Huger, Alfred, 1788-1872

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Planter, attorney, and postmaster of Charleston, S.C.

From the description of Letterpress books, 1853-1859 ; 1861-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270596

From the description of Letterpress books, 1853-1859; 1861-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643166

Charleston, S.C. plantation owner and South Carolina state senator.

From the description of Letter : Longwood, to Benjamin Huger, 1863 March 15. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522773

Statesman and public official, of Charleston, S.C.; b. 1 Nov. 1788; d. 14 May 1872; educated at Princeton and returned to Charleston to study law, which he abandoned to take charge of his Cooper River plantation; state senator; opposed nullification; postmaster of Charleston, 19 Dec. 1834 through the end of the Civil War; again offered this post by President Johnson but was unwilling to take the "iron-clad oath"; m. Sarah Ann Rutledge.

From the description of Letter, 1837 Feb. 7-8 (Charleston, [S.C.]), to Amos Kendall, [Washington, D.C.] (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 312770753

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Birth 1788

Death 1872

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