Letters : to William J. Grayson, 1813-1815.

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Letters : to William J. Grayson, 1813-1815.

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Two letters (1813, 1815) by Petigru to his friend William J. Grayson of Beaufort District (S.C.). A letter (1813) concerns life at Coosawhatchie (S.C.) and plans for a visit to Charleston, and includes a poem by Grayson entitled "On the Aloe." The second letter (1815) concerns Petigru's feelings about his upcoming marriage to Jane Amelia Postell which took place on August 17, 1816.

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Petigru, Jane Amelia Postell.

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...

Grayson, William J. (William John), 1788-1863

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William John Grayson was born in Beaufort, South Carolina on November 12, 1788. Grayson pursued his primary education in several northern schools and graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1809. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822, and began practice in Beaufort, S.C. He was elected as a member of the State house of representatives, 1813-1815 and 1822-1825 and served in the State senate from 1826-1831. He was then elected commissioner in equity for Beaufort District in ...