Washington Peace papers, 1849-1850.

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Washington Peace papers, 1849-1850.

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Letter, 3 Mar. 1849, Columbia, S.C., to Anna M. Peace, re the arrival of spring, a communal garden established by students at the Columbia Theological Seminary, planning a vacation in the Georgia mountains with a fellow student. Letter, 9 Apr. 1850, Columbia, S.C., to Anna M. Horner, Warrenton, Va., re lectures by Louis Agassiz, recent weather, meeting the Hampton family and Dr. Robert W. Gibbes, "who has not a large practice but is a scientific man. He however doubts 'the unity of the race' ," and discussing the likely selection of James Henry Hammond to succeed the late John C. Calhoun in the United States Senate, since Hammond was considered "in point of talent the equal of Dr. [James Henly] Thornwell (the Chaplain of the College) they... being ranked next to Calhoun."

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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Peace, Washington, 1819-1857

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Student at the Presbyterian Seminary in Columbia, S.C. From the description of Washington Peace papers, 1849-1850. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 32828095 ...

Columbia theological seminary

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Horner, Anna Maria, 1972-

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Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864

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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a lawyer and planter, and an early advocate of nullification and secession. He was Democratic governor of South Carolina for the period 1842 to 1844, and was a U.S. Senator, for the period 1857 to 1860. As a senator he began to doubt the wisdom of secession. From the description of Papers, 1823-1875. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259405 James henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a South Carolina planter who served in the ...

Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862

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Gibbes, Robert W. (Robert Wilson), 1809-1866

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Physician and chemist of Charleston and Columbia, S. C. From the description of Papers, 1851 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35074207 Physician, author, publisher, and newspaper editor of Columbia, S.C.; native of Charleston, S.C.; son of William Hasell Gibbes, a Charleston lawyer; graduate of South Carolina College and the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Gibbes purchased a medical practice in Columbia during 1830s; Gibbes als...

Peace, Anna M.

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