Edward McCrady papers, 1787-ca. 1965.

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Edward McCrady papers, 1787-ca. 1965.

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Papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal records, estate records, wills, journals, writings, genealogical material, and other items. Included are the papers of John Anthony DeBerniere (ca. 1744-1812) and James M. Shackelford (1810-1878), and McCrady family papers. Correspondence (1832-1891) of Edward McCrady (1802-1892) concerns the religious instruction of slaves, Episcopal Church affairs (including racial issues), missionary work with Muslims, legal matters, politics and elections, secession, the Civil War defenses of Charleston (S.C.), William H. Trescot's political career, family and personal matters, the relation of science and religion, and other matters. Correspondents include J.W. Miles, William H. Trescot, Edward McCrady, Jr., Louis Agassiz, and many others. Writings (1844-1877) include manuscripts and printed pamphlets authored by Edward McCrady. There are also other printed materials concerning South Carolina Episcopal Diocese Conventions (ca. 1869-1880s) and Episcopal Church affairs, as well as notes, letters, and other items. Receipts (1834-1887) are for taxes, groceries, subscriptions, donations, and other expenses. Legal case papers (1800-1901) are arranged alphabetically by client name and concern estate matters, property litigation, bankruptcies, and many other court cases and legal services. One group of documents consists of the family and estate papers (1787-1884) of members of the Johnson family, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Johnson and his wife, children, brothers, and cousins. These include correspondence, property records, powers of attorney, a will, and other items. Other legal documents include wills (1823-1874) of McCrady's legal clients (including Hagar Johnson, a free woman of color), marriage settlements, opinions, briefs, decrees, agreements, and related correspondence. Legal journals (1841-1886), many indexed, contain daily notes on conferences with clients or other lawyers, court cases, correspondence, and personal matters, and include some personal cash accounts. Genealogical material (1890-ca. 1965) includes notes, writings, and correspondence concerning various related families including the McCrady, DeBerniere, Shackelford, Ford, Taylor, Hooper, and Franklin families.

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South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7386411

South Carolina Historical Society

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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

McCrady, Edward, 1802-1892

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Charleston, S.C. attorney, theologian, and South Carolina state representative. From the description of Legal journal, 1863. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794062 Edward McCrady (1802-1892) was a Charleston, S.C. attorney, theologian, and South Carolina state Representative. From the description of Edward McCrady papers, 1787-ca. 1965. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36793967 ...

Miles, James Warley, 1818-1875

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Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898

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Johnson, William, 1771-1834

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McCrady, Edward, 1833-1903

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Charleston, South Carolina attorney, civic leader, and vestryman of St. Philips (Episcopal) Church. Born in 1802, McCrady was raised under the care of his grandfather William Johnson and was sent to Yale College at the age of fifteen, graduating in 1820. McCrady served as the U.S. District Attorney in South Carolina from 1839 to 1850, and as a state legislator. In 1829 he married Louisa Rebecca Lane. Edward McCrady died in 1892. From the description of Edward McCrady legal journal, 1...

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