Edmund Ruffin papers, 1784-1893.

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Edmund Ruffin papers, 1784-1893.

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Personal papers, chiefly family correspondence with a number of letters from friends and acquaintances mingled in. Most letters are arranged in hard-bound folders probably prepared by Ruffin himself. Folders are identified by unit numbers. Units 1-16 contain largely routine family letters; Units 17-20 have non-family letters on a variety of topics; Unit 21 contains letters from James H. Hammond; Unit 22 consists of 145 unbound family and non-family letters arranged chronologically; and Unit 23 consists of undated and miscellaneous materials. There are also six volumes, including a farm diary, Ruffin's autobiography, a Revolutionary War tale by Ruffin, an 1843 diary with entries relating to an agricultrual survey of South Carolina, and an account of the draining of a plantation.

ca. 200 items on 3 reels of microfilm.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864

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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a lawyer and planter, and an early advocate of nullification and secession. He was Democratic governor of South Carolina for the period 1842 to 1844, and was a U.S. Senator, for the period 1857 to 1860. As a senator he began to doubt the wisdom of secession. From the description of Papers, 1823-1875. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259405 James henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a South Carolina planter who served in the ...

Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865

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Agriculturalist and prominent Secessionist. From the description of Papers of Edmund Ruffin [manuscript], 1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647855369 Edmund Ruffin was a noted agriculturalist and publisher of Prince George and Hanover counties, Va. He was a strong defender of slavery and a secessionist. From the description of Edmund Ruffin papers, 1784-1893. WorldCat record id: 32040042 Edmund Ruffin was an agricultural experimenter an...