Benjamin Allston papers, 1848-1890.

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Benjamin Allston papers, 1848-1890.

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Papers include military and personal correspondence (1848-1890), military records (1854-1857), and a speech (ca. 1870) concerning education and politics in the South. Topics mentioned in the correspondence include politics, the Civil War, family, legal, plantation, and business matters, military affairs, religion, and Indian battles in the Western United States. Correspondents include Adele Allston Vanderhorst, James L. Petigru (1789-1863), Joseph B. Allston, Charles Petigru Allston, Henry D. Lesesne, Theodore G. Barker, Charles R. Miles, A.V. Tyler, and others. Military records (1854-1857) consist of vouchers for expenses, including quartermaster stores, clothing, and ordnance; and muster rolls of recruits for the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, U.S. Army, mostly at Ft. Laramie (Wyoming Territory) and Salt Lake City, Utah, but also in the Oregon Territory and California.

ca. 450 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375991

South Carolina Historical Society

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...

Allston, Joseph Blyth, 1833-1904.

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Allston, Charles Petigru, 1848-1922.

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Charles Petigru Allston was the son of Georgetown County, S.C. plantation owner and politician Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864), whose other children included Adele Allston Vanderhorst, Benjamin Allston (1833-1900), Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (1845-1921), and Jane Louise Allston Hill. From the description of Charles Petigru Allston letters, 1860-1897. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953277 ...

Miles, Charles Richardson, b. 1829

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Attorney and South Carolina state representative. Miles was born in Orangeburg County (S.C.) and received much of his education in Charleston (S.C.), where he later resided. He served as assistant attorney general during the 1850's, and after the Civil War formed a partnership with Henry Deas Lesesne (1810-1886). Miles was elected South Carolina attorney general in 1882 and 1884. He also served as the president of the College of Charleston Board of Trustees. In 1858 he married Mary Mazyck, daugh...

Barker, Theodore G. (Theodore Gaillard), 1832-

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Charleston, South Carolina plantation owner, attorney, and South Carolina state representative. In 1869 T.G. Barker, along with other men who had served in the Confederate army, organized the Carolina Rifle Club, a volunteer police force formed for the protection of white citizens. From the description of To the people of Charleston, 1876 Sept. 7. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522885 ...

Tyler, A. V

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Vanderhorst, Adele Allston, d. 1915

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Daughter of Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864) and Adele Petigru Allston. In 1863 she married Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1835-1881). Their children included Adele Petigru Vanderhorst (who married Mazyck P. Ravenel), Anna Morris Vanderhorst (who married Henry W. Conner), Elizabeth Vanderhorst (who married William Weston), Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1877-1944), and Robert Vanderhorst (1879-1904). From the description of Adele Allston Vanderhorst papers, 1859-1930. (The South Carolina Historical Soc...

Allston, Benjamin, 1833-1900.

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Confederate officer and Protestant Episcopal minister, of Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1856-1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19104969 Georgetown, South Carolina plantation owner, Episocpal minister, and army officer. Benjamin Allston attended West Point and served as a colonel in the Confederate States of America Army. He was the son of Robert F.W. Allston (1801-1864) and Adele Petigru Allston (1810-1896). Charles Petigru Allston (1848...

United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st

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Lesesne, Henry Deas, 1810-1886.

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Charleston, South Carolina attorney, South Carolina Representative, and South Carolina Senator. From the description of Henry Deas Lesesne travel diary, 1846. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141302 ...