Papers, 1808-1934.

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Papers, 1808-1934.

Personal and business correspondence of Langdon Cheves (1776-1857); his son, Langdon Cheves, Jr. (1814-1863), chiefly describing events in and around Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War; and other family members. Other places represented include Savannah, Ga., and Virginia.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6678126

South Carolina Newspaper Project

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Cheves, Langdon, 1814-1863

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Son of Mary Elizabeth Dulles and Langdon Cheves (1776-1857); brother of author Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord (1810-1879); known as "Langdon Cheves, Jr." From the description of Letter, 1837 Dec. 2, Columbia, S.C., to P[ierce] M[ason] Butler. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 47112629 ...

Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857

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Langdon Cheves (September 17, 1776 – June 26, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and businessman from South Carolina. He was a U. S. Representative from 1810 to 1815, served as Speaker of the House in 1814–1815, and was president of the Second Bank of the United States from 1819 to 1822. Langdon Cheves was born at Bull Town Fort, on the Rocky River in South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia. At the age of ten he went t...

Cheves family.

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Residents of South Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1808-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291996 ...