James Wood Davidson papers, 1856 May 13-1979 July 14, bulk, (1856-1905).

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James Wood Davidson papers, 1856 May 13-1979 July 14, bulk, (1856-1905).

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Antebellum correspondence includes 13 May and 15 Nov. 1856 to A[ndrew] B[owie] Wardlaw, of Abbeville, S.C., with description of South Carolina College and Columbia, S.C., noting fellow alumni and mutual friends encountered, commenting on the performance of the Barhamville girls at an exhibition, relating his impression of new professors [John] LeConte and [William J.] Rivers, predicting that [Francis] Lieber would leave, complimenting Charles F. McCay's performance as president, expressing desire to leave Winnsboro, and soliciting Wardlaw's support for his bid for the post of librarian at the college. Other letters include 27 July 1859, Columbia, S.C., to an anonymous woman who failed to return Davidson's affections; and 25 Sept. 1860, Columbia, S.C., to Anna R. Tuthill, Boston, Mass., response to request for biographical sketches re "heros and statesmen," apparently as research for a book. Collection also includes 13 Civil War letters, apparently to Anna R. Tuthill, Columbia, S.C., written during Davidson's military service with the S.C. Volunteers, 13th Regiment, Gregg's Brigade, 31 May 1862-7 Jan. 1864, camped at various sites in Virginia, including Gordonsville, Henrico County, Richmond, Laurel Hill, Berryville, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, Va., with descriptions of camp life, battlefields, shelling, current reading material in French and English, and successful attempts on behalf of his correspondent to relay mail to her sister in the North. Also including letter, 14 Jan. 1868, Columbia, S.C., to G[eorge] H. McMaster, re Davidson's financial situation and meager possessions; letter, 28 Apr. 1874, New York, N.Y., to Col. C.C. Jones, writing on behalf of Ellen LaBorde, who planned to publish the history of South Carolina College by her father, Maximilian LaBorde; review appearing in Southern Review, Apr. 1870, of Davidson's book, The Living Writers of the South; and obituary notice, 23 June 1905.

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