John Grimball family papers, 1804-1893, bulk 1858-1885.

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John Grimball family papers, 1804-1893, bulk 1858-1885.

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This collection chiefly consists of correspondence, mostly letters to John Grimball from his mother and other family members. Letters of the 1850s, to John Grimball while he was serving in the U.S. Navy, concern family matters, life at the Grove Plantation, social life, and political events at home. Several letters (1858) mention the capture of the slave ship Echo and the disposition of the Africans brought into Charleston. Two letters (1859) from John B. Grimball to his son John concern his views on the reopening of the slave trade, and other family letters from that year discuss John Brown's raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, South Carolinians being on the alert for slave uprisings, and the possibility of secession and war ("there would undoubtedly be a most bloody war, for the north would not like the most valuable section to go."). Wartime correspondence includes letters to John Grimball in France from his family in Spartanburg, S.C., and elsewhere, and from fellow Confederate naval officers, including W.C. Whittle, E.G. Read, Dabney Minor Scales, Charles E. Lining, and John T. Mason. There is also a note to Grimball from Matthew Fontaine Maury (13 July 1863). There are a few letters from John Grimball to his family, including one (22 Jan. 1861) describing social life in Mobile, Ala., and a clergyman's condemnation of parties and dancing in a sermon. Just after the war, the letters often concern the fate of the officers of the CSS Shenandoah. John T. Mason's letter (17 Dec. 1865) reports he has been told that "none of the officers of the 'Shenandoah' could go back to the U.S. without standing trial for piracy." Postwar correspondence traces the economic and personal struggles of various members of the Grimball family. Letters of this period from John Grimball's mother, brothers, and sisters, including Gabriella Grimball, Charlotte ("Lottie") Grimball, Berkley Grimball, Arthur Grimball, Lewis Grimball, Harry Grimball, and Elizabeth Grimball Munro, often concern friends and social life in Charleston. Letters (1881) include notes of condolence to John Grimball on the death of his mother, mostly from members of the Morris family.

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Flinn, Eliza B., -1844

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Grimball, Arthur, 1842-1894

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Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873

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American naval officer and oceanographer. From the description of Letter to Capt. Charles Wilkes [manuscript], 1848 March 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647808228 From the description of Letter to Andrew Hull Foote [manuscript], 1856 April 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817495 Epithet: Astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000219 ...

Grimball, Berkley, 1833-1899

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Grimball, Lewis M. (Lewis Morris), 1835-1901

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Morris family

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Grimball, John, -1804

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Scales, D. M. (Dabney Minor), 1841-1920

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Midshipman in the Confederate Navy. From the description of Diary, 1862-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270927 From the description of Diary, 1862-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313853 ...

Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Munro, Elizabeth Berkley Grimball, 1831-1914

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Grimball, Gabriella M. (Gabriella Manigault), 1844-1924

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Grimball, Margaret Ann Meta Morris, 1810-1881

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Margaret Ann Meta Morris Grimball, 1810-1881, was a descendant of Lewis Morris, general in the Continental Army, member of the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Meta's father, also called Lewis Morris, married Elizabeth Manigault of South Carolina in 1807. Elizabeth was killed in a storm on Sullivan's Island, S.C., on 22 September 1822. In 1834, Lewis Morris married Aramintha Lowndes, who died in 1843. Through Meta's family, the Grimballs were, the...

Grimball, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Manigault), 1846-1934

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Mason, John T. (John Thomson), 1844-approximately 1904

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Waring, Morton

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Grimball, Harry M. (Harry Morris), 1849-1917

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Grimball, John, 1840-1922

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John Grimball was a Confederate naval officer and attorney. He was the son of John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892) and Margaret ("Meta") Ann Morris Grimball. He accepted his commission in the U.S. Navy in 1854 and joined the Confederate Navy in 1861. In 1864 he served as an officer on the Confederate commerce raider CSS Shenandoah. After the war he lived in Mexico for a time and then moved to New York to practice law. In 1884 Grimball moved back to Charleston and for a few years engaged in rice pla...

Whittle, William C. (William Conway), 1840-1920

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Read, E. G.

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Echo (Ship)

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Extra ship, repaired by Young 1794, 3 decks, length 98ft 8in, keel 78ft 4in, breadth 26ft 9½in, hold 11ft 9in, wing transom 17ft 1in, between decks 5ft 8in, 299 tons. Voyages: (1) 1793/4 Bengal and Madras. Capt William Catline. Portsmouth 23 Jun 1794 - 24 Dec Calcutta - 1 Feb 1795 Saugor - 4 Mar Madras - 24 May St Helena - 17 Aug Long Reach. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000039 ...

Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1892

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Charleston and St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District South Carolina rice plantation owner, South Carolina Senator, and president of the local agricultural society. From the description of Diary of J.B. Grimball, 1832-1938. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 31740871 S.C. Senator of Charleston and St. Paul's parish, 1838-1843; member, Southern Rights Convention, 1852; president, Charleston Library Society, 1871-1875; husband of Margaret Ann Morris Grimball; brother o...

Lining, Charles E.

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Charles Lining Papers, 1793-1806. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31259428 ...

Flinn, Andrew, 1773-1820

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Presbyterian minister in South Carolina. From the description of Andrew Flinn papers, 1814-1817. (Columbia Theological Seminary). WorldCat record id: 640149586 Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. From the description of Andrew Flinn papers, 1813-1840. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43074704 ...

Grimball family.

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Shenandoah (Cruiser)

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