Records of the Free Trade and State Rights Association of the Parishes of St. Stephen's, St. John's Berkeley, and St. James Santee, 1831.

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Records of the Free Trade and State Rights Association of the Parishes of St. Stephen's, St. John's Berkeley, and St. James Santee, 1831.

Records consist of an annotated membership list (n.d.), and a letter (1831 Sept. 5) from F.A. Porcher (secretary and treasurer) at Pineville, S.C. to Col. Samuel Warren at Pendleton, S.C. which includes a constitution and list of officers and committee members of the Free Trade and State Rights Association. Letter informs Warren that he has been elected the Association's president.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338244

South Carolina Historical Society

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Free Trade and State Rights Association of the Parishes of St. Stephen's, St. John's Berkeley, and St. James Santee

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South Carolina political organization formed in 1831 as an auxiliary to the Charleston State Rights and Free Trade Association of South Carolina. Its purpose was to "diffuse information about the limitations imposed by the U.S. Constitution upon the powers of the Federal government and to vindicate the rights of the states." From the description of Records of the Free Trade and State Rights Association of the Parishes of St. Stephen's, St. John's Berkeley, and St. James Santee, 1831....

Porcher, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolphus), 1809-1888

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South Carolina plantation owner, historian, and educator. A graduate of Yale, Porcher became a professor at the College of Charleston and was a founding member of the S.C. Historical Society. He was the son of George Porcher (1775-1813) of Cedar Spring Plantation (St. John's Berkeley Parish) and Marianne Gendron Palmer (1784-1835). He married Caroline Smith Parker (1824-1888) in 1850. From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1826-1922. (The South Carolina Historical Socie...

Warren, Samuel, Sir, 1769-1839

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