Papers, 1741-1805.

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Papers, 1741-1805.

Photocopies of handwritten papers of Rev. Oliver Hart include correspondence, diaries, journals, list of sermons, and sermon notes from colonial- and Revolutionary-era Charleston, S.C.; bulk of correspondence is from Oliver Hart to his brother, Colonel Joseph Hart of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, relaying news from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. After leaving Charleston in 1780, Hart receives a few letters from his wife describing conditions and events in the South Carolina low country. Typescripts of some documents are included in the collection.

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Tennent, William, 1740-1777

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Member of S.C. General Assembly and Pastor, 1772-1777, of Independent [or Circular Congregational] Church, Charleston, S.C.; native of Freehold, New Jersey; known as William Tennent III; ; graduate, 1758, of Princeton, with a Masters Degree, 1763, from Harvard; married, 1764, to Susan Vergereau (b. 1742); father of John Charles Tennent (b.1774) and four other children; son of William Tennent (1705-1777); grandson of William Tennent (1673-1746); died 11 Aug. 1777 at High Hills of the Santee (near...

Hart family.

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Hart, Joseph, 1715-1788

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Hart, John, 1684-1763

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Hart, Anne Maria Sealey Grimball, 1740-1813.

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Widow of Baptist minister Oliver Hart (1723-1795). From the description of Anne Maria Sealey Hart Papers, 1791-1813 and undated. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33599334 ...

Hart, Oliver, 1723-1795

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Baptist minister, of Charleston, S.C. and Hopewell, N.J.; husband of Anne Hart; son of John Hart; brother of Joseph Hart. From the description of Oliver Hart papers, 1754-1795. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42404557 Baptist minister of Bucks County, Penn.; removed to Charleston, S.C., and became pastor of the [First] Baptist Church in 1750; during American Revolution, fled before arrival of the British Army in 1780, and accepted the pastorate of Hopewel...