Pierce Mason Butler: the South Carolina years, 1830-1841, [c.1985] ; [typescript] / Miles S. Richards.

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Pierce Mason Butler: the South Carolina years, 1830-1841, [c.1985] ; [typescript] / Miles S. Richards.

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Biographical sketch of P.M Butler, a native of Edgefield District, S.C.; this essay discusses his political career in the Palmetto State, including his military service, the Nullification controversy; his term as governor of S.C., from Dec. 1836-Dec. 1838; the impact of the Panic of 1837 on the economy and the responsibility of President Andrew Jackson's policies for the crisis; his struggles with arthritis in his later years; Butler's relationships with James Henry Hammond, his disagreements with John C. Calhoun; and other topics.

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