Harriott Horry Ravenel family papers, 1694-ca. 1935.

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Harriott Horry Ravenel family papers, 1694-ca. 1935.

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Papers consist of family and personal correspondence, diaries, technical drawings and notes, financial records, writings, and other items. Included are the papers of St. Julien Ravenel (1819-1882), the Pinckney family, Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), Harriott Pinckney Horry (1749-1830), and John Edwards Holbrook (1794-1871). Correspondence (1850-1869) of the Rutledge, Lowndes, and Ravenel families concerns family and social matters, St. Julien Ravenel's efforts to relieve yellow fever victims of Norfolk (Va.) in 1855, Civil War events in Charleston (S.C.), the death of Francis Gualdo Ravenel in battle, phosphate mining, and other matters. Included are letters (1861-1862) to Harriott H. Ravenel from D.B. Phillips, a Confederate surgeon at Norfolk (Va.), concerning his assignment to the Merrimack (renamed the Virginia, with a description and sketch of the ship), movements and victories of the Confederate Army, and other matters. Other correspondents include Harriott Ravenel McClain, Rebecca Motte Rutledge, Lise Ravenel Childs, and others. Correspondence (1883-1918) of Harriott H. Ravenel includes many letters to her from St. Julien Ravenel and her other children, letters from Robert N. Gourdin and others concerning the Little David (Confederate vessel), from editors regarding the publication of her writings, and letters from author Owen Wister regarding her works and editorial help with his novel "Lady Baltimore." Writings (1879-1906) of Harriott H. Ravenel include poems, notes, reminiscences, a cookbook, a story for children, a manuscript (1906) of "Charleston: The Place and the People," a partial manuscript (1897) of "Eliza Pinckney, " essays, and other items. Other items include a stock certificate (1862), a bond, newspaper clippings, receipts, a manuscript (ca. 1830) of Maria Pinckney's "Quintessence of Long Speeches," papers (1902-1926) of Louis McClain pertaining to phosphates, and genealogical materials.

4.5 linear ft.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...

Ravenel, St. Julien, 1819-1882

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Charleston, S.C. physician and agricultural chemist. He was the son of John Ravenel (1793-1862) and Anna Elizabeth Ford (b. 1791). In 1851 he married Harriott Horry Rutledge (1832-1912), daughter of Edward Cotesworth Rutledge and Rebecca Motte Lowndes. From the description of St. Julien Ravenel papers, 1870-1882. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953384 ...

Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1723-1793

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Eliza Lucas Pinckney, daughter of Col. George Lucas of Antigua, was the second wife of South Carolina chief justice Charles Pinckney (ca. 1699-1758). Her daughter Harriott married Daniel Horry. From the description of Letter to Harriott Horry, ca. 1780. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140198 Wife of Charles Pinckney (d. 1758); resident of Charleston and Belmont (York Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1741-1763. (Duke Univer...

Ravenel, Harriott Horry, 1832-1912

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Charleston, S.C. resident. From the description of Letters, [1805?]-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36321579 Charleston, S.C. author. The daughter of Edward Cotesworth Rutledge (1798-1860) and Rebecca Motte Lowndes (1810-1893), in 1851 she married Dr. St. Julien Ravenel (1819-1882). Her great grandmother Harriott Pinckney Horry (1749-1830) was the daughter of Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793) and Charles Pinckney (ca. 1699-1758). From the desc...

Little David (Ship)

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Lowndes family.

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Merrimack (Frigate)

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Phillips, Dinwiddie Brazier.

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Dinwiddie B. Phillips was an Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. "Mississippi". From the description of Dinwiddie B. Phillips papers, 1857-1858. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 774034242 ...

McClain, Louis.

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Rutledge family.

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Ravenel family.

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Childs, Lise Ravenel, b. 1857.

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The daughter of Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and Harriott Horry Rutledge of Charleston, S.C., Elizabeth (Lise) Rutledge Ravenel married William Wallace Childs (1857-1927). From the description of Lise Ravenel Childs family letters, 1883-1939. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794360 ...

Rutledge, Rebecca Motte Lowndes, 1810-1893.

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Daughter of Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney Lowndes and William Lowndes (1782-1822), a South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, state legislator, and U.S. Representative. She married Edward Cotesworth Rutledge (1798-1860). From the description of Letter : to Elizabeth Lowndes, ca. 1841. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36866130 ...

Gourdin, Robert N., 1812-1894

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Robert Newman Gourdin, merchant, public official, and military officer, was born at Buck Hall Plantation, St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 27 March 1812, and died 17 February 1894, in Charleston, South Carolina. Gourdin graduated from South Carolina College (1831); was admitted to the bar (1834); joined his brother Henry's mercantile firm, Gourdin, Mathiessen, and Company of Charleston (1837); was a public official in Charleston; signed the Ordinance of Secession of South Caro...

Ravenel, Francis Gualdo, 1825-1862.

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Pinckney, Maria

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