Robert Mills papers, 1803-1856.

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Robert Mills papers, 1803-1856.

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Correspondence (1808-1834) with Mrs. Robert Mills (Eliza Barnwell Smith Mills) concerning personal and family matters. Correspondence (1808-1853) with clients, and fellow architects from Charleston, Columbia, Abbeville, Richmond, Va., Philadelphia, Pa., Baltimore, Md., and elsewhere concerning politics, social life, taste of liquors (1810), art gallery in Baltimore from Joseph Delaplaine, railroads in N.C. (1827), Robert Mills' architectural and engineering projects, and other matters. Also includes a letter (1852) of Mills about the Henry Clay steamship disaster. Correspondents include Thomas S. Grimke, James B. Pye, M.P. Mills, and others. Includes papers for architectural proposals and projects in Charleston, S.C., Richmond, Va., Baltimore, Md., Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pa. for churches, monuments, parks, public buildings, etc. including the Fireproof Building (Charleston, S.C.), U.S. House of Representatives (1830), U.S. Treasury and State Building (1831-1840), naval monument, Washington, D.C. (1831), Smithsonian Institution proposal (ca. 1846-1847), and U.S. Capitol beacon (1847). Also includes other project papers for Mills' atlas and a trans-continental railroad proposal (1852). Also included are fragments of Mills' autobiographical sketch, a prayer concerning creation, Mills' land holdings, newspaper correspondence, a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Mills, writings (1850) regarding the Ladies Union Benevolent Employment Society (1850), family history material including information on the Dimitry, Smith, and Mills families, and miscellaneous receipts, bills, printed matter, etc. Also contains architectural drawings of the Fireproof Building (Charleston, S.C.), Didian House (Baltimore, Md.), Lunatic Asylum (Columbia, S.C.), Wade Hampton House (Columbia, S.C.), Camden, S.C. Courthouse, Washington City Hall, and the Octagon Church (Philadelphia).

ca. 400 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337976

South Carolina Historical Society

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Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834

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Grimké served many benevolent causes and specifically peace. Brother of abolitionists Sarah and Angelina Grimké, Thomas Smith Grimké was a jurist and a writer. From the description of ALS, 1825 November, South Carolina to William McDowall Tart. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 44929911 Born in Charleston, South Carolina; practiced law and served as a state senator 1826-1830; championed temperance and world peace and supported a religious, utilitarian educa...

Fireproof Building, Charleston, S.C.

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Mills, Eliza Barnwell Smith, 1784-1865

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Mills, Robert, 1781-1855

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Architect. A native of South Carolina, Mills lived in Charleston until about 1800 and later made his home in Washington, D.C. From the description of Account of George Washington's visit to Charleston, S.C., 1791 May 2. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865419 Engineer, architect of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. From the description of Letter : to George Bancroft, 1845 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22632349 ...

Mills, Mary Powell, 1816-1894.

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Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824

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Philadelphia bookseller and publisher. From the description of Correspondence, 1813-1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82415715 Delaplaine (1777-1824) compiled Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters (1815-1818). Ezra C. Gross was a Congressman, ca. 1820; Elizabeth, New York. From the description of Joseph Delaplaine letter : Philadelphia, [P.A.], to Ezra C. Gross, 1819 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 1223...

Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Henry Clay (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Edward C. Austin; owner-agent: Christopher Wyer & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., in 1839. From the description of Log/journal, 1844 Nov. 12-Dec. 15. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013303 Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by Benjamin C. Sayer; owner-agent: Christopher Wyer & Co.; built at Rochester, Mass., in 1839; Capt. Benjamin Sayer replaced by Edward C. Austin in 1841. ...

Mills family.

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