James Edward Colhoun diaries, 1823-1830.

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James Edward Colhoun diaries, 1823-1830.

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This manuscript is a photocopy of a typescript version of parts of a series of diaries kept by James Edward Colhoun between 1823-1830. There are major gaps in the narrative. The periods covered are July 30-August 21, 1823; 1825-1826; and 1829-1830. The 1823 entries narrate Colhoun's activities during a survey expedition in Minnesota and North Dakota under the direction of Colonel Stephen H. Long. The 1825-26 entries recount activities at his plantation and his travels in Kentucky and North Carolina. The 1829-30 entries record travels to New England and back to South Carolina with descriptions of places, manners and people visited.

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Colhoun, James Edward

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James Edward Colhoun, (1796-1889), son of John Ewing Colhoun created these diaries between 1823 and 1830. Colhoun was related to John C. Calhoun through the marriage of his sister and maintained a plantation in the Abbeville district of South Carolina. From the description of James Edward Colhoun diaries, 1823-1830. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19275402 ...

Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864

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David Ives Bushnell was born 28 April 1875 in St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in St. Louis schools and in Europe. He worked as an assistant archaeologist at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1901-1904. Bushnell contributed to the Handbook of American Indians and wrote numerous books on Native American Indians, including Native villages and village sites east of the Mississippi, (1919), Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan tribes west of the Mississippi (1922), The Manahoac tr...

McDill, Edwin B.,

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