Joel R. Poinsett : typescript, 1985 Dec. / by W.D. Workman, Jr.
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Kosmos Club (Columbia, S.C.)
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Men's social organization, founded ca. 1905, at Columbia, S.C. From the description of Kosmos Club (Columbia, S.C.) collection, 1905-2000. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 32982944 ...
Workman, William D. (William Douglas), 1914-1990
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Newspaper reporter, editor, and author of Charleston and Columbia, S.C.; Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, 1962, and South Carolina governorship, 1982. From the description of Campaign Files, 1939-1982. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37570670 Newspaper reporter, editor, and author of Charleston and Columbia, S.C.; Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, 1962, and South Carolina governorship, 1982; died 1990. From the description of William ...
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851
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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...
