John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1840-1972, (bulk, 1840-1904).

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John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1840-1972, (bulk, 1840-1904).

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Letters of J.H. Cornish, his brother, Rev. Andrew H. Cornish, and other family members and friends, primarily concerning Cornish's life and work as an Episcopal priest in South Carolina, including comments upon church controversies on state and national levels, and letters from visitors from the Northeastern U.S. who became acquainted with Cornish during visits to the resorts in Aiken, S.C. Family, ministerial, and business correspondence of John Hamilton Cornish document his service to the Episcopal church, and various social and civic developments in the parishes of Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg, and Charleston, S.C., during antebellum, Civil War, and later 19th century periods, including letters, 5-8 Feb. [18]59, from A[nna] R. Young, Charleston, S.C., re her tour of an asylum with reformer Dorothea Dix. Civil War letters include 9 Nov. [18]60, Aiken, S.C., Mattie and Mama, to Rhoda Cornish, [at] Madam Sosnowski['s Female Institute], Columbia, [S.C.], relating burning of Lincoln in effigy; and 12 Nov. 1863, W.S. Reid, re appraisal of Cesar, Cornish's African American slave, who drowned in the Pearl River, [Mississippi?] while driving a team for the Confederate Quarter Master Department; and 15 Mar. [18]65, Pendleton, S.C., Andrew [H. Cornish], asking his brother to confirm reports of damage from Federal troops, relaying rumors from the upcountry of the burning of Aiken, and destruction of Graniteville Textile Factory, reporting local relief efforts for the homeless of Columbia, S.C., and lamenting the lack of Lentan observances. Items documenting family's involvement with education include announcements, 1853-1870, for academies in Aiken, Barnwell, Union, and Spartanburg, S.C.; and letter, 1 Dec. 1865, Pineville, [S.C.], W[illiam] Dehon inquiring re possibility of hiring a teacher for his children who could also serve as a catechist for the area plantations. Other topics include viticulture, including 25 Sept. 1866, Cheraw, S.C., from James H[arrington] Powe, requesting information on planting, cultivation of grapes given the grim prospects for cotton. Printed items include carte de visite photographs, and broadsides and other ephemera relating to entertainment and businesses, including an undated incomplete conversion booklet, pages 6-18, listing currency, weights and measures, including "Dollar Table for South Carolina and Georgia" currency, listing equivalent values in "Federal money," British pounds, and equivalences with countries in Europe, China, and India.

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