Short account of the experiences of Edward Mitchell Whaley of Edisto Island, S.C., 1909.

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Short account of the experiences of Edward Mitchell Whaley of Edisto Island, S.C., 1909.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32144906

Handwritten autobiography (holograph) concerns Whaley's travels as a youth with his uncle Julian A. Mitchell in Europe and Whaley's studies there, Whaley's duels in Germany, his travels in the West Indies and Cuba, his military service during the Civil War, his plantation on Edisto Island, S.C., and his marriages.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7338247

South Carolina Historical Society

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Mitchell, Julian A. (Julian Augustus), 1836-1907

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Julian A. Mitchell was born on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Mitchell graduated from the College of Charleston (S.C.) in 1855 and was editor (1854-1855) of the College magazine. Mitchell was appointed secretary of the U.S. legation to Russia by President Buchanan in 1860 and returned from that post just after the secession of South Carolina and before the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Mitchell was a Confederate soldier and prisoner-of-war, and after the war he returned to Charleston to practice l...

Whaley, Edward Mitchell, 1840-1915.

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Edisto Island, South Carolina plantation owner. From the description of Short account of the experiences of Edward Mitchell Whaley of Edisto Island, S.C., 1909. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144906 ...