Floride Isabella Lee, by her next friend, Gideon Lee, complainant, against Richard W. Simpson, defendant : collection of court documents, 1856-1894, (bulk 1888-1889)

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Floride Isabella Lee, by her next friend, Gideon Lee, complainant, against Richard W. Simpson, defendant : collection of court documents, 1856-1894, (bulk 1888-1889)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173481341

This collection includes copies of testimony, statements of fact, and exhibits detailing the case of Lee vs. Simpson 1889. The published case files relate directly to the 135-page volume report prepared for the trial. The court case documents are items that were either exhibited or filed during the case. In the prepared but not filed category are documents such as summons, subpoenas, taxation of costs, letters, orders, and various other legal material that were used during the case without ever having been filed. The miscellaneous files contain material that was difficult to classify.

.75 cubic ft. 2 boxes.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6921838

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Simpson, R. W. (Richard Wright), 1840-1912

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Colonel Simpson, a legislator and lawyer of Anderson County; Confidential lawyer to Thomas G. Clemson, who wrote Clemson's will which made provision for an agricultural college. Col. Simpson, named as one of the original trustees, was also executor of Clemson's estate. He served as the 1st Chairman of the Board of Trustees. From the description of Richard W. Simpson papers, 1814-1893, 1880-1893. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20274889 ...

Calhoun family.

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United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit)

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Thomas Garrett was a Quaker and a known conductor of the Underground Railroad. In 1848 he and fellow Quaker John Hunn were brought to trial by two slaveowners on charges of harboring and aiding fugitive slaves. The defendants were found guilty by the U.S. Circuit Court in Delaware, presided over by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who ten years later would deliver the landmark Dred Scott Decision. Harriet Beecher Stowe cites Garrett's 1848 trial as inspiration for some scenes in her influential ant...

Clemson family.

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Calhoun, Floride Isabella Lee, 1870-1935

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On April 22, 1889 Gideon Lee filed suit on behalf of his minor daughter, Floride Isabella Lee, in order to contest the will of the late Thomas Green Clemson who had passed away on April 6, 1888. Thomas Green Clemson had made it known through the codicil to his will that on the Fort Hill estate would be established an agricultural college. Floride Isabella Lee, being Clemson's only surviving heir, made an attempt through litigation to block this action. Richard W. Simpson was the defendant in thi...

Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888

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Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) was an engineer, government official, artist, art collector and linguist, promoter of scientific farming and education, founder of Clemson College (now Clemson University). From the description of Thomas Green Clemson papers. 1786-2000, (bulk 1844-1888). (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 18527953 ...