command. They include personal and official correspondence, statistics, accounts, orders, reports, maps and a small account book that originally belonged to a paymaster in the Mexican Army. The collection also contains correspondence from family in Charleston, S.C., from family and friends abroad, from friends serving in the Seminole Indian wars in Florida and from an 1850 tour of European ordnance manufacturers. An interesting group attempts to prove Huger's innocence in the Talcott affair involving an unauthorized purchase of shot. The Civil War papers contain correspondence from his sons in Texas and a letter book recording prisoner exchanges and truces for burial and search details. Post war papers of Huger and his sons try to vindicate his conduct in the battle of Seven Pines. The collection also contains an extract from the journal of Robert Kirkwood describing the battle of Camden, S.C. in 1780. Correspondents include Judah P. Benjamin, Charles M. Conrad, Jefferson Davis, Josiah Gorgas, Hugh Swinton Legaré, Fitzhugh Lee, Robert E. Lee, Joel R. Poinsett, George Wythe Randolph, Daniel E. Sickles, Gustavus W. Smith, Leroy Pope Walker and John E. Wool. There are also documents signed by John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay and John Letcher.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843. Autograph letter written in third person : Brussells, 1838 Sept. 1.

Title: Autograph letter written in third person : Brussells, 1838 Sept. 1.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826. Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Title: Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others, largely concerning the establishment of the University of Virginia, and particularly Gilmer's efforts in England to select a teaching staff for the new institution. Includes family letters.

ArchivalResource: 283 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647894979 View

Wayne, James Moore, 1790-1867. Letters, 1834-1842.

Title: Letters, 1834-1842.

Correspondence consisting of a letter from Wayne to Dr. Raymond Harris concerning sickness in his "Negro camp," legal affairs, and states' rights; a personal letter of Wayne's nephew Clifford; and a letter from Hugh Swinton Legaré inquiring about the location of some invoices used in the case of Wood v. U.S.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897. Papers of George Frederick Holmes, 1785-1893.

Title: Papers of George Frederick Holmes, 1785-1893.

Correspondence relating to Holmes' editorship of the Southern Quarterly Review, his scholarly articles, and an unpublished history of the Civil War. Includes drafts of articles entitled The Spirit of Positivism, Writings of Hugh Swinton Legaré, The Life and Times of Pericles, and A Few Remarks upon Slavery. Among the correspondents are John B. Floyd, William Gilmore Simms, John C. Calhoun, Francis Lieber, Auguste Comte, John R. Thompson, Samuel Tyler, Joseph E. Johnston, Jubal A. Early, and Edmund Kirby Smith.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.1 container.

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Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843. Papers, 1837-1843.

Title: Papers, 1837-1843.

Miscellaneous correspondence concerning Legaré's legal practice, politics, and the purchase of books for his library. Also contains a letter, 1838, from Joel Poinsett, secretary of war of the United States, pertaining to a treaty with the Sioux Indians, and a letter from the sculptor, John Stevens Cogdell, concerning his career.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19865911 View

Aspinwall, Thomas. Letter : London, England to Hugh S. Legare ́, 1843 July 3.

Title: Letter : London, England to Hugh S. Legare ́, 1843 July 3.

Political news: Bill sent to Parliament to legalize extradition of offenders under treaty of Washington; Rebecca riots in Wales quelled; unrest in Spain and Zurbano safe; economy in England good; Mr. Everett and Oxford University.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.

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Middleton, Henry, 1770-1846. Henry Middleton correspondence, 1812-1820.

Title: Henry Middleton correspondence, 1812-1820.

Correspondence consists of a letter (1812) from South Carolina Governor Henry Middleton expressing South Carolina's support for the war, and a letter (1820) to Henry Middleton from Hugh Swinton Legare concerning Charleston's intellectual life, Legare's study of Italian, and his reading.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Ticknor, George, 1791-1871. Letter, 1842 Feb. 10, to Hugh Legaré.

Title: Letter, 1842 Feb. 10, to Hugh Legaré.

Letter to Hugh Legaré enclosing an antislavery article of Charles Sumner (not present) and commenting on slavery. Includes comments on John Quincy Adams' case in Washington, politics, and Charles Dickens' tour of America. Transcription and notes by Dick Hoefnagel laid in.

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 19 x 12 cm.

