Oliver Beirne papers, 1860-1896 [manuscript].

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Oliver Beirne papers, 1860-1896 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23107527

Business papers, including letters from a business associate, John Echols (1823-1899), and correspondence between Beirne's son-in-law, William Porcher Miles (1822-1899) and Beverly R. Johnston over a law suit involving a property dispute with John Smith Preston (1809-1881) of Abingdon, Va. Also included are bills, receipts, financial records, railroad stocks, and papers relating to the management of the Houmas Plantation, Ascension Parish, La.

About 350 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7093492

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Echols, John, 1823-1896

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Beirne, Oliver, fl. 1860-1896.

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Landowner of West Virginia and Louisiana; postmaster, Sweet Springs, W. Va. From the description of Oliver Beirne papers, 1860-1896 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23107527 Oliver Beirne (fl. 1860-1896) was a landowner of West Virginia and Louisiana and postmaster of Sweet Springs, W. Va. From the guide to the Oliver Beirne Papers, ., 1860-1896, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Johnston, Beverly K.

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Miles, William Porcher, 1822-1899

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William Porcher Miles (1822-1899) was a South Carolina educator, mayor of Charleston, S.C. (1855-1857), United States Representative (1857-1860), member of the Confederate House of Representatives and chair of its Military Affairs Committee. After the Civil War, he was a planter in Virginia, then president of South Carolina College, then a planter again, this time in Louisiana. Miles married Betty Bierne (d. 1874), the daughter of Oliver Bierne, a wealthy Virginia and Louisiana planter, in 1863....

Preston, John Smith, 1809-1881

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Member of the S.C. General Assembly (1848-1851); lieutenant colonel in Confederate Army; mustered troops in Charleston, S.C. (Nov. 1861 through Jan. 1862); commander of prison camp in Columbia, S.C. (Feb.-Mar. 1862); conscription officer for South Carolina (Apr. 1862-July 1863) in Columbia, S.C. From the description of Letter, 1862 Feb. 20, Columbia, S.C., to Robert E. Lee. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37787271 Confederate general; South Carolina repre...