Memories from the life of a ne'er do weal, ca. 1900-ca. 1951.

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Memories from the life of a ne'er do weal, ca. 1900-ca. 1951.

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Typescript (carbon) transcript (ca. 1951) volume (21 p.) of the memoirs (ca. 1900) of John Sydney Ashe Legare edited and annotated in pencil. Volume contains genealogical and biographical information about family members, descriptions of Legare's early life in Charleston (S.C.) including interactions with slaves and Negro street sellers, and descriptions of traveling with his mother to northeastern states (Washington, D.C., Saratoga, N.Y., New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass., and Newport, R.I.). Legare also mentions his cousin, Hugh Swinton Legare.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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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 ...

Legare family.

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Legare, John Sydney Ashe, 1835-1907.

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Charleston, South Carolina resident. John Sydney Ashe Legare, son of Colonel James Legare, married Emily Smith Green, daughter of Thomas Green (a Richmond, Va. and Washington, D.C. attorney) in 1858. Legare attended Heidelberg University. From the description of Memories from the life of a ne'er do weal, ca. 1900-ca. 1951. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141517 ...