Letter : to William Porcher, 1822 February 17.

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Letter : to William Porcher, 1822 February 17.

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Letter by Cahusac at Pineville (S.C.) to William Porcher in New York includes references to the deaths of a Mrs. Dwight (probably Floride Dwight) and Rene Ravenel, an epidemic of measles, and horse races in Charleston (S.C.), where the Palms was won by Wade Hampton, Jr. and the Silver Cup by W. Winn of Virginia. Letter also describes the Planters' Hotel in Charleston (S.C.) during the week of races and discusses the junior class "riot" at Columbia College (South Carolina College) and the suspension of the class.

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South Carolina College

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Cahusac, Robert M.

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Porcher, William, 1800-1890.

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Winn, W.

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Hampton Wade, 1791-1858.

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Wade Hampton I (1754-1835), was an army officer and United States representative from Virginia. Wade Hampton II was born in 1791 and died in 1858). Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), was a Confederate Army officer and governor and United States senator of South Carolina. From the guide to the Wade Hampton Papers, ., 1791-1907, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Ravenel, Rene, 1762-1822

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Dwight, Floride, d. 1821.

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Planters' Hotel (Charleston, S.C.)

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