Papers, 1779-1872.

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Papers, 1779-1872.

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Business correspondence and military papers, with some family letters. The business papers deal with the marketing of cotton, the settlement of debts, and the sale of a plantation. Papers concerning public affairs, including the actions taken by the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861, the dissaffection in Tennessee, 1862, a petition from citizens of the Marion District (S.C.) seeking the arrest of persons arousing discontent among slaves, an account of the fortifications around Charleston, S.C., and a copy of a printed letter from Chestnut concerning the investigation of fraud in the government of South Carolina in 1871.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964849

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Confederate States of America. Provisional Congress

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Chesnut, James, 1815-1885

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Camden, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, state legislator, and U.S. Senator. He held several military posts during the Civil War including a staff position in Richmond, Va. from 1862 to 1864. His wife was Mary Boykin Miller (1823-1886). From the description of James Chesnut papers, 1850-1900. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794015 Attorney, plantation owner, South Carolina Representative, South Carolina Senator, and U.S. Senator. A native of Ca...