Noble Family papers, 1752-1967.

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Noble Family papers, 1752-1967.

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Letters, receipts, journals, wills, land papers, account books, scrapbooks, and marriage settlement re family's migration from Virginia, prominence in South Carolina, and settlement in Alabama and Texas. Consists chiefly of papers of Patrick Noble's immediate family, including Alexander Noble's journal, 1762-1773, re land in Virginia backcountry, and military commission, 8 Apr. 1777, as captain in the Ninety Six Regiment of Militia; and 2 documents, 6 Oct. 1818, Charleston, S.C., re sale of lots to John Noble, physician, by Presbyterian Church of Charleston, S.C., signed by David Haig. Correspondence to Patrick Noble includes letter, 7 Dec. 1819, from Joseph Noble, Tuscaloosa, [Ala.], re Alabama politics and judicial system; 8 Jan. 1820, from Eldred Simkins, Washington, [D.C.], re [William H.] Crawford, [John Quincy] Adams, [John C.] Calhoun, and the Missouri question; 28 Aug. 1820, from Noble's wife, E[lizabeth] B[onneau] Pickens, Abbeville, S.C., re her uncle's commission to treat with the Creek Indians; 21 Sept. 1839, from Attorney General Henry Bailey, Charleston, S.C., re kidnapping of an African American slave stolen from Robert T. Chisolm and subsequent transport to Virginia. Also includes 6 letters, 1835-1838, from F[rancis] W[ilkinson] Pickens, Washington, [D.C.], re effects of abolitionists on South Carolina, tariff, National Bank, political opposition to William C. Preston, and building a Southern party around John Tyler; and 6 letters, 1841-1848, Patrick Noble to E.P. Noble, from the United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.), and various army posts, re army life, Mexican War, and experiences after the war. Bound volumes include Ezekiel Pickens Noble's account book and journal, 1840-1860, re trip to Austin, Tex.; 2 photocopied volumes, 1853-1967, family letters from Texas; scrapbook, 1804-1933, of Eugenia Floride Noble, with obituaries of Burts, Calhoun, DeGraffenreid, and Pickens families. Other topics include reports to the legislature, ca. 1839, re Francis Lieber and South Carolina College; visit of Henry Clay to Columbia, S.C., 1844; controvesy over establishment of Clemson University. Other correspondents include Preston S. Brooks, Armistead Burt, John C. Calhoun, Sammuel B. Noble, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and Thomas Ramsey.

135 items and 7 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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