William Johnston Papers, 1726-1971.

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William Johnston Papers, 1726-1971.

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Business and family correspondence, indentures, bills, receipts, wills, and plats relating to W. Johnston and family, especially his son, Andrew Johnston; including accounts for plantation equipment, household supplies, and other records for Mill Brook and Annandale rice plantations; 4 volumes, 1807-1821, of William Allan, Johnston's factor in Charleston, S.C., documenting rice sales, purchases of goods, and the impact of the Embargo and the War of 1812. Also including travel accounts discussing trips to Charleston, S.C., and elsewhere, including letter, 22 Mar. 1827, of McKewn Johnston, giving account of voyage from Charleston to New York, re severe storm and behavior of a drunken sailor; and letter of introduction, 16 May 1851, written by William Johnston to the Rev. Dr. Welsh of Edinburgh, at time of Andrew Johnston's trip to England and Scotland. Collection includes items pertaining to Johnston's ownership and sale of slaves, including a letter, 15 Mar. 1827, from Andrew Johnston re sale of Paul, a slave, to Mississippi planter with stipulation that he not be allowed to return to South Carolina; receipts Johnston paid to various men to serve his shift on patrol duty; and unsigned letter, 22 Apr. 1810, noting interception of letters from North Carolina and Georgia that contained plans for a slave insurrection. Later manuscripts include essay, 1877, "An account of Winyah Bay and Annandale by W[illia]m Clarkson Johnstone of Estherville"; letter, 9 Aug. 1882, of Thomas Pinckney, written from France, discussing South Carolina politics and the election of Robert Smalls; and genealogical notes on Beden, DeSaussure, Emms, Fraser, Pendarvis, Johnston/Johnstone and other families. Other correspondents include John Butler, John Drayton, and James Louis Petigru.

801 items and 4 volumes.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258889

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915

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Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and naval pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, on May 13, 1862, and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade that surrounded it. He then piloted the ship to the Union-controlled encl...

Johnston, McKewn.

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Johnston, Andrew, 1805-1864

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Drayton, John, 1766-1822

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Planter, lawyer, author, artist, and botanist of Charleston County, S.C.; S.C. Governor, 1800-1802 and 1808-1810; S.C. Lieut. Governor, 1798-1800; member of S.C. Senate, 1804-1809; member of S.C. House, 1792-1795 and 1798-1799; son of William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) and Dorothy Golightly Drayton; husband of Hester Rose Tidyman Drayton (d. 1816); father of seven children. From the description of John Drayton papers, 1757-1943. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 4367...

Johnstone, William, 1897-1981

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Johnstone family.

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Emms family.

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Johnston, William, 1776-1840

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Rice planter of Georgetown District, S.C.; husband of Anna Maria Pinckney (1778-1853); son of Andrew Johnston (1748-1795) and Sarah E. McKewn (1756-1817); family surname also spelled Johnstone. From the description of William Johnston Papers, 1726-1971. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28412716 ...

DeSaussure family.

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Johnston family.

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...

Pendarvis family.

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Fraser family.

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Bedon family.

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Allan, William, active 1915

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William Allan came from Kyabram, Victoria. He embarked from Melbourne on the H.M.A.T. Ulysses, A38., on the 27th October, 1915. He belonged to the 23 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 8 Reinforcements (May 1915 - January 1916), Service number: 2556. From the description of Diary, [not after 2001]. [manuscript]. [not after 2001] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 643584845 ...

Pinckney, Thomas, 1828-1915.

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University of Virginia alumnus and Confederate captain, 4th South Carolina Cavalry. From the description of My reminiscences of the war and reconstruction : proof sheets, 1905? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136323 University of Virginia alumnus and Confederate captain, 4th South Carolina Cavalry; father of author Josephine Pinckney. From the description of My reminiscences of the war and reconstruction times [manuscript] : proof sheets, 1910. (U...