Charles Colcock Jones papers, 1880 and 1887.

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Charles Colcock Jones papers, 1880 and 1887.

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Letter, 23 Dec. 1880, Augusta, Ga., to [James] Carson Brevoort (1818-1887), Brooklyn, N.Y., enclosing a copy of "Purry's Memorial to the Duke of Newcastle in behalf of the colonization of South Carolina"; and letter, 8 Jan. 1887, Augusta, Ga., to Major [Edward] Willis, Charleston, S.C., requesting "letters of or documents signed by the following members [of the Continental Congress] from South Carolina," and listing 21 individuals.

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Willis, Edward, 1834-1910

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Commission merchant and Confederate Army quartermaster, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1860-1896 (bulk 1860-1865). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605124 Confederate Army officer and merchant of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Edward Willis papers, 1854-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981959 Charleston, S.C. businessman and alderman. Baptized John Linnaeus Edward Willis, as an adult did not use his first two names. T...

Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

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"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008) From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1...

Brevoort, James Carson, 1818-1887

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James Brevoort was a contemporary of the Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871) who led the United States Whaling and Franklin Search Expedition, 1860-1862. From the guide to the James Brevoort collection, 1875, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) The first members of the Brevoort family in America came from Holland prior to 1655 and soon thereafter settled in Bushwick, then a separate village that would eventually be annexed by t...