James Butler Campbell papers, 1814-1897.

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James Butler Campbell papers, 1814-1897.

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Papers chiefly consist of legal documents and correspondence of James Butler Campbell; also included are his personal financial records and other items. Legal papers (1837-1883), including writs, affidavits, petitions, conveyances, indentures, trial minutes, and case-related correspondence and accounts, concern numerous civil and criminal cases, real estate transactions and disputes (many in Charleston, S.C.), bankruptcies, business partnerships and incorporations, estate settlements, slave sales and trials, violations of Confederate law, and other matters. Companies and individuals represented include William C. Bee & Co., the Cannonsboro Mill and Wharf Co., and Robert Adger. A group of documents (1851-1880) pertaining to the cotton trade and confiscations include a case involving Evan James Lide, a Darlington District (S.C.) plantation owner whose cotton was confiscated by the U.S. Treasury as Confederate contraband. Another group of documents (1863-1881) concern the operations and legal affairs of the Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co. and other railroad companies. There are also papers (1861-1862) regarding sequestration of real estate and personal property, including slaves, owned in South Carolina by Northerners. Professional and personal correspondence (1833-1883) concerns family matters, politics, the Civil War, legislative affairs, legal cases, business interests, nullification, the career of Joel R. Poinsett, and other matters. Correspondents include Joel R. Poinsett, C.G. Memminger, Daniel Webster, William H. Trescot, and many others.

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Campbell, James B., 1808-1883

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Cannonsboro Mill & Wharf Co.

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Savannah and Charleston Railroad.

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William C. Bee & Co. (Charleston, S.C.)

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Lide, Evan James, 1802-1882.

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Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898

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Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Adger, Robert, 1814-1891

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Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888

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