Oversize series, 1767-1920.

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Oversize series, 1767-1920.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25923884

This series contains a variety of material, some of it removed from the In-Coming and PU series. Another part of this series includes a number of documents acquired by the Tillman family. The material removed from other series in the Tillman Papers includes items such as blueprints, maps, petitions, and printed material. It is from approximately the same time period as those series 1873-1919. The blueprints pertain to naval affairs and defense. Maps include one of Clemson College from about 1915. The antebellum material includes the earliest items in the collection and is part of oversize because they have been unfolded and encapsulated. Included are several items related to Andrew Pickens and to Francis Pickens. There are early surveys and indentures from South Carolina, 1767-1847; Edgefield District militia records, 1825-1826, in which Benjamin Tillman's father was a member; land records from Georgia, and in particular Habersham County, 1837-1847, with Jacob Stroup being a frequent party to the transactions; records from the Habersham Iron Works, 1837 and the Bath Companies, 1878-1882, which Frederick Dugas was an investor. (Cont) and letters and records of Madame Lequinio de Kerbley and Dr. de Beauregard of Augusta, 1771-1829, written in French, concerning family matters, letters of introduction, and the importation and sale of slaves. The series also contains a number of issues of newspapers, 1833, 1864, 1886-1896. Some of the early papers may have belonged to Andrew Pickens and contain information about the nullification controversy. The later papers have articles on the Farmers' Movement and Tillman's political activities.

3 cubic ft. : 2 oversize boxes, 8 folders in map case.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7151467

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Dugas, Frederick.

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Tillman family.

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Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817

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South Carolina Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. commissioner negotiating with the southern Indians, 1785-1802. From the description of Journal, 1802. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37999358 Mrs. Alice Noble Waring of Hughes, Arkansas, great-great-great granddaughter of General Andrew Pickens, collected photostatic copies of original correspondence, documents, and papers which she used in writing The Fighting Elder: Andrew Pickens, 1739-1817, published in 1962. These ...

Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869

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Pickens was a congressman from South Carolina and later governor of that state. From the description of Francis Wilkinson Pickens letters from various correspondents, 1832-1834. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612796541 From the guide to the Francis Wilkinson Pickens letters from various correspondents, 1832-1834., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Congressman and governor of South Carolina. From the description of...

Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918

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Farmer, governor of South Carolina, 1890-1894, and U.S. senator, 1895-1918; from Trenton (Edgefield Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1894-1897. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400241 The series title represents "Personal Unprocessed" and was designed as such by staff at the South Caroliniana Library as part of their system of classifying collections. Apparently this part of the Tillman Papers was processed at a later date than the Incoming and Outg...

Tillman, Benjamin Ryan, 1803-1849

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De Kerbley, Lequino.

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