Papers of the Bynum and Bowman families, 1768-1948.

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Papers of the Bynum and Bowman families, 1768-1948.

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Chiefly family letters, newspaper clippings, photographs, certificates, and other papers, relating to the Bynum and Bowman families and their connections with the Hampton and Dixon families. Including letter, ca. 1807, [S.C.] College Hall, Anthony W[ade] Hampton, to John Hampton, Mount Airy, discussing college expenses and activities; letter, 15 Jan. 1829, Charleston, James A. Miller, Jr., to [Elizabeth Bynum], re the death of her husband, Turner Bynum, Sr.; letter, 16 Mar. 1845, Charleston, John G[allatin] Bowman, to Virginia C[ornelia] Bynum, Columbia, re his lectures as a temperance advocate. 3 manuscripts, 26 Nov. and 23 Dec. 1853, testimonials from W[illiam] C[ampbell] Preston, J[ames] H[enley] Thornwell, and John P. Richardson recommending John G. Bynum as a scholar and teacher; letter, 17 Jan. 1854, Ocala, Fla., John G. Bynum, to Virginia C. Bowman, re the organization of a seminary, his objections to moving his family to Florida, and his preference for a professorship at Furman University; signed document, 14 May 1857, commissioning John G. Bynum as librarian of the legislative library, signed by Gov. R.F.W. Allston; broadside obituary notice printed on silk, 1864, announcing the death of Mary Virginia Dixon. Other documents, 24 Nov. 1859, 13 Dec. 1863, and 21 June 1868, reflect the licensing of John Lee Dixon as a minister by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Bound volume, 1906, wedding album of Mary Virginia Dixon and C.B. Reynolds.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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