Sparkman family papers, 1811-1904 [manuscript].

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Sparkman family papers, 1811-1904 [manuscript].

Microfilm of papers of Sparkman family members, especially James A. Sparkman, physician and rice planter of Georgetown District, S.C. Correspondence, legal and financial documents, and writings relate to Sparkman's patients and colleagues; the settlement of the estate of Sparkman's father-in-law, Edward Thomas Heriot; plantation business; agricultural societies; military occupation during the Civil War; and problems during Recontruction.

About 310 items.

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Sparkman family.

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Heriot, Edward Thomas, 1793-1854

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Prominent planter and slaveowner of Georgetown (Georgetown Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1852-1854. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38293533 ...

Sparkman, John, 1899-1985

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481724 From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513439 John Jackson Sparkman (b. Dec. 20, 1899, Morgan County, Ala.-d. Nov. 16, 1985, Huntsville, Ala.), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Alabama, was ...