James Louis Petigru Papers, . 1836

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James Louis Petigru Papers, . 1836

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James Louis Petigru (1789-1863) was a lawyer, politician, and jurist of South Carolina. The collection includes a letter, 11 March 1836, from Petigru, trying to get a post office job for a friend; and a poem, a humorous description of an imaginary town and its characters, believed to have been written by Petigru. Picture of Coosawhatchie,

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...