Stephen Decatur Miller papers, 1821-1834.

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Stephen Decatur Miller papers, 1821-1834.

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Papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and other items. Correspondence chiefly consists of letters to Miller concerning state and national political issues. Topics include states rights, tariffs and an anti-tariff convention, James Hamilton's possible candidacy for the office of governor in South Carolina, candidates for the office of state attorney general, state militia affairs, state road laws, vice-presidential and presidential elections, William Smith, Miller's candidacy for the U.S. Senate, free trade organizations, nullification, secession, John C. Calhoun, conflicts between Miller and James Blair, and other matters. A letter (1828) from William Haynesworth relates a resolution made by a legislative committee nominating Miller as a candidate for governor of South Carolina; another letter (15 September 1830) from Moses M. Benbow inquires about reports that an agent of South Carolina was sent to England "for the purpose of securing the assistance of Great Britain in a war with the Northern States." Correspondents include William Smith, J.D. Witherspoon, Franklin I. Moses, P.E. Pearson, John Gallatin Bowman, W.L. Pinckney, and many others. Letters are from Charleston (S.C.), Sumpterville (Sumter, S.C.), and elsewhere to Stephen D. Miller in Stateburg (S.C.), at Plane Hill Plantation (S.C.), and in Washington (D.C.). Financial records mostly pertain to plantation affairs and include receipts; bills for plantation supplies, blacksmithing, and other goods and services; promissory notes; a mortgage (1827) on land in Lancaster District; and accounts for sales of cotton, with related correspondence including letters from Parker & Brailsford regarding cotton sales, requests for payment on accounts, and other financial matters. Legal documents mainly consist of court writs (Sumter District) to sheriffs to levy sums against debtors. Other items include a speech (ca. 1830); petitions; and a newspaper clipping (n.d.) of a suggested secession ordinance.

ca. 250 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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South Carolina Historical Society

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