Papers, 1838-1870.

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Papers, 1838-1870.

Personal, literary, and political correspondence dealing principally with the publication of Simms' books and many projected works. Letters from Simms to Alfred Billings, Armistead Burt, Paul Hamilton Hayne, and Joel Robert Poinsett discuss literary and current political matters. Other letters comment on Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, James Ryder Randall, and the nature of poetry.

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Billings, Alfred.

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Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886

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"Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1 Jan. 1830-6 July 1886), poet and man of letters, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Paul Hamilton Hayne, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and Emily McElhenny, members of families prominent in politics, law, and religion. Two of the elder Hayne's brothers were U.S. senators, one of whom, Robert Young Hayne, was Daniel Webster's redoubtable opponent in the debates on Nullification and young Hayne's guardian after yellow fever caused the early death of his fat...

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

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Author, poet, and editor of South Carolina. From the description of William Gilmore Simms papers, 1735-1987. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 766024802 South Carolina author. From the description of ALsS : Woodland, near Midway, S.C., to his publishers, Philadelphia, 1840-1843. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525116 Poet and author. From the description of William Gilmore Simms correspondence, 1842-...

Burt, A. (Armistead), 1802-1883

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Planter, lawyer, and U.S. Representative, of Abbeville, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1759-1933. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19309861 Armistead Burt (1802-1883) was a planter, lawyer, and U.S. Representative from Abbeville, S.C. From the guide to the Armistead Burt papers, 1759-1933, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Armistead Burt, son of Francis Burt, of Pendleton District, moved to Abbe...