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId, 1837-1844

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IId 1837-1844

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Alden Partridge Papers, 1807-1959, (bulk 1817-1842)

Title: Alden Partridge Papers 1807-1959 (bulk 1817-1842)

U.S. Army officer, engineer, educator, and state legislator from Vermont. Principally letters (1817-1842) received by Partridge from students and their parents relating to educational matters at the United States Military Academy, the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, and other academies with which Partridge was associated from 1808-1850; letters and documents concerning military activities during the War of 1812, a dispute between Sylvanus Thayer and Partridge over the administration of the United States Military Academy and Partridge’s court martial; a library journal; student rolls; and letters or copies of letters written by Partridge, including several to James Monroe.

ArchivalResource: 650 items; 4 containers; 1.4 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

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Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876. Robert Barnwell Rhett papers, 1752-1953.

Title: Robert Barnwell Rhett papers, 1752-1953.

Correspondence of Robert Barnwell Rhett and the Rhett family re politics, family news, first secession crisis of 1850, the Civil War, military leaders, and social and military events. Letter, 10 Feb. 1832, to Waddy Thompson (Greenville, S.C.), offering to serve the State as Attorney General if "Mr. [Hugh Swinton] Legare accepts the mission to Belgium"; 4 Apr. 1842, to Hiland Hall, re the claim of children of Capt. Wilkins, who was killed, 1779, at the Battle of Beaufort during the Revolutionary War; 4 letters, 19 Jan. 1843, 11 June 1851, 22 Nov. 1852, and undated to Oresties Brownson and others requesting certain government publications, suggesting the appointment of [Franklin H.] Elmore as commissioner to build the U.S. Custom House in Charleston, and attempts to publish a political pamphlet; and 3 letters, ca. 1847-25 July 1848, re the appointment of midshipmen, including letter, 25 July 1848, to Secretary of the Navy, John Y[oung] Mason, requesting that he appoint William H. Duncan of Barnwell, S.C., to the U.S. Naval Academy. Letter, 1 Mar. 1849, to Daniel Webster, ackowledging receipt of a book, miniature portrait, and gifts to his daughter and declaring "altho' I have differed with you on questions of International policy - I have not differed at all with you in your administration of the State Department.... The high and catholic spirit which pervaded your whole course - vindicating with an ability certainly unsurpassed by any of your predecessors in this distinguished office - the honor of the union - and the rights and interests of all of its sections equally - entitle you to the admiration of all Statesmen at home or abroad." Letter, 20 July 1850, Charleston, S.C., to Col. H[enry] L[ewis] Benning, Columbus, Ga., in which Rhett sends a copy of his speech reporting on the Nashville Convention during the first secession crisis, delivered, 21 June 1850, at Hibernian Hall in Charleston; this speech was published in the Charleston Daily Courier (20 July 1850), "It was quite extempore.... But a cunning and malicious whig, travestied it, under the signature of 'Curtius,' and I have been obliged to publish it.... It excited more applause & enthusiasm here than any speech I ever delivered" [Letter signed "Curtius" published, 25 June 1850, in Charleston Daily Courier]. Seven letters, 13 Jan 1851 - 27 Mar. 1852 (from Charleston, S.C. [Ashepoo Ferry], and Washington, D.C.) to sons Andrew Burnett Rhett and Edmund Rhett, both enrolled as students at S.C. College, offering fatherly advice, commenting on their studies, advising Andrew on the care of his eyes, and sending them money, commenting on national politics, including letter, 13 Jan. 1851, re potential of S.C's secession, others "are looking with intense interest at the course of things in South Carolina.... of course you will volunteer, if there is any prospect of the Gov't coercing South Carolina"; his difficult financial situation and sending copy of "The Address" to Columbia for publication (13 Apr. 1851); letter, 27 Feb. 1852, re necessity of his replying to Jeremiah Clemens and Lewis Cass, and finding it a disagreeable task, "I abhor contention of any kind, and fear it, for my temper is I fear far from being moderate or good"; and autobiographical sketch [1858] prepared for Charles Lanman's Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Civil War items include 13 letters, 12 Feb. 1861 - 10 Mar. 1863 (from Montgomery, Ala., and Richmond, Va.) to son R.B. Rhett, Jr., the editor of Charleston Mercury newspaper, re organization of the Confederate states, comments on Gen. [Bushrod] Johnson, and P.G.T. Beauregard, office seekers, [Christopher Gustavus] Memminger and a cabinet post, criticism of Jefferson Davis, inflation and exhorbitant prices, internal improvements law, behavoir of African American slaves and free people of color, personal finances, a speech for publication, and request for information and publications re the pension question.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 linear ft. (3 cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41442327 View