Excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare and compiler's notes, 1893.

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Excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare and compiler's notes, 1893.

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Volume contains handwritten annotated transcripts and notes written by Shirley Carter Hughson, the compiler. These excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare refer primarily to the controversy surrounding nullification. Correspondence is mainly between Legare at Brussels, Belgium and his mother, Mary Swinton Legare (1771-1843). There are also several letters from Legare to his sister Mary. In addition the volume includes excerpts from correspondence between Legare and Alfred Huger. Letters from [Orestes A.?] Brownson, M[itchell] King, and Charles Fraser to Legare are also excerpted. Historical notes (1893) written by the compiler are on separate sheets inserted in the back of the volume.

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Legaré, Mary S. (Mary Swinton)

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Mary Swinton Legare (Bullen) was the sister of Hugh Swinton Legare (1797-1843), a South Carolina attorney, editor, and politician. Mary Swinton Legare Bullen was born on her father's South Carolina plantation in 1798 and later lived in Charleston, S.C. and Washington, D.C. In 1849 she moved to Iowa, where she founded Legare College at West Point, in Lee County. While living in Iowa she married Judge William Bullen. From the description of Letters to Isabella Walpole, 1857. (The South...

King, Mitchell, 1783-1862

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Born in Scotland, Mitchell King arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1805. In 1806 King became an assistant teacher at the College of Charleston. Interested in studying law, King began studies at the office of George Warren Cross in 1807. King was temporarily appointed principal of the College of Charleston in 1810. King chose, however, to continue his study of law when he was offered the position permanently. Admitted to the bar in 1810, King immediately opened his own practice. He was elec...

Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860

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Epithet: Commander; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000255 Epithet: of Add MS 37884 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x00025a Charleston (S.C.) attorney, artist, and author. From 1800 until 1807 Charles Fraser studied law under the guidance of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and others. From the descr...

Huger, Alfred, 1788-1872

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Planter, attorney, and postmaster of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Letterpress books, 1853-1859 ; 1861-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270596 From the description of Letterpress books, 1853-1859; 1861-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643166 Charleston, S.C. plantation owner and South Carolina state senator. From the description of Letter : Longwood, to Benjamin Huger, 1863 March 15. (The South Caro...

Legare, Mary Swinton, 1771-1843.

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Hughson, Shirley Carter, 1867-1949

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American author. Shirley Carter Hughson compiled notes about the correspondence of Hugh Swinton Legare while at Johns Hopkins University in 1893. From the description of Excerpts from the correspondence (1832-1835) of Hugh Swinton Legare and compiler's notes, 1893. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139117 ...

Legaré, Hugh Swinton 1797?-1843

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Legare was a lawyer and legislator whose career included terms in the South Carolina legislature and in Congress (elected 1836). In 1841, President Tyler appointed him attorney-general. From the description of Letter to B. Northrup, 22 September 1841. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234341782 Lawyer, editor, and politician, from Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1837-1843. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865911 ...

Brownson, Orestes A.

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