B.F. Perry papers, 1760-1981; (bulk, 1832-1910)

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B.F. Perry papers, 1760-1981; (bulk, 1832-1910)

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Consisting of correspondence, editorials, speeches and other papers re Perry's political career, unionist views, and appointment as first provisional governor of South Carolina during Reconstruction. Includes letters with his wife, Elizabeth Frances McCall, re state and national politics, including Mrs. McCall's frequent suggestions on ways to promote and protect his career, and Perry's reports of life in Columbia during legislative sessions. Letters, 1840-1867, discuss unpopularity of the Mexican War, the Secession Crisis of 1851, the national Democratic convention of 1860, where delegate Perry's unionist sentiment found little support, Perry's efforts at political reform, including popular election of presidential electors and the governor, establishment of equitable representation for all sections of the state, creation of a penitentiary, railroad expansion and improvements, and increased manufacturing. Collection also documents social life in Greenville and Columbia, S.C., with letters written during Perry's years as trustee of South Carolina College (ca. 1845-1865) and detailing his efforts to change the institution to the University of South Carolina (1865-1869); other letters concern a quarrel between William Gilmore Simms and Ann Pamela Cunningham, Perry's opportunities to meet Dorothea Dix, President Andrew Johnson, John LeConte, and Daniel Webster, and Perry's opinion of James Henry Hammond. Also includes letters re domestic life and slavery; letters exchanged with sons William Hayne Perry and Benjamin Franklin Perry in college at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md, and at Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.; and manuscript, "Sketch of the Life of Gov. B.F. Perry. Written by His Wife."

1, 432 items and 7 volumes.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258566

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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