Nelson Mitchell papers, 1840-1864.

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Nelson Mitchell papers, 1840-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35953358

Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, plantation papers, and other items. Correspondence (1840-1864) chiefly concerns politics, the Civil War, and legal and business matters. Correspondents include Franklin I. Moses, William H. Trescot, John Julius Pringle Smith, John L. Manning, Benjamin H. Wilson, James L. Petigru, and James J. Pettigrew. Included are letters (1863) between Nelson Mitchell and Bishop Patrick N. Lynch concerning a controversy over the marriage of a sixteen year-old Protestant boy and a young Catholic woman. Plantation papers for Mitchell's Daniel Island plantation include accounts for cotton, plantation supplies, cattle, and slaves. Other financial records include tax returns (1860-1861), receipts, insurance policies, and promissory notes. Legal documents (1844-1864) pertain to cases involving sequestration and slave ownership disputes, Confederate bond larceny (1862-1863), estate settlements, and other matters, with related correspondence. Other items include the will of Charlotte Mitchell, and a transcript (1862) of the proceedings of a Confederate Army court of inquiry in Charleston (S.C.) regarding the conduct of Alfred M. Rhett and his duel with W.R. Calhoun (in which Calhoun was killed).

ca. 500 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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South Carolina Historical Society

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Mitchell, Charlotte, 1963-

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Rhett, Alfred Moore, 1829-1889.

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Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898

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Charleston and Pendleton, South Carolina attorney, plantation owner, historian, and politician. From the description of Letters to W.W. Humphries, 1868-1871. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140211 ...

Wilson, Benjamin Henry, 1818-1876.

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Moses, Franklin Israel, 1804-1877

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Smith, John Julius Pringle, 1816-1894.

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South Carolina plantation owner and attorney. His sister, Susan Pringle Smith, married Williams Middleton in 1849. From the description of John Julius Pringle Smith letters, 1879. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144121 ...

Lynch, Patrick Niesen 1817-1882

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Bishop, 1858-1882, Diocese of Charleston (S.C); native of Clones, Ireland. From the description of Letter, 1863 June 28, Charleston, S.C. [to] Gen. [John Henry Winder]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34528641 ...

Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863

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Attorney in Charleston (Charleston Co.), S.C. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297787 ...

Mitchell, Nelson S.

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Charleston, S.C. attorney. Nelson Mitchell was the son of Thomas and Charlotte Mitchell, and the grandson of Thomas Mitchell (d. 1784). His uncle was Thomas Rothmahler Mitchell (1783-1837). From the description of Nelson Mitchell papers, 1840-1864. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953358 ...

Calhoun, William Ransom, d. 1862.

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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 ...

Manning, John L. (John Lawrence), 1816-1889

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Clarendon County, S.C. plantation owner, South Carolina state representative and senator, and governor of South Carolina 1852 to 1854. From the description of John L. Manning papers, 1839-1888 (bulk 1839-1863). (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794049 Resident of Sumter (Sumter Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1778-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902886 Governor of South Carolina ...