King's Mountain Centennial Association records, 1880-1910.

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King's Mountain Centennial Association records, 1880-1910.

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Chiefly correspondence of Col. A[sbury] Coward, Chairman of the Centennial Committee, and Miss Lesslie D. Witherspoon, President of the Association, re appointment of committees, invitations, program and publicity connected with the "Centennial Celebration," 7 Oct. 1880, of the Battle of King's Mountain, and the dedication, 7 Oct. 1909, of the monument erected by the U.S. Government; including 9 letters, 12 Mar. - 23 Sept. 1880, Copse Hill, Ga., Paul H[amilton] Hayne, to A[sbury] Coward, re preparation of an ode to be delivered at the Centennial; letters from various Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee officials, South Carolina Governors Martin F. Ansel, Thomas B. Jeter, and Johnson Hagood, Ellison Capers, J[ohn] P[eyre] Thomas, H[erbert] R[avenel] Sass, John S. Preston, and J[ohn] C[alvin] Hemphill; and correspondence with various officials in the War Department re inscriptions for the monument and plans for dedication.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Hagood, Johnson, 1829-1898

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Jeter, Thomas B., 1827-1883.

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