Oliver Hering Middleton papers, 1794-1881.

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Oliver Hering Middleton papers, 1794-1881.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35953363

Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, school papers, and other items. Correspondence (1794-1862) is mostly among Middleton family members concerning family and social matters, travels, and other topics. Correspondents include Oliver Hering Middleton, Sr., Susan Chisolm Middleton, John Izard Middleton, Mary Julia Middleton (later Mary Read), Oliver Hering Middleton, Jr., Dr. Robert Trail Chisolm (d. 1821), Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert T.) Chisolm, Henry Middleton, and others. Letters are from Charleston (S.C.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Newport (R.I.), New York (N.Y.), Rome (Italy), London (England) and elsewhere. Some are addressed to the Middletons at Edisto Island and at Charleston. Financial records include receipts, a bankbook, and invoices. Other items include a Freedmen's Bureau document (1866) restoring plantation lands on Edisto Island (S.C.) to Oliver Hering Middleton, Sr. and obliging him to enter into contracts with freedmen and refugees living on his property. School papers include essays, lecture notes, and a geometry exercise of Oliver Hering Middleton, Jr., and two notebooks (1843-1846) of Mary Julia Middleton (later Mary Read) mostly concerning history and characters of Greek mythology.

ca. 120 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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Middleton, Oliver Hering, 1798-1892.

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The son of South Carolina governor Henry Middleton (1770-1846), Oliver Hering Middleton was a plantation owner (Edisto Island) and U.S. Navy officer. In 1828 he married Susan Matilda Harriet Chisolm, and their children were Oliver Hering Middleton (1845-1864), Mary Julia Middleton (b. 1829), Susan Matilda Middleton (1830-1880), Eleanor Maria Middleton (b. 1831), Emma Middleton (b. 1841) and Olivia Middleton (b. 1839), who married Frederick Rutledge Blake (b. 1838). From the descripti...

Middleton family.

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Chisolm, Robert

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Read, Mary Julia Middleton, b. 1829.

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Chisolm, Mary Elizabeth, 1778-1848.

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Middleton, Susan Matilda Harriet Chisolm, 1807-1865.

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United States. Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands.

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Middleton, John Izard, 1800-1877.

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South Carolina plantation owner and politician. From the description of Mortgage and assignment of plantations, 1835. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36866153 ...

Middleton, Oliver Hering, 1845-1864.

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The son of Oliver Hering Middleton (1798-1892), he was born and educated in Charleston, S.C. During the Civil War Oliver Hering Middleton the younger served in the Charleston Light Dragoons and was killed in action at Matadequin Creek (Va.) on May 30, 1864. From the description of Oliver Hering Middleton family correspondence, 1863-1884 (bulk 1863-1865). (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953359 ...

Middleton, Henry, 1797-1876

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